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Tales to Astonish #45

Marvel · Series began 1959 · July 1963

Dates

Cover date
July 1963
On sale
April 2, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #45 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, Robert Bernsteinpencils: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinmaninks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinmancolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Terry Szenics

Stories

  • The Terrible Traps of Egghead! · 13 pages

    Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man. He captures the Wasp, but Ant-Man frees her and the two recover Egghead's loot, though he escapes capture.

  • The Future · 2 pages

    A quiz show host finds himself mysteriously transported to the far future for a brief time.

  • Bronson's Brain! · 5 pages

    Bronson, an incredible genius upset that no one on earth can match his tremendous intellect, builds a space ship and travels to a planet of highly advanced aliens. After the aliens test Bronson, they determine that his intelligence is so low compared to their species, that the earthling must be imprisoned for his own safety.

  • It Walks Like a Man! · 5 pages

    A man is disturbed by his daughter's attachment to her new robot playmate, but changes his mind when it saves her life.

Characters

Hank PymJanet Van DyneWaspAnt-ManEggheadElihas Starr

Reprinted in

Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Hulk Comic (1979), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Sinister Tales (1964), The Empire Strikes Back Monthly (1980), Return of the Jedi Weekly (1983), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Ant-Man & Wasp: Small World (2011), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2013), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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