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Tales to Astonish #46

Marvel · Series began 1959 · August 1963

Dates

Cover date
August 1963
On sale
May 2, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #46 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditkoinks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen

Stories

  • ... When Cyclops Walks the Earth · 13 pages

    While on vacation in Greece, Ant-Man and the Wasp go after a monster who terrorizes the local sailors. The monster is a robotic cyclops sent by aliens to scout for an invasion.

  • Ride to the Future · 2 pages

    A visitor from outer space helps an unimaginative boy win a new bike in a writing contest.

  • The Secret of the Swamp! · 5 pages

    A lonely and plain woman meets a handsome man in the swamp and she marries him, not knowing that he is also ugly and they have been made beautiful to each other by the swamp's magic.

  • The Most Dangerous Weapon! · 5 pages

    In the year 2050 only one weapon remains on display in a museum as a reminder of the violent past. A man with criminal intent plots to steal it and use it to make himself dictator. He steals the gun and threatens to fire it in order to get his way, but his intended victim asks him to let him explain why he should not do so. The criminal refuses to listen and pulls the trigger, disintegrating himself. "Did he really not think we would leave such a weapon unguarded? It is indeed the world's most dangerous weapon, but only to the one who tries to use it."

Characters

Hank PymJanet Van DyneWaspAnt-ManKraglin

Reprinted in

Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), 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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