CATALOG RECORD
Tales to Astonish #48
first appearance of Porcupine
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Porcupine (Alexander Gentry) — introduction, origin
Dates
- Cover date
- October 1963
- On sale
- July 2, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #48 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Ant-Man and the Wasp Defy the Porcupine! · 13 pages
The Porcupine decides to rob a burglar-proof bank designed by Henry Pym. So, on the day of its opening, Henry and Janet are there. They have to stop him as Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- The Inventor · 2 pages
A disgruntled janitor's obsessive effort to create a sweeping robot costs him his job and ends in failure, but only because he sees no use for a perpetual motion machine.
- Grayson's Gorilla! · 5 pages
A scientist tries to give himself the strength of a gorilla for his own ends. He switches bodies with one instead, and the newly human gorilla sends him to the zoo.
- The Little Green Man! · 5 pages
An unscrupulous pilot tricks an alien into refitting his plane, but throws the creature out instead of rewarding it. He only then discovers that the alien had not yet explained how to land with the new engine.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Mystic (1960), Sinister Tales (1964), 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), Marvel July 1963 Omnibus (2023)