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Tales to Astonish #51

Marvel · Series began 1959 · January 1964

Dates

Cover date
January 1964
On sale
October 1, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #51 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Maneely, Larry Lieberinks: George Roussos, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Matt Foxcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen

Stories

  • Showdown with the Human Top! · 13 pages

    Human Top steals civil defense plans and wants to sell them to the Communists. Giant-Man lures him into a trap and captures him.

  • The Sorcerer · 2 pages

    A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.

  • No Place to Turn! · 5 pages

    Aliens transform a spy into a human, but because they can only receive black-and-white images from Earth they leave him green and he is discovered.

  • Somewhere Waits a Wobbow! · 5 pages

    The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan who disobeys the rules once too many.

Characters

Hank PymJanet Van DyneWaspGiant-ManDave CannonHuman Top

Reprinted in

Uncanny Tales (1963), Astounding Stories (1966), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2013), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Tales (1966), Terrific! (1967), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (2006), Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (2010), Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (2011)

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