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Tales to Astonish #53

Marvel · Series began 1959 · March 1964

Dates

Cover date
March 1964
On sale
December 2, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #53 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Larry Lieberinks: Sol Brodsky, Dick Ayers, Don Heckcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Sam Rosen, Ray Holloway

Stories

  • Trapped by the Porcupine! · 18 pages

    The Porcupine uses Giant-Man's fan club to attack him and then he captures the Wasp. He uses the Wasp to lead him back to Giant-Man and attacks. He snatches Giant-Man's size-changing capsules, but takes the shrinking capsules and shrinks to nothingness.

  • The Clock · 2 pages

    An old clockmaker nearly dies from the cold, but is saved by the wooden figures adorning his clocks, which he has given parts of his own soul.

  • When Wakes the Colossus! · 5 pages

    An alien warlord builds a giant statue to intimidate the superstitious, but it comes to life and takes the side of the rebels against him.

Characters

Hank PymJanet Van DyneWaspGiant-ManAlexander GentryPorcupine

Reprinted in

Climax Adventure Comic (1962), Terrific! (1967), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), Marvel Tales (1966), Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (2010)

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