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Tales to Astonish #55

Marvel · Series began 1959 · May 1964

Dates

Cover date
May 1964
On sale
February 4, 1964
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #55 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, George Roussoscolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Morrie Kuramoto

Stories

  • On the Trail of the Human Top! · 18 pages

    The Human Top breaks out of prison. Giant-Man and the Wasp have to get him back. The Top uses Giant-Man's capsules to become giant and captures the Wasp, but Giant-Man distracts him while the Wasp frees herself and termites make the Top fall through a roof, allowing his recapture.

  • The Treasure! · 1 pages

    A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.

  • The Gypsy's Secret! · 5 pages

    A cruel baron tries to force a gypsy to give him the secret of turning lead into gold, but the gypsy is really an alien looking for a human specimen for a zoo on his homeworld.

Characters

Hank PymJanet Van DyneWaspGiant-ManDave CannonHuman Top

Reprinted in

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), Marvel: February 1964 Omnibus (2023)

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