CATALOG RECORD

Tales to Astonish #57

Marvel · Series began 1959 · July 1964

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Dates

Cover date: July 1964
On sale: April 2, 1964
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #57 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition12¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators

script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Larry Lieber, Steve Ditkoinks: Sol Brodsky, Paul Reinman, Chic Stone, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek

Stories

On the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man! · 16 pages
Egghead tricks Giant-Man into attacking Spider-Man in order to distract them while he robs an armored car. The Wasp realizes the trick, and the three of them capture Egghead together.
A Voice in the Dark! · 7 pages
The Wasp stops a thief by pretending to be the Invisible Girl.
The Balloon · 1 pages
A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManHank PymJanet Van DyneWaspGiant-ManEggheadElihas Starr

Reprinted in

Terrific! (1967), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964), Marvel Tales (1966), Spider-Man Annual (1974), Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (2010), Decades: Marvel in the '60s - Spider-Man Meets the Marvel Universe (2019)