CATALOG RECORD
Tales to Astonish #62
first appearance of Leader
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Leader (Samuel Sterns, from Hulk) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- December 1964
- On sale
- September 1, 1964
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Giant-Man versus the Wonderful Wasp! · 12 pages
When Hank accidentally knocks himself out after a failed lab experiment, a petty thief makes off with his costume and begins to use the Giant-Man powers to commit crimes.
- Enter... the Chameleon! · 10 pages
The Hulk is captured in unbreakable restraints but slips through them when he turns back into Banner. Hearing that his buddy has been captured, Rick Jones leaves Captain America's side to go help the Hulk. The mysterious Leader sends the Chameleon to Gamma Base to find out what happened to an agent who didn't report back in (probably because he ended up falling down a hole in a robot suit in the previous issue). Talbot and Banner begin their less-than-friendly rivalry. The Chameleon impersonates Banner and tries to steal a gamma grenade using Betty as a hostage, but the Hulk thwarts his plans.
Characters
Reprinted in
Uncanny Tales (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), The Incredible Hulk (1966), Smash! (1966), Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (1968), The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), The Incredible Hulk (1974), Incredible Hulk Annual (1978), The Incredible Hulk (1978), Essential Hulk (1999), Essential Ant-Man (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2003), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man (2006), The Incredible Hulk Omnibus (2008), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2009), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection (2015), Incredible Hulk Epic Collection (2015), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2021)