| Issue | #36 |
| Published | October 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in July 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1; in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky] (introduction) |
| Synopsis | Ant-Man is hunted by a Soviet agent sent to capture him, but a beautiful stranger warns him of the spy's whereabouts. Ant-Man realizes that the woman is really the spy and defeats her. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Terry Szenics |
| Notes | This story is divided into two untitled parts (7 pp, 6 pp). Page 5 includes a schematic of Ant-Man's miniature entrance and exit from his house. Comrade X next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988) as "Madame X". Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) |
| Characters | Jonathan Ditmar |
| Synopsis | When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955) |
| Characters | Harry Weems |
| Synopsis | A fugitive steals a clock that turns back time. He becomes young again, and tries to commit the perfect crime, by escaping back in time before it happened, but when the clock breaks, he dies. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ? |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | John Duffy |
| Notes | Script and letters credits from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Characters | Pan |
| Synopsis | A man arrives in a small village looking for Pan, whom all the villagers affirm does exist. He hopes to cash in somehow, but becomes frustrated when no one will tell him where to find Pan, and he begins to think they are just scamming the tourists. He threatens to rough up a bartender and the bartender directs him to a nearby grove under the full moon. The man goes, and does encounter Pan, but is so unsettled by the encounter he immediately leaves town. It turns out the bartender has cloven hooves. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Lee credit noted by "kevobay" via the GCD Errors list, February 2010. Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index. |