Issue | #46 |
Published | August 1963 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in May 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Reprinted | 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-Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; The Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Kraglin |
Synopsis | While on vacation in Greece, Ant-Man and the Wasp go after a monster who terrorizes the local sailors. The monster is a robotic cyclops sent by aliens to scout for an invasion. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Ernest Hart (script) [as H. E. Huntley] |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Reprinted | 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 | Harry Benns; Poker; Zealzodo |
Synopsis | A visitor from outer space helps an unimaginative boy win a new bike in a writing contest. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #52 (August 1956) |
Characters | Sue; John Marlowe |
Synopsis | A lonely and plain woman meets a handsome man in the swamp and she marries him, not knowing that he is also ugly and they have been made beautiful to each other by the swamp's magic. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Characters | Kowl Korgan |
Synopsis | In the year 2050 only one weapon remains on display in a museum as a reminder of the violent past. A man with criminal intent plots to steal it and use it to make himself dictator. He steals the gun and threatens to fire it in order to get his way, but his intended victim asks him to let him explain why he should not do so. The criminal refuses to listen and pulls the trigger, disintegrating himself. "Did he really not think we would leave such a weapon unguarded? It is indeed the world's most dangerous weapon, but only to the one who tries to use it." |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Artie Simek |