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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published December 1963
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in September 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "The Unbeatable Human Top!"

Characters Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Sol Brodsky
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer had credited George Roussos.
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)

13 page Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp story "The Human Top!"

Characters Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis Henry Pym follows the crime spree of the Human Top in the newspapers but the Wasp convinces Henry to go after him as Giant-Man. The Top evades Giant-Man, and he must train to out-maneuver him.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko ? (credited); Don Heck ?; Sol Brodsky ?
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Continues in next issue. Inking credit in dispute: Nick Caputo believes the Ditko credit is correct, with possible Heck corrections to the Wasp (January 2009); Bob Bailey disagrees with the printed credit and suggests Heck or Brodsky (March 2005).
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)

2 page text story "Mystery Trip"

Characters Tommy Pidgeon; Goober Jones; Rosie; Uncle Pete
Synopsis Tommy's uncle returns from a space journey needing to re-learn how to walk on earth instead of floating.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Joe Maneely
Inks Joe Maneely
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #46 (August 1956)

5 page story "The Secret of Sagattus!"

Characters Quoquo; John
Synopsis A wise king listens only to the advice of a hunchback, causing the jealous nobles to murder the hunchback. They discover that the hunchback was the real ruler, and the king is only a manniquin.
Genre fantasy
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Matt Fox
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #63 (September 4, 1973) [as "L'arma segreta", Italian translation]

5 page story "No Ending!"

Characters Rodrigo Cadiz
Synopsis A dictator is tormented by dreams of running on a treadmill suspended high in the sky.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #70 (December 11, 1973) [as "Senza fine!", Italian translation]