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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published November 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in August 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "The Unknown Protector!!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966); 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 The Astonishing Ant-Man story "Trapped by the Protector!"

Characters Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
Synopsis Ant-Man deals with a dangerous extortionist, who turns out to be disguised as one of the victimized jewellers.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Ray Holloway
Notes This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (5 pp), and part two—"Face-to-Face with the Protector!" (8 pp).
Reprinted in Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (Marvel, 1965 series) #2 (April 1966); 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 "The Magician"

Characters Howard; Uncle Bart
Synopsis A TV studio page and aspiring magician gets a lucky break when he meets a real sorcerer time traveling from the past.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #34 (August 1955)

5 page story "Afraid to Dream!"

Characters Harry Fiske
Synopsis A man whose dreams come true is terrified when he dreams his own death. He isolates himself all day, but is killed by an avalanche.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Letters John Duffy ?
Notes The last page includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.

5 page story "The Star Raiders"

Characters Brock; Zenogg
Synopsis A group of escaped convicts turned pirates are tricked into attacking a planet they believe defenceless by a man who claims the inhabitants are ‘midgets’ neglecting to mention that they are only midgets compared to him.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils Steve Ditko (signed)
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters John Duffy ?
Notes This issue includes an advertisement for Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #1 (1962). Writer credit from Stéphane Petit, November 2007. Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.