| Issue | #38 |
| Published | December 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 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]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Sol Brodsky |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Cover inks credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (30 January 2009); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers. Letters credit from George Olshevsky. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (July 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) |
| Characters | Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] (introduction, origin) |
| Synopsis | An scientist is hired by crooks to defeat Ant-Man. He tries to turn the ants against the hero and trap him, but the ants are loyal to Ant-Man and he foils Egghead's scheme. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | John Duffy [as "Johnny Dee"] |
| Notes | Egghead is the first villain to reappear and become a member of Ant-Man's rogues gallery (such as it was), becoming his arch-enemy; he next appears in issue #45 (July 1963). |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (July 1966); in Giant-Size Avengers (Marvel, 1974 series) #4 (June 1975); 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 | Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith |
| Synopsis | A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #45 (September 1956) |
| Characters | John Fleming; Bartho; Ricca |
| Synopsis | An experimental time machine seems to fail, aging its inventor 10 years. In fact he travelled into a fantastic future, but had his memory erased as punishment for trying to sow discord. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | John Duffy |
| Notes | Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| Characters | Gizzard |
| Synopsis | An art critic visits a sculptor to give him his opinion of his work. He tells the crestfallen man that his statues appear lifeless. He faints when one of the statues calls him a fool. It turns out the 'statues' were aliens attempting to pose as Earthlings in order to infiltrate. They deposit the critic outside and depart Earth. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |