| Issue | #44 |
| Published | June 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in March 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]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| 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-Man [Henry Pym] (origin detail); The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (introduction, origin); Creature from Kosmos [Pilai] (introduction, named in a later comic); Maria Trovaya-Pym (flashback, introduction); Vernon Van Dyne (introduction); Lee Kearns (voice only) |
| Synopsis | When a fellow scientist is killed by an alien being, Ant-Man enlists the help of the dead man's daughter. He gives her the ability to shrink and tiny wasp wings, and she joins him as his partner the Wasp. The duo use the alien's acidic nature to destroy it, saving the city. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Ernest Hart (script) [as H.E. Huntley] |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | In addition to introducing the Wasp, this story fleshes out Hank Pym's background and introduces the death of his wife as a motivating factor. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #8 (March 1973) [p2: panels 6—8, pp3—18, as part of "Prelude to Disaster!"]; in Superhero Women, The (Simon and Schuster, 1977 series) #[nn] (1977); in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006); in Secret Invasion: Requiem (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009) |
| Characters | LtC. Cam Westover; Maj. Franks; Cpt. Bill Trayne; Gen. von Kretz |
| Synopsis | A cunning spy infiltrates German HQ with a phoney blueprint as bait and paralyzes communications before a major US assault. |
| Genre | war |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Marines in Battle (Marvel, 1954 series) #6 (June 1955) |
| Synopsis | In the year 2000 all of New York City is searching for a 'plague carrier' who is attempting to escape notice and flee the city. He is apprehended at a transportation center and the police remove the 'plague' from him which turns out to be a handgun he had stolen from a museum which officials had worried could back bring the plague of war. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Terry Szenics |