| Issue | #45 |
| Published | July 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Ant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index. |
| 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]; The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] |
| Synopsis | Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man. He captures the Wasp, but Ant-Man frees her and the two recover Egghead's loot, though he escapes capture. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Ernest Hart (script) [as H.E. Huntley] |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Egghead last appeared in issue #38 (December 1962), he next appears in issue #57 (July 1964). |
| 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 | Ted Jason |
| Synopsis | A quiz show host finds himself mysteriously transported to the far future for a brief time. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #3 (October 1956) |
| Characters | Bruno Bronson (called Boris in one panel) |
| Synopsis | Bronson, an incredible genius upset that no one on earth can match his tremendous intellect, builds a space ship and travels to a planet of highly advanced aliens. After the aliens test Branson, they determine that his intelligence is so low compared to their species, that the earthling must be imprisoned for his own safety. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Reprinted | in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #70 (December 13, 1973) [as "Il cervello di Bronson!", Italian translation]; in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #13 (August 1972) [as "Le cerveau de Bronson!", French translation] |
| Characters | Ben Trent; Ronnie Trent; Helen Trent; Carlo |
| Synopsis | A man is disturbed by his daughter's attachment to her new robot playmate, but changes his mind when it saves her life. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script) [as R. Berns] |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | Terry Szenics |
| Notes | This story is an altered retelling of "Robot Hater!", drawn by Paul Reinman in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959). |
| Reprinted | in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #74/75 (October 1975) [as "Il marche comme un homme!", French translation] |