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. |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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] |
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] |