| Issue | #56 |
| Published | June 1964 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in March 1964. 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]; Magician [Lee Guardineer] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Chic Stone |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Inker changed from Sol Brodsky to Chic Stone. (Bob Bailey, 2005-01-31) (Per Sandell ed.) |
| Reprinted | in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer] (introduction); Sterling Stuyvesant |
| Synopsis | Janet goes to a party in the hope of making Hank jealous. There, she is captured by the Magician. Giant-Man hosts a fake party aboard a yacht to lure the Magician into a trap, allowing him to save Jan and capture the Magician with her help. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Dick Ayers |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | The Magician next appears in issue #58 (August 1964). |
| Reprinted | in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008) |
| Characters | Leroy; Zoop |
| Synopsis | A young boy meets a tiny space traveler from Skyville, a suburb of Mars, trapped in a balloon. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Continues in next issue. Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story. |
| Reprinted | from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #11 (September 1960) [page 1] |
| Notes | Advertises Avengers, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) and Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (April 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories. This shares the page with the statement of ownership. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #39–51): 189,685/321,646. Paid circulation/print run for issue #51: 187,995/318,339. This shares the page with the promo. |
| Characters | Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Lorenzo; King Maximus; Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (in framing sequence) |
| Synopsis | A suitor thought unworthy by the king wins the hand of the princess through cunning when strength fails. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Larry Lieber |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | The ending of the story is not drawn, there is instead a scene of Jan telling Hank how it ended over dinner. This is the last "Wasp Tells a Tale" story. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #11 (November 1967); in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008); in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] |