| Issue | #51 |
| Published | January 1964 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| 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 | Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon] |
| Synopsis | Human Top steals civil defense plans and wants to sell them to the Communists. Giant-Man lures him into a trap and captures him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | Continues from last issue. The Wasp wears a new helmet, the first of many costume changes. |
| 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 | Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton |
| Synopsis | A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief. |
| Genre | occult |
| Pencils | Joe Maneely |
| Inks | Joe Maneely |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #1 (December 1955) |
| Synopsis | Aliens transform a spy into a human, but because they can only receive black-and-white images from Earth they leave him green and he is discovered. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Larry Lieber |
| Inks | Matt Fox |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Characters | The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); Rack Morgan |
| Synopsis | The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan who disobeys the rules once too many. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Larry Lieber |
| Inks | George Roussos (as G. Bell) |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | This is the first "Wasp Tells a Tale" feature. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (November 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); in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] |