Issue | #54 |
Published | April 1964 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in January 1964. 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]; El Toro [Antonio Rojo] |
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) #2 (2008) |
Characters | Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; El Toro [Antonio Rojo] |
Synopsis | Santo Rico has elected a communist president, El Toro. Giant-Man and the Wasp are sent to prove that the election was tampered with. They find evidence of voter bribery and El Toro is deposed. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Don Heck |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | El Toro next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988). |
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 | Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish |
Synopsis | A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Continues in next issue. |
Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #36 (October 1955) |
Characters | Victor Conrad; Mr. Smythe |
Synopsis | An art thief steals a painting of frightened men, only to be trapped in it as one of them. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Reprinted | in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #10 (August 1967) |
Notes | Advertises Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #25 (April 1964) and the launch of Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series). 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); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); King Shann |
Synopsis | A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 1967); in Essential Ant-Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (2002) [black and white]; Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2008); in Women of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] |