Category: Ant Man/ Giant Man and the Wasp In Tales to Astonish (1959)

  • Tales To Astonish #63:The Gangsters and the Giant!

    Tales To Astonish #63:The Gangsters and the Giant!

    Cover Date: Jan 1965 | Review: 1.5 Stars

    The tale starts out this month much like so many comics, in a training routine with Giant-Man pushing and honing his phyiscal capabilities. This is done while the wasp times him and flirts with him. This is ended by the arrival of a police officer who summons our hero’s (or at least Giant-Man, with the…

  • Tales To Astonish #62:Giant-Man Versus THe Wonderful Wasp!

    Tales To Astonish #62:Giant-Man Versus THe Wonderful Wasp!

    Cover Date: Dec 1964 | Review: 1.25 Stars

    Right from the cover, we are made aware that in this issue, we will have Giant-Man fights for his life against the Wasp! then on page one, a Big Surprise is revealed to us that “this issues big bad villain learns the secret of Giant-Man’s real identity!” But what do these two bits of promotional…

  • Tales to Astonish #61:Now Walks the Android

    Tales to Astonish #61:Now Walks the Android

    Cover Date: Nov 1964 | Review: 2 Stars

    This Ant-Man and wasp tale features Egghead whom we last seen in issue 57. In this issue he escapes from Jail, and sets out to get revenge on Giant-Man for besting him. As a villion goes it is more about proving himself the superior intellect then anything else at this point for the antagonist. This…

  • Tales to astonish #60:The Beast of Berlin

    Tales to astonish #60:The Beast of Berlin

    Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.5 Stars

    The tale for Giant-Man and the wasp (although just barely) for Tales To Astonish#60 is a communist fighting adventure titled  “The Beast Of Berlin”.  In this tale,  Giant-man goes off alone (after telling her for the first time about how his wife died) to Communist controlled Berlin to rescue a friend captured by the communist…

  • Tales To Astonish #59:Enter: The Hulk

    Tales To Astonish #59:Enter: The Hulk

    Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 3.75 Stars

    Having just finished reading Tales To Astonish #59 I find myself asking, who is more the star of this tale,  Giant-Man or Hulk.  You see, up until this Issue, Giant-Man with his side-kick (I almost hate calling wasp a side-kick)  have been the featured hero’s of the series.  As of late often with a Wasp…

  • Tales To Astonish #58:The Coming Of... Colossus

    Tales To Astonish #58:The Coming Of… Colossus

    Cover Date: Aug 1964 | Review: 3 Stars

    For tales To astonish the feature story we have Giant-Man and the The wasp take on Colossus, a giant twice the size of Gaint-Man!  But in this trilling adventure taking place in the made up Bora-Boru Region of Africa, where a group of natives have taken to worshiping the 30 foot tall Colossus, can  Giant man manage to…

  • Tales To Astonish #57:On The Trail of The Amazing Spider-Man

    Tales To Astonish #57:On The Trail of The Amazing Spider-Man

    Cover Date: Jul 1964 | Review: 2.5 Stars

    It seems in my last several classic comic book reviews, we have seen a lot of Hero Vs. Hero action.  from Spider-Man and the Hulk  to X-Men Vs Fantastic Four, and now Giant-Man and the Wasp face off against Spider-Man.  Every time, we see this kind of action, their are challenges  and concerns that must be…

  • Tales To Astonish #56:The Coming Of The Magician!

    Tales To Astonish #56:The Coming Of The Magician!

    Cover Date: Jun 1964 | Review: 3.5 Stars

    In this issue, just as the cover promises, we see Giant-Man using his power to his advantage, and then just as the last tale foretold, we get the hint of a looming proposal from hank Pym to Janet van Dyne.   But will this story be as magical as we hope, or just a bunch of tricks? Artwork Dick…

  • Tales To Astonish #55:On The Trail Of The Human Top!

    Tales To Astonish #55:On The Trail Of The Human Top!

    Cover Date: May 1964 | Review: 3.5 Stars

    In tales To astonish #55 we have Hank Pym as both Giant-Man and Ant-man using his skills along with the assistance of Janet Van Dyne to stop the Human Top for the second time. The first time was in Tales To Astonish #50 and #51.  But what does their second encounter have in store for us?  and what of the…

  • Tales To Astonish #54:No Place To Hide

    Tales To Astonish #54:No Place To Hide

    Cover Date: Apr 1964 | Review: 2.25 Stars

    This comic book review is for the Giant-man & Wasp story featured in Tales To Astonish #54, titled “No Place To Hide”. This tale features our hero’s after they are asked by the US Government to investigate a governmental change in the small nation of Santo Rico, and its new leader “El Toro!” But is “no Place…

  • Tales To Astonish #53:Trapped By The Porcupine!

    Tales To Astonish #53:Trapped By The Porcupine!

    Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 2.5 Stars

    For today’s comic book review i read Tales To Astonish #53, where we have an Giant-Man feature that includes the return of The Porcupine. Now as you may remember from my review of Tales To Astonish #48, I was not to trilled with the porcupine or his first appearance.  So now we will get to find out…

  • Tales To Astonish #52:The Black Knight Strikes!

    Tales To Astonish #52:The Black Knight Strikes!

    Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4.25 Stars

    For today’s comic book review I read Tales To Astonish #52, starting Giant-Man and The Wonderful Wasp!  Just from the cover of the classic comic book I seen great promise, and not just from the words, but also from the clean appearance. but is the tale titled “The Black Knight Strikes!” meant to be a good one? or is it…

  • Tales To Astonish #51:Showdown with the Human Top!

    Tales To Astonish #51:Showdown with the Human Top!

    Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 3 Stars

    Yesterday I read Tales To Astonish #50, and seen how The Human Top humiliated Giant-Man, Today I read the second part, to see if Giant-Man and The Wasp could stop the human Top. In this issue, we have a continued effort to catch the top, as he engages in a plan to steal US secrets…

  • Tales To Astonish #50:The Human Top!

    Tales To Astonish #50:The Human Top!

    Cover Date: Dec 1963 | Review: 4.75 Stars

    For today’s comic book review I read Tales To Astonish #50, containing the “Giant-man and the wonderful Wasp Battling The Human Top!” But also being the first part of a two-part story (our second two-part story reviewed this week!) This one, gives us a good focus and background for the menace of the issue, whom is…

  • Tales To Astonish #49:The Birth of Giant-Man

    Tales To Astonish #49:The Birth of Giant-Man

    Cover Date: Nov 1963 | Review: 4 Stars

    For today’s comic book review I read the story in Tales To Astonish #49 titled “The Birth of Giant-Man”  and this story offers perhaps the greatest development and change for our ongoing Ant-man and the wasp stories so far, giving Dr. Hank Pym the choice to be ant-man or to double his size to 12 feet and…

  • Tales To Astonish #48:Ant-Man And The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!

    Tales To Astonish #48:Ant-Man And The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!

    Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 1.5 Stars

    For today’s Comic Book Review I read and reviewed the Ant-Man and the wasp story from “Tales To Astonish #48” and what I found was an astonishing tale titled “Ant-Man And The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!” the basic outline of the story is one of an evil scientist, a weapons developer for the military develops what he see’s…

  • Tales To Astonish #47:Music To Scream By

    Tales To Astonish #47:Music To Scream By

    Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3 Stars

    For today’s comic book review i read the ant-man and wasp story from Tales To Astonish #47, titled “Music To Scream By“.  in this classic tale we see our heroes as well as the ant’s face the great threat of sound. To offer a summary, the story starts out with a prelude where our hero’s both solve…

  • Tales To Astonish #46:...When Cyclops Walks The Earth

    Tales To Astonish #46:…When Cyclops Walks The Earth

    Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.5 Stars

    oday I set out to do a comic book review on the ant-man and the wasp story from Tales To Astonish #46.  From the starting point, the cover did not set me off with great hope for the issue, but I know that is a bad way to judge a book. for a short synopsis of the…

  • Tales to Astonish #45:The Terrible Traps Of Egghead!

    Tales to Astonish #45:The Terrible Traps Of Egghead!

    Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 4.75 Stars

    In today’s comic book review we go over, the story in Tales to Astonish #45 that features Ant-Man and The Wasp caught in “The terrible Traps of Egghead!”. For those of you who have been following along, we seen Egg Head in Tales To Astonish #38. but worry not, if you did not read that classic issue; as this one offers a…

  • Tales To Astonish #44:Ant-Man and the Wasp! Vs. The Creature From Kosmos!

    Tales To Astonish #44:Ant-Man and the Wasp! Vs. The Creature From Kosmos!

    Cover Date: Jun 1963 | Review: 4 Stars

    In sitting down to do my comic book review for the Ant-Man and Wasp story in Tales To Astonish #44, I realize the importance of this issue. These simple, and short facts must be stated first before I begin even thinking about being critical of the 18 page story. This issue is the first appearance and the origin of…

  • Tales To Astonish #43:The Astonishing Ant-Man Versus The Mad Master of Time!

    Tales To Astonish #43:The Astonishing Ant-Man Versus The Mad Master of Time!

    Cover Date: May 1963 | Review: 4.75 Stars

    Today, my comic book review is of Tales To Astonish #43, where I review the story of “The Astonishing Ant-Man Versus The Mad Master of Time!“. this story is perhaps one of the ironic twists of fate. All that lead the ant-man down an adventure to face a villain like he never has before. But this story is a…

  • Tales To Astonish #42:The Voice of Doom

    Tales To Astonish #42:The Voice of Doom

    Cover Date: Apr 1963 | Review: 3 Stars

    Today’s comic book review is of Tales To Astonish #42, in this issue we learn of Jason Cragg. whom gains the “Voice of Truth” a power that makes people believe what ever he says.  but his hypnotic power enough to make me give him a good review? More importantly how does Ant-Man deal with a threat who’s very…

  • Tales To Astonish #41:Prisoner of the Slave World!

    Tales To Astonish #41:Prisoner of the Slave World!

    Cover Date: Mar 1963 | Review: 2.25 Stars

    Today my comic book review is of  The Astonishing Ant-Man!,Prisoner of the Slave World From Tales To Astonish #41. Starting this review, I do find myself at a loss for word, It had alien’s, it had scientific kidnapping,  it had Time and dimensional travel.  but did it have the heart and soul of a good story? When it comes to the…

  • Tales To Astonish #40:The Day That Ant-Man Failed!

    Tales To Astonish #40:The Day That Ant-Man Failed!

    Cover Date: Feb 1963 | Review: 2.75 Stars

    Even as I sat down and began reading The Day That Ant-Man Failed I knew, full well that the title of the story was misleading. But like every other issue, I read on prepared to be Astonished by our tiny super hero. A few of the Ant-Man stories had the feel of a mystery, where clues that we…