Category: Tales To Astonish 1959
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Tales To Astonish #58:The Coming Of… Colossus
Cover Date: Aug 1964 | Review: 3 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #57:A Voice In The Dark
Cover Date: Jul 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsThis tale, is not like the other wasp extras, instead of Janet Van Dyne telling a tale to some sick or orphaned kids, she is instead on her way from one of these tales to a date with Hank Pym. But as the wasp soon finds out, the tasks of being a super-hero often show…
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Tales To Astonish #57:On The Trail of The Amazing Spider-Man
Cover Date: Jul 1964 | Review: 2.5 StarsIt 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…
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Tales To Astonish #56:Beware The Bog Beast!
Cover Date: Jun 1964 | Review: 4.75 Starshis may be one of the best “The Wonderful Wasp Tells A Tale” I have read! it would leave me excited for more but at last, more was not to come. As Next month, the second feature would star the wasp, but not be a wonderful Tale. This is a tale, of a lovely woman,…
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Tales To Astonish #55:The Gypsy’s Secret
Cover Date: May 1964 | Review: 4 StarsA tale of great desire, and the ability to turn led into gold, how can such a story go wrong? In fact, it can go wrong in many ways, but I am pleased to say, “The Gypsy’s Secret” did not go wrong at all. this is the story of Gypsy who has the great secret of…
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Tales To Astonish #54:Conquest
Cover Date: Apr 1964 | Review: 4 StarsIn this issue we have another one of the stories in the series of “The Wonderful Wasp Tells A Tale” this one titled “Conquest“. in this tale we see a ruler driven to conquest to earn the admiration of his people, and just what that leads too for him. like the other stories in this series it…
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Tales To Astonish #56:The Coming Of The Magician!
Cover Date: Jun 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsIn 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…
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Tales To Astonish #55:On The Trail Of The Human Top!
Cover Date: May 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsIn 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…
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Tales To Astonish #54:No Place To Hide
Cover Date: Apr 1964 | Review: 2.25 StarsThis 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…
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Tales To Astonish #53:When Wakes The Colossus!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 3 StarsThis tale, has the Wasp telling her story to Dr. Pym before leaving for the Veterans Hospital, giving us a slightly different backdrop, but helping to maintain the ongoing concept for the wasp tells a tale series. The story she tells though, is just as entertaining as the last few though; being a tale of…
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Tales To Astonish #53:Trapped By The Porcupine!
Cover Date: Mar 1964 | Review: 2.5 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #52:Not What They Seem!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4 StarsNow that I got the action story out of the way; I move on to review Tales To Astonish #52 “the wonderful Wasp Tells A tale!” story, This time she goes to an orphanage to tell her story to the local kids. The tale she tells is titled “Not What They Seem!” The Story The Story,…
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Tales To Astonish #52:The Black Knight Strikes!
Cover Date: Feb 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #51:The Wonderful Wasp Tells A Tale: Somewhere Waits A Wobbow!
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 4 StarsIn addition to the Giant-Man and The Wasp super hero feature, starting in this issue, The wonderful Wasp would get her own tale, or at least the job of telling one. I could tell you what this is all about in my own words, but I would just assume quote the comic. When she’s not…
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Tales To Astonish #51:Showdown with the Human Top!
Cover Date: Jan 1964 | Review: 3 StarsYesterday 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…
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Tales To Astonish #50:The Human Top!
Cover Date: Dec 1963 | Review: 4.75 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #49:The Birth of Giant-Man
Cover Date: Nov 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #48:Ant-Man And The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 1.5 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #47:Music To Scream By
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3 StarsFor 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…
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Tales To Astonish #46:…When Cyclops Walks The Earth
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.5 Starsoday 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…
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Tales to Astonish #45:The Terrible Traps Of Egghead!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 4.75 StarsIn 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…
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Tales To Astonish #44:Ant-Man and the Wasp! Vs. The Creature From Kosmos!
Cover Date: Jun 1963 | Review: 4 StarsIn 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…
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Tales To Astonish #43:The Astonishing Ant-Man Versus The Mad Master of Time!
Cover Date: May 1963 | Review: 4.75 StarsToday, 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…
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Tales To Astonish #42:The Voice of Doom
Cover Date: Apr 1963 | Review: 3 StarsToday’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…
