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Issue: Tales to Astonish #40
Publication Date: February 1963
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Issues: #40 of 101 Issues (131 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/08/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U.S. Copyright Office filings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In13
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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The Day the Ant-Man Failed!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]partially obscured
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Day the Ant-Man Failed! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Tales to Astonish #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 published December 2013
as See The True Story Behind "The Day the Ant-Man Failed!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Day That Ant-Man Failed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hijacker [Howard Mitchell]
First Line: Our startling Ant-Man tale begins with Henry Pym!
Synopsis: Ant-Man investigates a series of hijackings. He pretends to be sick to lure the hijacker into the open, and finds out that it's the owner of the armored car company.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as The Day That Ant-Man Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #94 published November 1980
as The Day The Ant-Man Failed (Part 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 1-6
In Content Item: FlagMarvel's Greatest Comics #95 [Direct Edition] published December 1980
as The Day the Ant-Man Failed (Part 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 7-11
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Day that Ant-Man Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as The Day That Ant-Man Failed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 published December 2013
as "The Day Ant-Man Failed!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: X-23
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I Was Trapped in the Mad Universe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tommy Jordan; Phil Jordan; Ginger
First Line: I'm telling the truth!
Synopsis: A boy finds a device from the future that transports him to an alternate dimension with nearly identical versions of him and his family.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Empire Strikes Back Weekly #129 published August 1980
as I Was Trapped in the Mad Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as I Was Trapped in the Mad Universe! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: X-24
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Bird Talk

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Tony Tipple; Skeets Mulligan; Toodles Murphy; bird census taker
First Line: All the kids on the block were getting parakeets.
Synopsis: A meeting with a strange man gives a boy an unusual way of getting a pet bird, talking to birds.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #50 published October 1956
was Bird Talk [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [K-424]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Worst Man on Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hogarr
First Line: This is Hogarr, arch-criminal of the year 2000!
Synopsis: A criminal in the year 2000 is sentenced to be exiled from humanity for his various crimes as the death penalty has been abolished. He mocks his accusers since he has prepared a micro-drill built into his finger that will get the door of his cell open eventually. When he does succeed in getting it open, he wishes he hadn't, as it turns out his cell had been placed in orbit around the planet.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as The Worst Man on Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-25

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