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Issue: Tales to Astonish #38
Publication Date: December 1962
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Issues: #38 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: 09/11/1962
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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In15
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Betrayed by the Ants!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
First Line: You're hopelessly stuck to that flypaper, Ant-Man!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #3 published July 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Betrayed by the Ants! [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 #38 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 published December 2013
as "Betrayed by the Ants!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMisterios del Gato Negro #166 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Betrayed by the Ants!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] (introduction, origin)
First Line: Since the appearance of the amazing Ant-Man, the bustling metropolis has...
Synopsis: An scientist is hired by crooks to defeat Ant-Man. He tries to turn the ants against the hero and trap him, but the ants are loyal to Ant-Man and he foils Egghead's scheme.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #3 published July 1966
as Betrayed by the Ants!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGiant-Size Avengers #4 published June 1975
as Betrayed By the Ants!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]-1 page
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as Betrayed by the Ants!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 [Regular Edition] published March 2006
as Betrayed by the Ants!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 published December 2013
as "Betrayed by the Ants!!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Egghead is the first villain to reappear and become a member of Ant-Man's rogues gallery (such as it was), becoming his arch-enemy; he next appears in issue #45 (July 1963).
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Strange Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
First Line: It was obvious that something was wrong.
Synopsis: A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #45 published September 1956
was Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-440
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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I Found the Impossible World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John Fleming; Bartho; Ricca
First Line: You are about to witness one of the boldest scientific...
Synopsis: An experimental time machine seems to fail, aging its inventor 10 years. In fact he travelled into a fantastic future, but had his memory erased as punishment for trying to sow discord.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #1 published April 1971
as Ho scoperto un modo impossibile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as I Found the Impossible World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Secret of the Statues!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gizzard
First Line: Where does art leave off and real life begin??
Synopsis: An art critic visits a sculptor to give him his opinion of his work. He tells the crestfallen man that his statues appear lifeless. He faints when one of the statues calls him a fool. It turns out the 'statues' were aliens attempting to pose as Earthlings in order to infiltrate. They deposit the critic outside and depart Earth.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #40 published December 1974
as Le secret des statues! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2012
as Secret of the Statues! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #100 published ?
as Secret of the Statues! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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