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Issue: Tales to Astonish #55
Publication Date: May 1964
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Issues: #55 of 101 Issues (177 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Vista Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/04/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in February 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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 In11
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Original Artwork
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On the Trail of the Human Top!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #10 published September 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]mostly obscured by Wasp figure
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #32 published November 1967
as On the Trail of the Human Top [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as On the Trail of the Human Top! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as Tales to Astonish #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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On the Trail of the Human Top!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: At their New York lab, Giant-Man and the Wasp show their local fan club a...
Synopsis: The Human Top breaks out of prison. Giant-Man and the Wasp have to get him back. The Top uses Giant-Man's capsules to become giant and captures the Wasp, but Giant-Man distracts him while the Wasp frees herself and termites make the Top fall through a roof, allowing his recapture.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as On the Trail of the Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as On the Trail of the Human Top! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: The Human Top last appears in issue #51 (January 1964) and next appears in issue #55 (May 1964).
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The Treasure!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
Synopsis: A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #36 published October 1955
was The Treasure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 2
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [G-980]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1962 series) #12 (May 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #26 (May 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories.
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The Gypsy's Secret!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Gorko; Baron Radzic
First Line: We open with a typically peaceful, harmonious scene in Giant-Man's laboratory...
Synopsis: A cruel baron tries to force a gypsy to give him the secret of turning lead into gold, but the gypsy is really an alien looking for a human specimen for a zoo on his homeworld.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWomen of Marvel: Celebrating Seven Decades Omnibus #[nn] [Olivier Coipel Cover] published November 2010
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #10 published September 1967
as The Gypsy's Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Ant-Man #1 published February 2002
as The Gypsy's Secret! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 [Regular Edition] published February 2008
as The Gypsy's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X601

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