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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1
Publication Date: January 2013
 
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On Sale Date: 11/27/2013
Volume: 1
Pages: 292
ISBN: 9780785167686
UPC/EAN: 978078516768652499
Price: $27.99 CAD
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58 (27 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Ant-Man & Giant-Man stories from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #27 & 35-52.

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The Return of the Ant Man!

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Stop him, my pets!
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The Marvel Masterworks Library

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Inside front cover.
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Marvel Masterworks Presents Ant-Man/Giant-Man

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Title page.
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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
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Indicia of the volume. Includes a detail from the first page of Tales to Astonish #35.
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Marvel Masterworks Credits

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Marvel Masterworks Contents

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
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Includes a detail from the cover of Tales to Astonish #49.
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Introduction

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The Man in the Ant Hill!

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Henry Pym (later known as Ant-Man)
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The Man in the Ant Hill!

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Henry Pym [Ant-Man (later)] (first appearance, origin)
Henry Pym invents a shrinking serum, but is trapped in an ant hill when he tests it. He is attacked by several ants, but one of them helps him escape and restore his ordinary size. He destroys the serum because it is too dangerous.
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Henry Pym next appears in issue #35 (September 1962).
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The Return of the Ant Man!

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Return of the Ant-Man, Part 1

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Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eluedes them by shrinking himself once again.
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Letters:
1. Jon D'Agostino suggested by original indexer
2. Joe Letterese suggested by Haydn

Part 1 of 3. Origin re-cap continuing from the story in Tales to Astonish #27 where Henry Pym was introduced.
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[Return of the Ant-Man], Part 2: An Army of Ants!

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Henry Pym learns how to command ants to do his bidding and frees his captured assistants, with the help of the ants.
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[Return of the Ant-Man], Part 3: The Ant-Man's Revenge!

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Henry Pym invents an anti-radiation gas, that attracts the attention of communist spies. Henry eluedes them by shrinking himself once again.
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Part 3 of 3.
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Featuring: A New Ant-Man Thriller!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky]
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The Challenge of Comrade X!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Comrade X [Nina Vladimirovna Tsiolkovsky] (first appearance)
Ant-Man is hunted by a Soviet agent sent to capture him, but a beautiful stranger warns him of the spy's whereabouts. Ant-Man realizes that the woman is really the spy and defeats her.
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This story is divided into two untitled parts (7 pp, 6 pp). Page 5 includes a schematic of Ant-Man's miniature entrance and exit from his house. Comrade X next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #33 (June 1988) as "Madame X". Letters credit from George Oleshevky's Marvel Comics Index.
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Featuring: The Ant-Man Defying the Unknown Protector!!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector
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Trapped by the Protecter! [Part 1]

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
Ant-Man deals with a dangerous extortionist, who turns out to be disguised as one of the victimized jewellers.
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Part 2 Face-to-Face with the Protector!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Protector [Gerald Marsh]
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Betrayed by the Ants!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
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Betrayed by the Ants!!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr] (first appearance, origin)
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.
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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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Starring the Astonishing Ant-Man!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle
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The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle (first appearance, origin)
Ant-Man fights a beetle made super-intelligent by radiation. It uses Ant-Man's growth gas to become giant, but he is able to defeat it.
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The Scarlet Beetle next appears in Iron Man (Marvel, 1968 series) #44 (January 1972).
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See the True Story Behind "The Day the Ant-Man Failed!"

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The Day Ant-Man Failed!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Hijacker [Howard Mitchell] (first appearance)
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.
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Prisoner of the Slave World!

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Prisoner of the Slave World!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Kulla; Ed Marion ('window washer', named in Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook); Ben Carter; Paul
Henry Pym is kidnapped along with other scientists in order to build a super-weapon for a tyrant in another dimension. He sneaks away and transforms into Ant-Man in order to defeat the tyrant.
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In Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook, this dimension is called Dehnock.
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The Man with the Voice of Doom!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Voice [Jason Cragg]
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The Voice of Doom!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Voice [Jason Cragg] (first appearance, origin)
A radio spokesman gains a hypnotic voice from radiation, and decides to test it by turning the people against Ant-Man. He captures Ant-Man and forces him to walk off a pier, but the ants rescue the hero, and he beats the Voice with laryngitis.
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The Voice next appears in West Coast Avengers (Marvel, 1985 series) #36 (September 1988). In this story Ant-Man is said to live in "Center City".
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Is This the End of Ant-Man? "The Mad Master of Time!"

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The Mad Master of Time!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Time-Master [Elias Weems] (first appearance, origin); Tommy Weems (first appearance)
A scientist forced to retire makes a device to artificially age others and holds the city hostage. Ant-Man can't stop him, but when he accidentally ages his own grandson he repents and reverses the damage.
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The Time Master never appears again, Ant-Man still operates in "Center City".
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The Creature from Kosmos!!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Creature from Kosmos [Pilai]
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The Creature from Kosmos!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym] (origin detail); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (introduction, origin); Creature from Kosmos [Pilai] (introduction, named in a later comic); Maria Trovaya-Pym (flashback, introduction); Vernon Van Dyne (introduction); Lee Kearns (voice only)
When a fellow scientist is killed by an alien being, Ant-Man enlists the help of the dead man's daughter. He gives her the ability to shrink and tiny wasp wings, and she joins him as his partner the Wasp. The duo use the alien's acidic nature to destroy it, saving the city.
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In addition to introducing the Wasp, this story fleshes out Henry Pym's background and introduces the death of his wife as a motivating factor.
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The Return of Egghead!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
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Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
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The Terrible Traps of Egghead!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
Egghead forms a new gang and sets a trap for the Wasp, hoping to use her against Ant-Man. He captures the Wasp, but Ant-Man frees her and the two recover Egghead's loot, though he escapes capture.
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Egghead last appeared in issue #38 (December 1962), he next appears in issue #57 (July 1964).
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Cyclops Walks the Earth!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot
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... When Cyclops Walks the Earth

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Cyclops Robot; Kraglin
While on vacation in Greece, Ant-Man and the Wasp go after a monster who terrorizes the local sailors. The monster is a robotic cyclops sent by aliens to scout for an invasion.
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Super-Fantasy in the Marvel Manner!! "Music to Scream By!"

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Trago
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Music to Scream By

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Trago (only appearance); Mr. Cosgrove; Foss (ant); Ghazandi; Korr (ant); Mr. Nehradu; Ramond Theis
Ant-Man and the Wasp are caught by the music of Trago, the trumpet player, who has learned some mystic use of his trumpet in India. They defeat him at the cost of a brave ant's life.
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Battle: The Porcupine

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]
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Ant-Man and The Wasp Defy the Porcupine!

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; The Porcupine [Alex Gentry] (introduction, origin)
The Porcupine decides to rob a burglar-proof bank designed by Henry Pym. So, on the day of its opening, Henry and Janet are there. They have to stop him as Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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Beginning in This Special Super-Issue: Ant-Man Becomes "Giant Man"

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser
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The Birth of Giant-Man!

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (first appearance as Giant-Man); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Living Eraser (introduction)
While Henry Pym develops capsules that permit him to become giant-size as well as ant-size, the Eraser captures him and brings him to Dimension Z along with other scientists to build atomic weapons. Giant-Man defeats their captors and rescues the scientists.
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This story places Henry Pym's lab and base in the New Jersey Palisades. Living Eraser next appears in Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #15.
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The Unbeatable Human Top!

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
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The Human Top!

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon] (introduction, origin)
Henry Pym follows the crime spree of the Human Top in the newspapers but the Wasp convinces Henry to go after him as Giant-Man. The Top evades Giant-Man, and he must train to out-maneuver him.
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Continues in next issue.
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Don't Miss "Giant-Man's Showdown with the Human Top!"

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Showdown with the Human Top!

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Top [Dave Cannon]
Human Top steals civil defense plans and wants to sell them to the Communists. Giant-Man lures him into a trap and captures him.
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Continues from last issue. The Wasp wears a new helmet, the first of many costume changes.
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Somewhere Waits a Wobbow!

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The Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (narrator); Rack Morgan
The Wasp tells the tale of future mercenary pilot Rack Morgan who disobeys the rules once too many.
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The Black Knight Strikes!

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett]
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The Black Knight Strikes!

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Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Black Knight [Nathan Garrett] (introduction, origin)
After being arrested for treason by Giant-Man, Professor Garrett flees to Europe where he manipulate the genes of horses and eagles to create a winged horse. Then he develops his lance and comes back as the Black Knight to take his revenge on Giant-Man. Giant-Man defeats him, but the Black Knight escapes.
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Not What They Seem!

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The Wasp tells the tale of prison escapees who try to avoid a planet with a trap, but are doomed when they take the wrong side in a battle of the sexes.
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May 1963 house ad from the pages of The Fantastic Four #14...

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Fantastic Four; Thor; Spider-Man; Iron man; Ant-Man; Human Torch
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Advertisement for the Marvel hero strips.
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Tales to Astonish #40, page 5 original art

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]
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Tales to Astonish #44, page 13 original art

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Tales to Astonish #47, page 3 original art

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Biographies

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Biographies on Stan Lee; Larry Lieber; Jack Kirby; Don Heck; Dick Ayers and Ernie Hart.
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The Marvel Masterworks also Available in Hardcover

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Next in the Line of Classics from...

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The Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; The Human Torch [Jim Hammond] (inset); Ka-Zar [David Rand] (inset); The Angel [Tom Hallaway] (inset); Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor] (inset); Electro (inset); Ferret (inset)
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Inside Backcover.
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The Marvel Masterworks proudly presents...

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Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
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Back cover. Reprints of the covers from Tales to Astonish #27, 36, 39-40, 43-45, 49 and 52.

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