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49November 1963
$0.12

Tales to Astonish #49

Marvel · November 1963 · on sale 1963-08-01

First appearance: Giant-ManFirst appearance: Living EraserFirst appearance: Supremacy1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
November 1963
Key date
1963-11-00
On-sale date
1963-08-01
Indicia publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Giant-Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Living Eraser - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Supremacy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Giant Mancover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekGiant-Man First, Living Eraser First, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
1The Birth of Giant-Man!comic story18script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Don Heck; letters: S. RosenGiant-Man First, Living Eraser First, Hank Pym, Supremacy First, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
2Odd Skillstext story2pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe ManeelyJim Branner; Bill Toney
3The End of a World!comic story5script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: G. Bell; letters: Artie SimekZarku

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Tales Annual #11964On eBay ›
Essential Ant-Man #1
ISBN 0-7851-0822-X		2002On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1
ISBN 0-7851-2049-1		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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