Tales to Astonish #59 (1964) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Incredible Hulk... Battles Giant-Man!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Bruce Banner, Giant-Man, Hulk, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
2	Enter: The Hulk	comic story	18	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: P. Reinman; letters: Art Simek	Bruce Banner, Captain America, Dave Cannon, Giant-Man, Hulk, Human Top, Iron Man, Peter Parker, Hank Pym, Steve Rogers, Betty Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Spider-Man, Tony Stark
3	Two More Triumphs For Marvel...!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Al Hartley, Stan Goldberg; inks: Frank Giacoia, Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
10	Hulk-Lovers of the World!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin; inks: Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Bruce Banner, Hulk
12	Let's Learn About Hank and Jan	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: S. Rosen	Giant-Man, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #13	1968	On eBay ›
Essential Ant-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0822-X	2002	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #2 ISBN 0-7581-1654-0	2004	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-2911-0	2008	On eBay ›

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