Tales to Astonish #66 for Sale - First Appearance of Madam Macabre - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #66
Publication date: April 1965
Key date: 1965-04-00
On-sale date: 1965-01-05
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 Madam Macabre - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Menace of Madam Macabre!; The Power of Doctor Banner!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Bob Powell; inks: Chic Stone, Frank Giacoia; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Morrie Kuramoto, Sam Rosen	Bruce Banner, Giant-Man, Hulk, Madam Macabre First, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
2	The Menace of Madam Macabre	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Bobby Powell; inks: Frankie Ray; letters: Sherigail	Giant-Man, Gene Kahn, Madam Macabre First, Mandarin, Hank Pym, Tabby, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
3	Another Marvel Masterpiece	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg	Thor; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
4	-	statement of ownership	0.25	script: John F. Hayes
7	-	in-house column	0.25	letters: typeset
8	Who Says This Isn't the Marvel Age of Comics?!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.75	pencils: various (partial cover thumbnails); inks: various (partial cover thumbnails); colors: various (partial cover thumbnails)
11	The Power of Doctor Banner!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Art Simek	Bruce Banner, Chameleon, Hulk, Leader, Betty Ross, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Dmitri Smerdyakov, Samuel Sterns, Glenn Talbot
16	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Dick Ayers	Hulk [Bruce Banner]

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] #2	1969	On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #1 ISBN 0-7851-0712-6	1999	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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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #6566 of 101#67 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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