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Tales to Astonish#40
Cover: Jack Kirby
Tales to Astonish #40
“The Day That Ant-Man Failed!”
writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Steve Ditko · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack Kirby
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Cast · 4 characters
Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist, inker Steve Ditko
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Jack Kirby
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A criminal in the year 2000 is sentenced to be exiled from humanity for his various crimes as the death penalty has been abolished. He mocks his accusers since he has prepared a micro-drill built into his finger that will get the door of his cell open eventually. When he does succeed in getting it open, he wishes he hadn't, as it turns out his cell had been placed in orbit around the planet.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).