Tales to Astonish #41

When a group of scientists, including Ben Carter and Paul, are abducted to serve a tyrant on a distant world, one of them—Henry Pym—seizes a chance to escape. Using his genius and a secret transformation, he becomes Ant-Man to fight back against the oppressive regime. The fate of the imprisoned scientists hangs in the balance as Pym takes on a mission that could free them all—or end in disaster.

When a young reporter named Bruno Storme rescues a strange four-armed ape from a hunter, he uncovers a shocking truth: the creature is an alien ambassador seeking a human worthy of a message meant to change how Earth views other life. As the ape’s presence stirs unexpected change, a wave of global action begins—zoos across the planet close their gates, not by decree, but by quiet, collective choice.

Sebastian, a cunning dictator with a taste for the macabre, claims a legendary treasure is cursed to keep rivals at bay—only to find the curse is real when the Vulture, a spectral figure of vengeance, rises from the past to claim what was stolen.