Tales to Astonish #45
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Terrible Traps of Egghead!", Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a clever sci-fi twist as Bronson, a genius frustrated by humanity's lack of intellect, journeys to an alien world where his mind is deemed dangerously inadequate. The story unfolds with sharp wit and surreal logic, as the planet's advanced beings take it upon themselves to protect Bronson from his own limitations. The cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers captures the tale's offbeat tone with bold, dynamic energy.
Egghead sets a cunning trap for the Wasp, enlisting his new gang to lure her into a web of danger—only for Ant-Man and the Wasp to outwit him, reclaim his stolen goods, and send him fleeing once more. With the Ape and Twister caught in the chaos, the real challenge may not be the traps, but who’s truly pulling the strings.
Bruno Bronson, a genius convinced no one on Earth can match his intellect, builds a spaceship and journeys to a planet inhabited by far more advanced aliens. After a series of tests, the alien scientists conclude his mind is too primitive to be left free—so they imprison him, not out of malice, but to protect him from himself.
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↩ Reprints Mystical Tales #3 (1956)
Reprinted in Amazing Stories of Suspense #26 (1965), Hit Comics Der Eiserne #203 (1971), Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier #234 (1971), De Vier Verdedigers Classics #55 (1972), L'incroyable Hulk #13 (1972), L'étonnant Spider-Man #13 (1972), Fantastic Four #19 (1972), Il Mitico Thor #70 (1973), L'incroyable Hulk #74/75 (1977), Hulk Comic #23 (1979), Hulk Comic #24 (1979), The Empire Strikes Back Monthly #140 (1980), Return of the Jedi Weekly #83 (1985), Essential Ant-Man #1 (2002), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish #4 (2011), Ant-Man & Wasp: Small World #[nn] (2011), Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1 (2013), Ant-Man / Giant-Man Epic Collection #1 (2015), Marvel Gold. El Hombre Hormiga: ¡El Hombre en el Hormiguero! #[nn] (2015), Marvel Classic #2 (2015), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2 (2019), El Sorprendente Hombre Araña #21, Sinister Tales #35
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