Tales to Astonish #48

Name: Tales to Astonish #48
Brand: Marvel
Availability: InStock

Oct 1963 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Ant-Man and the Wasp Defy the Porcupine!”

In "Ant-Man and the Wasp Defy the Porcupine!", Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a clever, high-stakes adventure as the heroic duo faces off against the enigmatic Porcupine, whose schemes threaten to unravel their latest mission. With Jack Kirby’s dynamic cover and Ditko’s intricate interior art, this 1963 Marvel classic captures the era’s bold energy—featuring a pilot’s reckless gamble with alien tech that spirals into chaos when the true cost of flight is revealed.

writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Steve Ditko · letterer Art Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky

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Cast · 3 characters

Hank Pym Porcupine Wasp

Full credits

writer Stan Lee

artist, inker Steve Ditko

letterer Art Simek

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover inks Sol Brodsky

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An unscrupulous pilot tricks an alien into refitting his plane, but throws the creature out instead of rewarding it. He only then discovers that the alien had not yet explained how to land with the new engine.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).