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Cover: Jack Kirby & Sol Brodsky

Tales to Astonish #52

Name: Tales to Astonish #52
Brand: Marvel
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Feb 1964 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“The Black Knight Strikes!”

★ 1st appearance — Nathan Garrett

From February 1964, this Marvel gem pairs Giant-Man and the Wonderful Wasp against one of their more visually striking foes. Jack Kirby's cover pencils (inked by Sol Brodsky) put the towering Giant-Man center stage, tangled in the Black Knight's bola-like restraints while the miniaturized Wasp darts nearby — all as the armored Black Knight bears down on a winged horse below a gleaming city skyline. Stan Lee's teasing cover copy practically dares you to flip the page, promising an "unusual, powerful super-villain" in "The Black Knight Strikes!" — and the cover absolutely delivers on that setup.

writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Dick Ayers · letterer Art Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky

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Cast · 3 characters

Hank Pym Nathan Garrett Wasp

Full credits

writer Stan Lee

artist, inker Dick Ayers

letterer Art Simek

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover inks Sol Brodsky

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After being arrested for treason by Giant-Man, Professor Garrett flees to Europe where he manipulate the genes of horses and eagles to create a winged horse. Then he develops his lance and comes back as the Black Knight to take his revenge on Giant-Man. Giant-Man defeats him, but the Black Knight escapes.

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