Marvel Released January 1963

Tales to Astonish #39 (1963) First Print

Tales to Astonish #39 is an issue of the Tales to Astonish series from Marvel, released January 1, 1963. Written by Larry Lieber with artwork by Steve Ditko. This page represents the regular first-print edition. Separate pages are available for the 1 incentive, retailer-exclusive and later-printing variant cover.

Low
$35
Mid
$105
High
$350
Published January 1963
Cover Price $0.12

Features Include:Vengeance Of The Scarlet Beetle!Told by his ants, Ant-Man learns of a beetle that was affected by radiation and can control all insects and wants to destory the human race.The Scarlet Beetle gets insects to capture Ant-Man, take his helmet, steal his growth gas and toss him into a pit. The Scarlet Beetle becomes man sized and unleashes his insect army.The helmet however sends signals to ants to free Ant-Man from the pit. Now with his helmet, Ant-Man and his ants confront the Scarlet Beetles army and defeat them.The Scarlet Beetle chases Ant-Man into a toy store. Ant-Man uses a spear from a toy knight to pierce the shrinking gas container the Scarlet Beetle was wearing, shriking it back to normal size.Pym decontaminates the Scarlet Beetle and is back to being a normal beetle.The Remedy OilOzamm the Terrible!The Toy Soldiers!