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Tales to Astonish #44

Synopsis

In This issue Henry Pym meets a scientist by the name of Vernon Van Dyne, who just shows up one day to compare scientific notes. He brings along his young daughter Janet. Vernon Van Dyne has a problem though, he made a mistake in one of his experimentswhich leads a criminal from outer space named Kosmos right to him. The two scientists become friends and Henry Pym becomes very interested in Vernon Van Dynes Daughter Janet. Unfortunately when Kosmos catches up to Vernon Van Dyne they fight and Kosmos ends up killing Vernon Van Dyne. At the same time, Hank is wooing Janet Van Dyne back at his place, and what better way to impress a girl than to cover her with Pym particles and have her become a shrinking Superhero by the name of The Wasp. When they find out what happened to Vernon Van Dyne, the two heroes chase after Kosmos and in the end defeat him.Features Include:The Creature From Kosmos!!Blueprint for VictoryHunted

Cover art for Tales to Astonish #44
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Tales to Astonish #44 variant cover
Splash page appearance of Wasp
First in-story appearance of Wasp
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Variant Cover for Tales to Astonish #44
UK Edition

Key Facts

  • 1st appearance and origin of the Wasp

Details

Series
Tales to Astonish
Cover Date
June 1963
Pages
N/A
UPC
75960608805800111
Cover Price
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Final Order Cutoff
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Creators

  • Artist
    Jack Kirby
  • Writer
    Stan Lee

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