Publishers / Marvel / Tales to Astonish (1959) / #41
41March 1963
$0.12

Tales to Astonish #41

Marvel · March 1963 · on sale 1962-12-03

First appearance: Kulla1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue
#41
Publication date
March 1963
Key date
1963-03-00
On-sale date
1962-12-03
Indicia publisher
Vista Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kulla - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Prisoner of the Slave World!cover1script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekAnt-Man, Hank Pym
1Prisoner of the Slave World!comic story10script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art SimekAnt-Man, Hank Pym, Kulla First
2Tricky Traveltext story2letters: typesetEli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy
3When the Beast Walks!comic story8script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekBruno Storme; Shorty Harris
4The Curse!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art SimekSebastian; Vulture

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Ant-Man #1
ISBN 0-7851-0822-X		2002On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man / Giant-Man #1
ISBN 0-7851-2049-1		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #4041 of 101#42 ›

Sources

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