Tales to Astonish #63 (1965) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series)
Issue: #63
Publication date: January 1965
Key date: 1965-01-00
On-sale date: 1964-10-01
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

Origin story on record for: Leader.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	A Titan Rides the Train!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Bruce Banner, Giant-Man, Hulk, Hank Pym, Frank Smith, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp, The Wrecker
2	The Gangsters and the Giant!	comic story	12	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Chic Stone; letters: S. Rosen	Giant-Man, Hank Pym, Frank Smith, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp, The Wrecker
3	2 More Marvel Masterpieces	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (cover reproductions); inks: ? (cover reproductions); colors: ? (cover reproductions); letters: typeset
7	A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up	illustration	1	pencils: Carl Burgos, Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Sam Rosen	Giant-Man, Hank Pym, Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
10	A Titan Rides the Train!	comic story	10	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Geo. Bell; letters: Sam Rosen	Bruce Banner, Chameleon, Hulk, Leader Origin, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, Dmitri Smerdyakov, Samuel Sterns, Glenn Talbot
16	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 10.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] #2	1969	On eBay ›
The Incredible Hulk #400	1992	On eBay ›
Essential Hulk #1 ISBN 0-7851-0712-6	1999	On eBay ›
Essential Ant-Man #1 ISBN 0-7851-0822-X	2002	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk #2 ISBN 0-7581-1654-0	2004	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #6263 of 101#64 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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