Ant-Man/Giant Man Epic Collection: The Man in the Ant-Hill (Tales to Astonish (1959-1968))

I came to Ant Man late in my comic-reading career, but I thought he was so cool, so different from the other Marvel superheroes! I once owned Issue Number 1 of this and all of the other Marvel superheroes' comics, but foolishly gave them away when I left for college. Now I'm pushing 70, but I was thrilled to find all my favorite Marvel comics for sale in digital format. Now I can read all the Issue #1s over and over again without worrying about damaged and faded pages and covers. If you're a serious Marvel Universe fan you'll enjoy the vivid colors faithfully reproduced exactly as they were printed on the old pulp-paper pages. A real nostalgia-hit that's reasonably priced, too.

Contains almost all of the Ant-Man/Giant Man Stories from Tales to Astonish but does not have the last 10 Giant Man stories from issues 60-69 before he was replaced by Sub Mariner in issue 70.

Jack kirby , don heck, and others created some fun tales for antman here. It's of it's era completely , the early 1960's and it's fun stuff. The epic book is actually affordable too. I have the hardcover masterworks volume 2 so I have the missing 10 stories of giant man. Those are good and feature steve ditko and carl burgos art. , ditko does ink jack kirby's art here and so does heck. It's amazing how hecks inking makes kirby's art look much like his! ditko had inked kirby before so it's less obvious. Anyways this is well worth buying because it's affordable and fun. One cannot help but feel that antman and giant man at the time were being buried by other projects in marvel , so he never got the full attention he deserved , but even so they come accross fun. Antman would later really get his due in full on a lister stories and series. and of course the great antman and avenger films.

Ant Man was always one of my favourites. Here, in this classic Silver Age collection I am able to enjoy his adventures once more... Not only Ant Man but Giant Man too. If you enjoy the imagination of Stan Lee and the art work of Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Larry Leiber then you will not be disappointed. As an added bonus, Tales of the Wasp (quirky 1950s style science fiction stories) are also included with some of the stories.

It's so bad, it's good! It's really dated, and I get the feeling reading these stories, that Stan always waited until the last possible moment to write and tun in these stories.

As a lifelong Marvel reader,these reprints tool me back to younger,happier times...great book! I'm addition,the service I received was quick and outstanding!

I've always felt sorry for Ant Man. He seemed to have so much potential as a character, and then he became Giant Man and showed even more potential, but the early stories were struggling to find his place in the Marvel Universe. It's nice they finally made his early stories available and in full color.

A amazing collection of the early Hank Pym Ant-Man/Giant-Man adventures that's affordable for those of us who missed out on purchasing the Masterworks editions that can be a bit pricey.I hope Marvel continues with a Volume 2 that picks up where this Volume left off at. The more early adventures of Pym and Wasp, the better I say!!

Ant-Man is one of those also-ran superheroes that, despite his long history in the Marvel Universe, has never garnered the respect or exposure of the publisher's more famous faces. However, with the Ant-Man movie appearing in cinemas this month, it's a perfect opportunity to readdress that with an Epic Collection of his original adventures. With material from the years 1962-1964, it's a fairly comprehensive introduction to the character.The issues contained in this pleasingly thick volume are from the title Tales to Astonish, an anthology science-fiction title typical of Marvel at the dawn of the sixties. Indeed, the very first story is much more of a riff on 'The Incredible Shrinking Man', with plainclothed scientist Henry Pym testing his shrinking formula on himself and having an unpleasant encounter with an anthill. His second appearance a few months later, however, sees him add a colourful costume and a cybernetic helmet that makes the ants his allies; Marvel's latest superhero is born.What follows are a series of exciting adventures, although modern readers will certainly find an air of ridiculousness in details such as Ant-Man transporting himself around the city by catapult! About a third of the way into the book, the stories get kicked up a notch with the addition of Ant-Man's partner, the Wasp. The flighty socialite really does enrich the book, with the pair's romantic bickering and teasing serving to humanise both even as they battle a nonstop succession of villains.Said bad guys are not it must be said, the cream of Marvel's crop, including as they do an evil jazz trumpeter and an irresistible radio announcer, but certain of them - evil genius Egghead, spine-suited scientist Porcupine, aerial jouster the Black Knight, and elusive mutant the Human Top - would all continue in some form as part of the Marvel U.The title changes again soon after the Wasp's addition, as Ant-Man becomes Giant-Man, becoming a vast bruiser rather than the sneaky insect-sized hero he had been. The later issues in this book also contain Wasp back-up stories; initially consisting of her telling science-fiction stories with a twist, they later develop into adventures of her own.The artwork is great, with sixties stalwarts Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Larry Lieber and of course the magisterial Jack Kirby finding fertile imaginative ground in juxtaposing the tiny heroes with huge everyday objects and surroundings. Mostly written by the febrile pen of Stan Lee, Ernie Hart also contributes a few key issues.While the stories are fun, it's somewhat clear why Ant-Man never quite hit the big time. However, he and the Wasp would be integral parts of the Marvel universe for years to come as founding members of the Avengers. That's why it's nice to have their establishing stories collected in this handsome collection, movie or no movie (viewers of the film come to check out these comics should realise too that the character depicted here is the ORIGINAL Ant-Man, as played by Michael Douglas on screen, rather than the later Scott Lang.)

Great collection of the early tales of Ant-man / Giant-man / Wasp from the Tales to Astonish. Very decent quality throughout as well as a few bonus items at the back. The only moan would be that the last 10 or so stories from TTA are missing and I assume will be included in the Giant-man epic 2 and it would have been great if the Ant-man story from FF etc was also included. Overall, still a fine read full of some oddball characters such as the Porcupine (who later turns up as a fun character in the more recent Spiderwoman comics) and EggHead (who knows what happened to him)

Enjoyed memories

This book is for those who appreciate the pure brilliance of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! Amazing and quirky fun action packed stories! Ant-man was before his time!