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Tales to Astonish #61

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Cover Date

November, 1964

Issue Details

Editor-in-Chief

Stan Lee

I must begin work immediately! My brain against his might! What a battle this shall be!

—Egghead

Appearing in ""Now Walks the Android""

Featured Characters:

⏴ Giant-Man (Henry Pym) ⏵
⏴ Wasp (Janet van Dyne) ⏵

Antagonists:

⏴ Egghead (Elihas Starr) ⏵
Egghead's Android (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Giant-Man Fan Club
NYPD
Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
Anthony Stark (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

United States of America
- New York
  - New York City
    - Henry Pym's Laboratory

Items:

Vehicles:

Converti-car

Synopsis for ""Now Walks the Android""

Putting on a show for hospitalized children, Giant-Man and Wasp are interrupted by police sirens. Egghead is making a daring escape from the law, escaping into the sewers and seeking refuge in his secret hideout. he tests out a new device that allows lifeless objects to obey his commands. He steals a store manikin and brings it back to his hideout. He coats it in a special wax compound that will allow him to control it with his mind and makes it grow in size. Egghead begins his plot to pit his android against Giant-Man.

The next day, Giant-Man and Wasp return home in their new Converti-Car, and check their mail. They find an invitation from a TV studio to create a show based on their adventures. Giant-Man wants nothing to do with it, but the Wasp talks him into going with her. Flying to the address, Giant-Man begins to get suspicious; however, they walk in anyway, and find themselves trapped in the building with Egghead's android. Egghead tells the heroes that they cannot escape unless they defeat the android. They also have under an hour to do so; otherwise, the building will run out of air and they will suffocate.

Egghead has the upper hand, until Giant-Man realizes that Egghead experiences the same sensations as the android. He spins the android around, until Egghead grows dizzy. He forces Egghead to free them before stopping, and after they are free, they direct the android to walk into the near-by harbor.

Appearing in ""Captured At Last!""

Featured Characters:

⏴ Hulk (Bruce Banner) ⏵

Supporting Characters:

Other Characters:

United States Army
- Pete (First appearance)
Anthony Stark (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

Locations:

United States of America
- New Mexico
  - Hulk's Cave
  - Los Diablos Missile Base

Items:

Robot

Synopsis for ""Captured At Last!""

Bruce Banner has once more become the Hulk and is in battle with the spy who walked away with his new robot. The spy escapes just as the Hulk begins transforming into Banner, retreating into one of Banner's many secret caves filled with scientific equipment. The spy reasons he has just the right amount of equipment to build a crude missile that he can use to destroy the nearby rocket base.

Bruce Banner returns to the base to work on a device that will allow him to track the stolen robot. As he's finished and is about to sneak off the base, he spots the arrival of the new officer: Major Glenn Talbot.

Talbot reports to General Ross and informs him that he's been sent by Washington to investigate the allegations that Banner is possibly working for foreign spies. Just then, Betty enters the room and she is introduced to Talbot and asked to show him around the base. When they arrive at Bruce's lab, they find him missing. Talbot learns from the guard that he was spotted going into the hills with a strange device. Talbot asks Betty to give him a tour around the area surrounding the base.

From a helicopter, Talbot and Betty spot Banner tracking his robot. As the helicopter lands, Banner sees the spy in his robot preparing to throw a boulder at the helicopter. Turning into the Hulk, he jumps up to stop the rock from falling on Betty and Talbot. Talbot dives to shield Betty, while the Hulk smashes through the rock. Its debris hits Talbot, giving him minor injuries and gaining Betty's concern.

The Hulk battles the robot, until the spy's missile launches, and the Hulk knocks the robot down a cliff to the spy's apparent death. Hulk jumps after the missile and smashes it in mid-air. The resulting explosion knocks out the Hulk, who is captured and restrained by the military. Talbot suggests to Ross that somehow the Hulk and Banner must be connected. As the Hulk regains consciousness, Ross orders a tank battalion to prepare to fire. The Hulk desperately tries to break free of his shackles before he can be executed.

Appearing in 3rd story

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for 3rd story

Synopsis not yet written

Notes

Continuity Notes

Now Walks the Android

Giant-Man mentions his battle against the Beast of Berlin as seen last issue.

Publication Notes

Story I (Giant man story) is Job# X-807.

This issue debuts its letters page, "Mails to Astonish" a one page letters page. Letters are published from: Blair Ireland, Gary Smith, Sandii Woods, John Harwood, Doug Gopp and Barney Gorin, and Clark Mello. This page also includes a "Special Announcement Section". This is the first letters page in this title. "Mails to Astonish" will continue until this title changes its name to "The Incredible Hulk" in Hulk #102.

Story II (Hulk story) is Job #794.

Links and References

References

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 | StoryTitle1         = "Now Walks the Android"
-| Synopsis1           = Putting on a show for hospitalized children, Giant-Man and Wasp are interrupted by the sounds of police sirens. Outside in the city, Egghead is making a daring escape from the law, escaping into the sewers and seeking refused in his secret hide out. There he tests out his new device that allows lifeless objects obey his commands. He then steals a store manikin and brings it back to his hide out. There he coats it in a special wax compound that will allow him to control it with his mind and makes it grow in size. Egghead then begins his plot to pit his android against Giant-Man.
-The next day, Giant-Man and Wasp return home in their new Converti-Car, and check their mail. They find an invitation from a TV studio to create a TV show based on their adventures. Giant-Man wants nothing to do with it, but the Wasp talks him into going with her. Flying to the address, Giant-Man begins to get suspicious, however they walk into Egghead's trap anyway and find themselves trapped in the building with Egghead's android. Egghead tells the heroes that they cannot escape unless they defeat the android. They also have under an hour to do so, otherwise the building will run out of air and they will suffocate.
-Egghead has the upper hand until Giant-Man realizes that Egghead experiences the sensations that the android does, and so spins it around until Egghead becomes extremely dizzy. He then forces Egghead to free them before stopping, and after they are free they direct the android to walk into the near-by harbor.
 | Writer1_1           = Stan Lee
 | Penciler1_1         = Steve Ditko
@@ Line 23: / Line 18: @@
 | Letterer1_1         = Sam Rosen
 | Editor1_1           =
+| Synopsis1           = Putting on a show for hospitalized children, Giant-Man and Wasp are interrupted by police sirens. Egghead is making a daring escape from the law, escaping into the sewers and seeking refuge in his secret hideout. he tests out a new device that allows lifeless objects to obey his commands. He steals a store manikin and brings it back to his hideout. He coats it in a special wax compound that will allow him to control it with his mind and makes it grow in size. Egghead begins his plot to pit his android against Giant-Man.
+The next day, Giant-Man and Wasp return home in their new Converti-Car, and check their mail. They find an invitation from a TV studio to create a show based on their adventures. Giant-Man wants nothing to do with it, but the Wasp talks him into going with her. Flying to the address, Giant-Man begins to get suspicious; however, they walk in anyway, and find themselves trapped in the building with Egghead's android. Egghead tells the heroes that they cannot escape unless they defeat the android. They also have under an hour to do so; otherwise, the building will run out of air and they will suffocate.
+Egghead has the upper hand, until Giant-Man realizes that Egghead experiences the same sensations as the android. He spins the android around, until Egghead grows dizzy. He forces Egghead to free them before stopping, and after they are free, they direct the android to walk into the near-by harbor.
 | Appearing1          =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Giant-Man (Henry Pym)]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Henry Pym (Earth-616)|Giant-Man (Henry Pym)]]|West Coast Avengers Vol 2 #2|Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 1997}}
-* {{a|[[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Janet van Dyne (Earth-616)|Wasp (Janet van Dyne)]]|Unlimited Access #4|Untold Tales of Spider-Man Annual Vol 1 1997}}
-'''Supporting Characters:'''
+'''Antagonists:'''
+* {{apn|[[Elihas Starr (Earth-616)|Egghead (Elihas Starr)]]|Tales to Astonish #57|Alpha Flight Special Vol 2 1}}
-* <br/>
+* {{a|[[Egghead's Android (Earth-616)|Egghead's Android]]}} {{only}}
-'''Villains:'''
-* {{a|[[Elihas Starr (Earth-616)|Egghead (Elihas Starr)]]}}
 '''Other Characters:'''
 * Giant-Man Fan Club
-* {{a|[[New York Police Department (Earth-616)|New York policemen]]}}
+* {{a|[[New York City Police Department (Earth-616)|NYPD]]}}
+* {{mentioned|[[Victor von Doom (Earth-616)|Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)]]}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Anthony Stark]]}}
+'''Races and Species:'''
+* {{a|[[Homo sapiens|Humans]]}}
 '''Locations:'''
+* {{a|[[United States of America]]}}
-* <br/>
+** {{a|[[New York (State)|New York]]}}
+*** {{a|[[New York City]]}}
+**** Henry Pym's Laboratory
 '''Items:'''
+* {{a|[[Giant-Man's Suit]]}}
-* <br/>
+* {{a|[[Wasp's Suit]]}}
+* {{a|[[Pym Particles]]}}
 '''Vehicles:'''
+* Converti-car
-* <br/>
-| StoryTitle2         = "Captured At Last!"
-| StoryTitle3         = The Incredible Hulk
+| StoryTitle2         = "Captured At Last!"
+| Writer2_1           = Stan Lee
+| Penciler2_1         = Steve Ditko
+| Inker2_1            = George Bell
+| Colourist2_1        =
+| Letterer2_1         = Sam Rosen
+| Editor2_1           =
 | Synopsis2           =
-Continuing from last issue, Bruce Banner has once more become the Hulk and is in battle with the spy which walked away with his new robot. The spy manages to escape just as the Hulk begins transforming back into Banner, retreating into one of Banner's many secret caves filled with scientific equipment. There the spy reasons he has just the right amount of equipment to build a crude missile that he can use to destroy the near-by rocket base.
+Bruce Banner has once more become the Hulk and is in battle with the spy who walked away with his new robot. The spy escapes just as the Hulk begins transforming into Banner, retreating into one of Banner's many secret caves filled with scientific equipment. The spy reasons he has just the right amount of equipment to build a crude missile that he can use to destroy the nearby rocket base.
-Bruce Banner returns to the base to work on a device that will allow him to track the stolen robot. As he's finished and is about to sneak off the base, he spots the arrival of the new major on the base: Major Glenn Talbot.
+Bruce Banner returns to the base to work on a device that will allow him to track the stolen robot. As he's finished and is about to sneak off the base, he spots the arrival of the new officer: Major Glenn Talbot.
-Talbot reports to General Ross and informs him that he's been sent by Washington to investigate the allegations that Banner is possibly working for foreign spies. Just then Betty enters the room and she is introduced to Talbot and asked to show him around the base. When they arrive at Bruce Banner's lab they find him missing. Talbot learns from the guard assigned to watch him that they arrived before he left, but he was spotted going into the hills with a strange device. He then asks Betty to give him a tour around the area surrounding the base.
+Talbot reports to General Ross and informs him that he's been sent by Washington to investigate the allegations that Banner is possibly working for foreign spies. Just then, Betty enters the room and she is introduced to Talbot and asked to show him around the base. When they arrive at Bruce's lab, they find him missing. Talbot learns from the guard that he was spotted going into the hills with a strange device. Talbot asks Betty to give him a tour around the area surrounding the base.
-Meanwhile, Banner is busy tracking his robot, and soon is spotted by Talbot and Betty in a helicopter. As the helicopter lands, Banner sees the spy in his robot above a peak about to throw a boulder at the helicopter. Turning into the Hulk, he jumps up to stop the rock from falling on Ross and Talbot. Talbot dives to shield Betty while the Hulk smashes through the rock. Its debris manages to hit Talbot, giving him minor injuries and gaining the concern of Betty.
+From a helicopter, Talbot and Betty spot Banner tracking his robot. As the helicopter lands, Banner sees the spy in his robot preparing to throw a boulder at the helicopter. Turning into the Hulk, he jumps up to stop the rock from falling on Betty and Talbot. Talbot dives to shield Betty, while the Hulk smashes through the rock. Its debris hits Talbot, giving him minor injuries and gaining Betty's concern.
-The Hulk battles the robot, until the missile the spy built launches, and the Hulk knocks the spy (in the robot) down a cliff to his apparent death. Hulk then jumps after the missile and smashes it in mid-air. The result causes an explosion which sends a weak and hurt Hulk grinding across the tough rock floor until the Hulk can't take any more pain and slowly closes his eyes. The hulk is then captured and restrained by the military. Talbot suggests to Ross that somehow the Hulk and Banner must be connected. As the Hulk regains consciousness, Ross orders a tank battalion to prepare to fire. The story ends with the Hulk desperately trying to break free of his shackles before he can be executed.
+The Hulk battles the robot, until the spy's missile launches, and the Hulk knocks the robot down a cliff to the spy's apparent death. Hulk jumps after the missile and smashes it in mid-air. The resulting explosion knocks out the Hulk, who is captured and restrained by the military. Talbot suggests to Ross that somehow the Hulk and Banner must be connected. As the Hulk regains consciousness, Ross orders a tank battalion to prepare to fire. The Hulk desperately tries to break free of his shackles before he can be executed.
-| Synopsis3           = A one page "Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up"
-| Writer2_1           = Stan Lee
-| Penciler2_1         = Steve Ditko
-| Inker2_1            = George Bell
-| Colourist2_1        =
-| Letterer2_1         = Sam Rosen
-| Editor2_1           =
 | Appearing2  =
 '''Featured Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Robert Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk (Bruce Banner)]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Bruce Banner (Earth-616)|Hulk (Bruce Banner)]]||}}
 '''Supporting Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[Thaddeus Ross (Earth-616)|General Ross]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Thaddeus Ross (Earth-616)|General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross]]}}
-* {{a|[[Elizabeth Ross (Earth-616)|Betty Ross]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Elizabeth Ross (Earth-616)|Betty Ross]]}}
-* {{1st|[[Glenn Talbot (Earth-616)|Glenn Talbot]]}}
+* {{apn|[[Glenn Talbot (Earth-616)|Glenn Talbot]]|World War Hulk: Gamma Corps #4|}} {{1st}}
-'''Villains:'''
+<!-- '''Antagonists:'''
+* <br/> -->
-* {{a|[[Dmitri Smerdyakov (Earth-616)|Chameleon]]}} not revealed until next issue
 '''Other Characters:'''
-* {{a|[[United States Army|US Army soldiers]]}}
+* {{a|[[United States Army (Earth-616)|United States Army]]}}
+** [[United States Army (Earth-616)/Members#Pete|Pete]] {{1st}}
+* {{Mentioned|[[Anthony Stark (Earth-616)|Anthony Stark]]}}
+'''Races and Species:'''
+* {{a|[[Homo sapiens|Humans]]}}
+* {{a|[[Robots]]}}
 '''Locations:'''
+*{{a|[[United States of America]]}}
-* <br/>
+** {{a|[[New Mexico (State)|New Mexico]]}}
+*** {{a|[[Hulk's Cave]]}}
+*** {{a|[[Los Diablos Missile Base]]}}
 '''Items:'''
-* <br/>
+* Robot
-'''Vehicles:'''
+<!-- '''Vehicles:'''
-* <br/>
+* <br/> -->
-| Notes               =
+| Notes               = ===Continuity Notes===
+'''Now Walks the Android'''
+* Giant-Man mentions his battle against the Beast of Berlin as seen {{c|Tales to Astonish #60|last issue}}.
+==Publication Notes==
 * Story I (Giant man story) is Job# X-807.
-* This issue debuts its letters page, '''"Mails to Astonish"''' a one page letters page.  Letters are published from: ''Blair Ireland, Gary Smith, Sandii Woods, John Harwood, Doug Gopp and Barney Gorin,'' and ''Clark Mello''. This page also includes a "Special Announcement Section".  This is the first letters page in this title.  "Mails to Astonish" will continue until this title changes its name to "The Incredible Hulk' and "Green Skins Grab Bag" respectively in [[Incredible Hulk Vol 1 102|Hulk #102]].
+* This issue debuts its letters page, '''"Mails to Astonish"''' a one page letters page.  Letters are published from: ''Blair Ireland, Gary Smith, Sandii Woods, John Harwood, Doug Gopp and Barney Gorin,'' and ''Clark Mello''. This page also includes a "Special Announcement Section".  This is the first letters page in this title.  "Mails to Astonish" will continue until this title changes its name to "The Incredible Hulk" in [[Incredible Hulk Vol 1 102|Hulk #102]].
 * Story II (Hulk story) is Job #794.
-* Sequence III is a one page ''''Marvel Masterwok Pin-up'''' by [[Jack Kirby]] entitled, "The Incredible Hulk".  It is contained between pages 5 and 6 of the second story.
-* Egghead previously appeared in [[Tales to Astonish Vol 1 57|Tales to Astonish 57]] where he was defeated by the combined forces of Ant-Man/Giant-Man, Wasp, and Spider-Man. He will appear next in [[Avengers Vol 1 63|Avengers 63]] in time for Hawkeye to become the new Goliath.
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