Object label
Marvel · Comics · Tales to Astonish · 1963
Tales to Astonish #44
Tales to Astonish · 1963
Wasp's first appearance! While working for scientist Vernon Van Dyne, Hank Pym meets the young girl who will become his partner in crime fighting...and in life! Janet Van Dyne gains her sting, thanks to a super powered transformation!
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Tales to Astonish #44 belongs to a comics graph built around publisher, series, issue number, characters, creators like Artie Simek, Don Heck, and Ernie Hart, and story context. The important part is not just the issue record, but how it connects into runs, appearances, and adjacent covers.
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Tales to Astonish #44 is a comics collectible connected to Marvel and Tales to Astonish. Useful collector signals include release year 1963, issue #44, and artist context from Artie Simek, Stan Lee, and Steve Ditko. Tales to Astonish has 2 catalogued releases on GrailHub, making this page a route into completion, variants, and nearby objects.
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Collector notes
Tales to Astonish #44 is a comics entry for issue #44 in Tales to Astonish from 1963. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.
Marvel pages connect this issue back to its publisher, series, creators, and related issues. For comic collectors, those links matter because discovery often starts with a character, creative team, first appearance, or a run of issues rather than one isolated record.
Characters associated with this issue include Hank Pym, Maria Trovaya Pym, and Wasp.
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Tales to Astonish
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- Release span
- 1962-1963
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Quick facts
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Series
- Tales to Astonish
- Issue number
- #44
- Cover date
- Jun 1, 1963
- Characters
- Hank Pym, Maria Trovaya Pym, Wasp
- Creators
- Artie Simek, Don Heck, Ernie Hart, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko +1 more
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- Metron
- Source ID
- 24092
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