Tales to Astonish 1959 #55 - 2.0 - $16.99

spine wear, chipping, date stamp

The Human Top breaks out of prison. Giant-Man and the Wasp have to get him back. The Top uses Giant-Man's capsules to become giant and captures the Wasp, but Giant-Man distracts him while the Wasp frees herself and termites make the Top fall through a roof, allowing his recapture.

A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.

A cruel baron tries to force a gypsy to give him the secret of turning lead into gold, but the gypsy is really an alien looking for a human specimen for a zoo on his homeworld.

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• On the Trail of the Human Top! - Letters credit from George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index.
• On the Trail of the Human Top! - The Human Top last appears in issue #51 (January 1964) and next appears in issue #55 (May 1964).
• The Treasure! - Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed between the pages of the Giant-Man story.
• Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! - Advertises Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1962 series) #12 (May 1964) and Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #26 (May 1964). Printed between the Giant-Man and Wasp Tells a Tale stories.
• The Gypsy's Secret! - Kuramoto credit per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Ray Holloway. Nick notes that based upon an examination of the lettering styles Ray Holloway has been incorrectly identified as using the pseudonym "Sherigail". The name was derived from Morrie Kuramoto's wife and daughter, Gail and Sherry, as noted here: http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/new/larryhama/?p=129