Tales To Astonish #52 - Published 5th November 1963

1st Appearance and Origin of The Black Knight

The Blank Knight Strikes. Written by Stan Lee.

“Stop squirming Garrett. It'll only hurt a minute!“ - Giant Man

Our story begins with Giant-Man busting up a sale of top secret information between scientist Professor Garrett and Communist spies. Giant-Man easily captures all involved, and later in court, bail is set at one hundred thousand dollars. Garrett's bail is paid by his Communist contacts, and he flees the country to a remote Balkan kingdom in the Alps. There he is inspired by a winged horse statue, buys a castle and begins genetically engineering a horse to have wings.

Not What They Seem. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber.

The Wasp arrives at a local orphanage to entertain the children with a story. She tells them of a world in outer space where a bunch of alien criminals have escaped prison and their planet in a space craft. Deciding to seek refuge on another planet, one of the prisoners cautions the others that they have to choose the planet they land on wisely, because while certain planets may appear harmless, they are actually very dangerous.

6.0 Grade -A slightly above-average collectible with a major defect and some smaller defects, or a significant accumulation of small defects.