Ant-Man/Giant-Man Epic Collection:The Man in the Ant Hill TPB
Ant-Man/Giant-Man Epic Collection:The Man in the Ant Hill TPB
Cover Credits
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Don Heck

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Title: "The Challenge of Comrade X"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Ant Man/Giant Man

Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Dick Ayers

Reprinted From:
Tales to Astonish #36 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Comrade X (aka Madame X; no further appearances)
  • Several communist spies (no further appearances)
  • A gang of bank robbers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Soviets wants to capture Ant-Man to learn the secrets of his size reducing formula. They dispatch Comrade X to execute the mission. A woman claiming to be Comrade X's ex-girlfriend then appears at a police station asking for Ant-Man's help. Through a network of ants, Henry Pym hears the request and responds. The woman reveals to him the plan to capture him.

The woman's information leads Ant-Man to a freighter with communists aboard. They capture him and prepare to take him home with them. However, Ant-Man is able to summon his ant friends to free himself. He then stops the ship and exposes Comrade X as Madame X, the woman who requested his help. Once the authorities arrive to take custody of the communists, Ant-Man departs.


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