Ant Man Comics Price Guide
Value of Vintage Ant Man Comics
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Henry 'Hank' Pym has been associated with various characters in the Marvel universe.
Originally, he was a scientist and inventor who developed a serum that could allow him to change the size of his body.
Later, the character would be one of the founder members of the Avengers super-team.
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Key Issue: Tales to Astonish #27, First Appearance of Hank Pym, later aka Ant-Man
Record sale: $200,000
Minimum value: $500
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In his first appearance and origin comic in Tales to Astonish #27, Henry Pym develops a reduction serum that shrinks him to the size of an ant.
Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby designed the cover for Tales to Astonish #27. The original story was entitled The Man in the Ant Hill.
"Never again did Henry Pym knowingly step upon an ant hill. For he knew that somewhere beneath him… was one little insect — one small ant, to whom he owned his very life!"
This is THE key Ant Man comic. While it's not technically the hero, it IS a first true appearance, and values are strong in higher grades.
Ant Man Comics: Tales to Astonish #35
Record sale: $51,000
Minimum value: $150
It wasn't until Tales to Astonish #35 when The Return of the Ant Man, when Henry Pym used his powers to fight Four Soviet Agents and Nikita Khrushchev.
Published in September 1962, issue #35 was written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby. Additional stories included The Doorway to Nowhere and The Thing from Outer Space.
"Stop him, my pets!" screamed Ant-Man. "Obey your leader! The Ant-Man commands you!" This was the first appearance of his legendary helmet as well.
This second Ant Man comic book is the first to feature the costumed version of the mini hero.
Tales to Astonish #36
Record sale: $11,000
Minimum value: $30
In Tales to Astonish #36, Pym battles Comrade X (first appearance), along with some bank robbers.
Additional characters include the US Coast Guard, Police Officers of the 14th Precinct and mention of Nikita Khrushchev in a photograph.
The Challenge of Comrade X was written by Larry Lieber and drawn by Jack Kirby, while Stan Lee hung back as editor.
An additional story in this issue was entitled The Search for Pan.
The mighty Ant-sized hero became a regular on the cover of Tales to Astonish. Click any of the links or images below to check current values.
Other Ant Man Comics and Record Sales
Record sale: $7,200
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Record sale: $6,000
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Record sale: $4,200
Minimum value $30
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Record sale: $3,300
Minimum value $30
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Record sale: $10,000
Minimum value $30
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Record sale: $7,200
Minimum value $30
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Tales to Astonish #44: First Appearance of The Wasp
Record sale: $56,400
Minimum value: $100
Tales to Astonish #49: Giant Man
Tales to Astonish #49
Ant-Man becomes Giant Man
Record sale: $4,500
Minimum value $50
Other Comic Book Series
Here are many more appearances where the Henry Pym stars, or at least crosses over as the pint-sized superhero.
Avengers #1: Birth of a Super-Team
While it's not a dedicated Ant Man comic book, Avengers #1 is definitely a key appearance of the pint-sized superhero.
Rather than duplicate effort, you can read our Avengers Comic Book Price Guide to find out what the issues featuring the insectoid star are worth today!
Fantastic Four #16
Fantastic Four #16 is his earliest crossover issue.
Doctor Doom shrinks the Four down using another Marvel serum! And Henry Pym joins in to lend his pint-size experience.
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Iron Man #44 and #125
The mighty Ant also appears in several Iron Man comic books. The most important of these are Iron Man #44 and Iron Man #125.
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Marvel Premiere #47: First Scott Lang
The new Ant hero, played by alter-ego Scott Lang, kicks off in the 1970s comic Marvel Premiere #47. His origin is also outlined there.
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Marvel Tales #3: Reprints Tales to Astonish
Another 1960s appearance, this time as a reprint, was Marvel Tales #3.
If you come across one of these in top shape, it's not a bad find, though nowhere near as exciting as the original story would be!
Stan Lee on Ant-Man
"I loved Ant-Man, but the stories were never really successful. In order for the character to be successful, he had to be drawn this small next to big things and you would be getting pictures that were visually interesting.
"The artists who drew him, no matter how much I kept reminding them, they kept forgetting that fact. They would draw him standing on a tabletop and they would draw a heroic-looking guy.
"I would say, 'Draw a matchbook cover next to him, so we see the difference in size.' But they kept forgetting. So when you would look at the panels, you thought you were looking at a normal guy wearing an underwear costume like all of them. It didn't have the interest."
Team Affiliations
Despite not getting his own Silver Age comic, Henry Pym eventually joined up with various sets of The Avengers, sometimes being referred to as Giant-Man.
- The Avengers
- West Coast Avengers
- Mighty Avengers
- Secret Defenders
- Defenders
- Avengers Academy
- Secret Avengers
Ant-Man Aliases
- Giant Man
- Goliath
- Yellowjacket
- Wasp
- Scientist Supreme
Ant-Man Movie Links
- Ant-Man Movie Comics
- Ant-Man Movie (IMDB)
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (IMDB)
Prototypes and Try-Outs
There were three prototype-style stories featuring ant-like creatures, all in Strange Tales.
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