Ant-Man and
Wasp fly over the Army Ordnance Center with Hank imagining all the great new
weapons being developed there and Janet drooling over the men who must work
there. Inside, Alex Gentry studies the porcupine to create the perfect combat
suit, a gas mask, and multiple quill-like tubes that fire gas, stun pellets,
and more. Then, realizing that he will not profit from this invention as
work-for-hire, he decides to use it for crime as…the Porcupine!
The next
day, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne attend the grand opening of a bank with anti-burglar
devices Hank has created. Porcupine steps forward to announce his intention to
rob the bank; he fires tear gas at the guards while shooting glue to cork up
their gun barrels. The baddie then pelts the crowd with sleeping gas and he
lays down a smokescreen, followed by seizing the cash and making his getaway by
rocket. In all this, Jan was seriously overcome and Hank was too worried over
her (and the place too crowded) to become Ant-Man. When she recovers, they
change into their hero identities only to discover the Porcupine is long gone.
Jan feels ill again and as the police are arriving, Hank decides to rush her
home. She has a fever so Hank gives her aspirin and calls the doctor….
Meanwhile,
Porcupine is robbing another bank, this time with paralyzing pellets and
hypnotic wheels but he is seen by ants that track him all the way back to his
lab at the Army Ordnance Center. They relay the info back to Hank who lets
Janet sleep while heading to the lab as Ant-Man. He has a dicey moment when
detected by a guard dog but only for a moment. The hero enters Gentry’s lab but
the villain was ready for him. Porcupine drops phosphorescent pellets that stick
to Ant-Man’s metal helmet, allowing the baddie to see him no matter where he
tries to hide. Gentry then tosses magnetic nets at Ant-Man, binding him; Gentry
uses tweezers to remove Ant-Man’s helmet and gear then tosses him into a
water-filled bathtub before heading out for another robbery….
Elsewhere,
Janet, feeling much better, dons her Wasp outfit and finds out from the ants
where Ant-Man went. She rushes over to the Army Ordnance Center just in time to
have the ants form a living chain to rescue him from the tub. Then they fill
bags with liquid cement and line them up as a trap for the bad guy. Porcupine
returns and the ants squirt the glue at him, clogging up his weapon tubes.
Ant-Man lassoes him and hurls him through the window. But Porcupine flies off
on his jets, vowing to return. At home, Hank promises Jan something—and gives
her an antibiotic. Janet is miffed….
“The
Inventor”
Writer:
Unknown. Art: Unknown.
Synopsis: A
janitor becomes obsessed with creating a robot to sweep floors but all of his
attempts fail. Finally he gives up and goes back to his job, unaware that in
his last effort he had discovered the secret of perpetual motion!
“Grayson’s
Gorilla!”
Writer: Larry
Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Pencils: Larry Lieber. Inks: Matt Fox. Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: Mad
scientist Harvey Grayson dreams of being as strong as a gorilla. He invents a
machine that will transfer a gorilla’s strength to him; stealing a gorilla from
the zoo, he tries it but the machine turns him all the way into a dumb beast
while making the gorilla into a much nicer version of Harvey!
“The Little
Green Man!”
Writer:
Stan Lee. Art: Steve Ditko. Colors: ? Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis:
An alien crash lands on Earth and goes to failed aircraft racer Jasper Jenks;
the alien offers to alter Jenks’ plane to go twice as fast if Jenks will let
the alien modify a radio to call home. Jenks takes off on a test flight and
throws the alien overboard (with a parachute) and then discovers that the alien
didn’t have the chance to explain how to stop or land the craft!