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Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #73
Published Feb 1960 by Marvel.
Prototype issue (Ant-Man).
"Grottu, King of the Insects!", pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bill Everett
Characters: Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone] (earliest published appearance according to later continuity); Lynn Avery; Kasenga; Grottu (introduction, origin)
A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an atomically mutated giant ant with super-intelligence; The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest.
Notes Grottu's next published appearance is in Fantastic Four Unlimited (Marvel, 1993 series) #7 (September 1994), his next chronological appearance is in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). In later retcons it is established that Grottu's creation was planned by the Deviants.
For sale or trade
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