Tales to Astonish #63

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Features Include:The Gangsters And The GiantA Titan Rides the TrainThe Gangsters and The GiantGiant Man and The Wasp are asked by the police chief to help them catch The Wrecker – a hooded gang leader who hits up stores in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn for protection money. The NYPD have been after the gang without any success so the two Avengers are now going under cover. Hank and Janet arrive in Brownsville and find a store for sale. The store owner tells them he’s selling because he’s not a coward and won’t pay protection money so The Wrecker’s gang have scared off all his customers. A few days later the gang leader sends his goons to collect from the young couples new hardware store, but much to their surprise the couple beat the crap out of them, take their money and send them on their way. The other store owners in the area are impressed but warn Pym that The Wrecker will be back.Shortly The Wrecker contacts his entire criminal network and sets his plan in motion. His hoods start a riot and distract all the cops in the surrounding area so The Wrecker and his henchmen can attack the hardware store at will. Unfortunately for them Giant Man and The Wasp await and attack them on site. A lengthy tussle follows in which Giant Man is subdued by first tear gas and then a bear trap while The Wasp is sprayed by insect killer. Eventually the heroes manage to triumph and The Wrecker and his gang are caught. The Wrecker turns out to be the man who sold the store to Hank and Janet in the first place.A Titan Rides the TrainThe story starts in The Leader’s lab where the green skinned scientist proclaims his new humanoid is complete. He then reminisces of how he became the being he is today. In a flashback we see a janitor working in the basement of a chemical research plant when an experimental gamma ray cylinder explodes. The janitor is trapped and his body is bombarded with the rays. Although even a fraction of the dosage he received would normally be enough...