As a kid
Dave Cannon discovered he had one remarkable talent: he could spin really fast;
he used this talent to be a bully and a thief. Later, he went in for speed
skating and decided to go back to crime, secretly pulling off a series of
robberies as the Human Top. He comes to the attention of Hank Pym who decides
that there’s no need for Giant-Man to get involved. Later, Giant-Man and Wasp
are going over some superhero business when the ants send Hank a message that
the Human Top is going to rob Danly’s Department store and Jan convinces Hank
to look into it as the ants already seem to think he should. The next day,
Human Top, dressed in a new green outfit with a top-shaped helmet, shows up at
the department store and seizes the payroll with his feet and spins away.
Giant-Man and Wasp, undercover, jump out of hiding and go after him. The baddie
leads them through traffic, a peril for Giant-Man but the ants chew up the
sidewalk causing Human Top to stumble. He recovers himself and leads Giant-Man
on a chase, making the huge hero look like a stumblebum, before disappearing
into the subway where the entrance is too small for Hank to follow in giant
form….
At home, Dave
Cannon glories in his victory over Giant-Man but decides the good guys might
get lucky so he needs to deal with Giant-Man permanently….
Back in his
lab, Giant-Man practices moving faster, chasing a bouncing ball around the
room. Then he drinks a potion designed to increase his speed and chases a
mechanical top, controlled by Wasp, around the room. Hank still has a great
deal of trouble catching it and Wasp despairs as she knows she was taking it
easy on him….
Meanwhile,
the Human Top takes a load of dynamite to prepare a trap for Giant-Man….
“Mystery
Trip”
Writer:
Unknown. Art: Joe Maneely
Synopsis:
Uncle Pete returns from a mysterious trip suddenly weightless; turns out he was
one of the first people to travel to outer space and he needs a few days to get
back to normal!
“The Secret
of Sagattus!”
Writer:
Larry Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Pencils: Larry Lieber. Inks: Matt Fox. Colors: ?
Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: Beloved
King Sagattus has only one advisor, an ugly hunchback named Quoquo; the jealous
nobles plot to murder Quoquo by withholding his heart medication and then
discover that Sagattus was only a lifelike mannequin and Quoquo the real ruler!
“No Ending!”
Writer:
Larry Lieber. Plot: Stan Lee. Pencils: Larry Lieber. Inks: George Roussos.
Colors: ? Letters: Artie Simek.
Synopsis: A
Latin American dictator has recurring dreams of being trapped on a treadmill,
running forever and unable to escape—and maybe it isn’t just a dream!