Comic Title: Essential Ant-Man Vol. 1 TPB
Publisher: Marvel
Cover Date: 2002
On Sale Date: February 27, 2002 Direct Market Date February 27, 2002
Source: Previews, Vol. 11 #11 (#155), Vol. 11 #12 (#156)

Direct Market Date February 27, 2002
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Direct Market Date February 27, 2002
Source: Comic Shop News, #763

Cover Price: $14.95
Page Count: 576
Editor: Matthew Ryan

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Mad Master of Time"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Ant Man/Giant Man

Plotter: Stan Lee
Scripter: Larry D. Lieber
Artist: Don Heck
Letterer: Raymond Holloway

Reprinted From:
Tales to Astonish #43 (1963)

Feature Character(s)

• Ant-Man (last appearance in Tales to Astonish #42; next appearance in Tales to Astonish #44)

Villain(s)

• Professor Elias Weems (aka the Time-Master; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tommy (the grandson of Professor Weems; no further appearances)
• The employer of Professor Weems (no further appearances)
• An unnamed messenger (no further appearances)
• A reporter from the Woman's Gazette (no further appearances)
• Several victims of rapid aging (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Professor Elias Weems is fired from his job because his employer thinks he is too old. Angry, Weems invents a device that can rapidly age people. He threatens to use his invention to gain revenge. Ant-Man tries to stop him and is turned into an old man. Weems then unleashes his device at City Hall, affecting many people including his own grandson. Ant-Man arrives on the scene and prevents Weems from accidentally destroying the device which can reverse the aging process. Seeing his own grandson turned into an old man, Weems regrets his actions. The aging is then reversed. All the old people are made young again. Ant-Man then acts as an advocate to get Weems his job back.