Giant-Man cracks me up
I seriously doubt if Stan Lee put all that much that into the dialogue back then, as he was batting out scripts as fast as he could type and he was working with whatever wild unexpected plot twists Jack Kirby handed in ("Black Bolt? I told Jack that this issue was going to guest-star the Silver Surfer! Oh, well..."). But it's interesting how Henry Pym was consistently shown as someone in over his head when dealing with other super-heroes. He was so outmatched in sheer strength or fighting ability that it wasn't even funny. Yet, right from the start even as Ant-Man, he took it for granted that his seat at the pantheon of godlike beings was secure.(In a way, he reminds of the original Atom. Al Pratt was just a short, tough-guy brawler but he sat down opposite the likes of the Spectre or Dr Fate with complete confidence he was their peer.)
Take this panel from THE AVENGERS# 2, where the Space Phantom has got the Avengers fighting each other. Giant-Man runs up and seperates a brawling Iron Man and Hulk. Now, in the real world, someone who could disregard the cube-square law and function at a twelve-foot height, would be incredibly awesome. He could pick NBA players up and throw them to one side while dropping the basketball into the hoop from above. Yet, in the world of super-heroes, Giant-Man is messing with two guys who could each tear him apart without trouble. (In fact, later in the same issue, the Hulk mentions that he's "stronger than a dozen Giant-Men.)
Then there's this scene from JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY# 101. Thor isn't mind-controlled or anything, he's just throwing a tantrum because Odin won't let him marry the mortal Jane Foster. I love the second panel, where Thor casually smacks the front end of a truck. No big deal, not a great feat, he just backhands the thing and the front half of it gets ripped off. Giant-Man's comments may be meant to reassure, but they don't make much sense. "No harm done?" "I'll straighten out your wheels..?" What good is that going to do, Hank? The other half of the trucking is lying on the other side of the Van Wyck Expressway! At least, Tony Stark understands the best thing to do is to hand over a healthy bribe, errr reimbursement to avoid a lawsuit.
And with all that Pym has seen Thor do-- slugging it out toe to toe with the Hulk and the Sub-Mariner, for example-- he still gets riled up when the Thunder God tells them to get lost. He starts talking tough to an enraged Thor! Sheesh, it's a wonder Giant-Man survived the Silver Age with that outlook.