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Issue: Marvel Tales #3
Publication Date: July 1966
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Issues: #3 of 289 Issues (563 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: 04/05/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Numbering continues from Marvel Tales Annual #1-2. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#3-33 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Disclose Reprinted From9
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Destroyer [Charles Stanton]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lizard [Curt Connors]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Egghead [Elihas Starr]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby] published April 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as Marvel Tales Annual #1, Marvel Tales #3-27, and Special Marvel Edition #1-2 Cover Reprints [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: Poder y Responsabilidad #[nn] published April 2014
as El Enigma Arácnido [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #84 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was The Executioner [Illustration on Cover, Front]1/8 page
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #101 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was Starring: the Fabulous Human Torch! [Illustration on Cover, Front]0.20 page
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #38 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
was Betrayed by the Ants! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover featuring scenes from interior stories with graytones and touch-ups by Marie Severin.
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Face-to-Face with... the Lizard!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #6 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was Face-to-Face With...the Lizard! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 21
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The Human Torch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (flashback); Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback); Destroyer [Charles Stanton] (Intro)
Synopsis: In Glenville, Johnny lives with his sister Sue. While she's known as a member of the Fantastic Four, he tries to keep a low profile. We get to see the house, much of which is chemically fire-resistent, and equipped with various crime-fighting equipment. But even in the suburbs danger lurks, as someone called The Destroyer is hell-bent on wrecking a local amusement park nearing completion.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #101 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was The Human Torch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 2. Contains diagram & Sue & Johnny's house & brief recap of the Fantastic Four's origin. Splash bills Johnny as "America's Favorite Superhero".
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Part 2: "The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Destroyer [Charles Stanton]
Synopsis: Ben shows up, but Johnny refuses help, saying it's his fight. After another encounter with The Destroyer, Johnny gets a hunch when he realizes the targets so far have been the roller coaster and the parachute jump. Atop the coaster, he looks out to sea and spots a Commie sub! The Destroyer turns out to be Charles Stanton, publisher of the town's newspaper, who'd been smuggling info to the Reds until the building of the amusement park increased the risk that the submarine might been seen.
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From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #101 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962
was The Human Torch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 2. Destroyer no relation to the Stan Lee character from Mystic Comics #6 (October 1941), the Lee-Kirby character from Journey Into Mystery #118 (July 1965) or the Jim Starlin character from Iron Man #55 (February 1973).
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The Mighty Thor vs. The Executioner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Don Blake; Jane Foster (I); Comrade Executioner (I)(D)
Synopsis: Dr. Blake joins a medical mission to a South American country wracked with civil war. The leader of the communist faction — the Executioner — orders an attack on the doctors, and Blake must use the power of Thor to save his colleagues and defeat the communists.
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #84 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was The Mighty Thor vs. The Executioner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: First appearance of Jane Foster.
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Betrayed by the Ants!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #38 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
was Betrayed by the Ants!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby' Steve Ditko' Marie Severin (graytones)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko; Marie Severin (graytones)
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
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Miscellaneous
Disclose Notes: Contents page with scenes from interior stories, and touch-ups/graytones added by Marie Severin.

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