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Issue: Marvel Tales #12
Publication Date: January 1968
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Issues: #12 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: 10/03/1967
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 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 From6
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Original Artwork
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The Return of the Green Goblin!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Green Goblin
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby] published April 2007
as The Return of the Green Goblin! [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: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! #[nn] published June 2014
as El Spiderman de Ditko [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1964
was The Return of the Green Goblin! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1966
was Spidey and the Green Goblin...Both Unmasked! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover is a composite of the Spider-Man figure from the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1962 series) #17 and the Green Goblin figure from the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1962 series) #39 .Additional background art likely by John Verpoorten.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Includes images from interior stories and staff credits for Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Stan Goldberg, John Verpoorten, Gary Freidrich and Flo Steinberg.
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The Return of the Green Goblin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson; Aunt May Parker; Mr. Brant (see notes); Dorrie Evans (Johnny Storm's girlfriend)
Synopsis: Spider-Man attends a fan club meeting organized by Flash Thompson, but the Green Goblin crashes the meeting. Fortunately the Human Torch is in attendance to help Spider-Man. During the battle Spider-Man finds out that Aunt May is in the hospital and he leaves, causing everyone to believe that he is a coward.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1964
was The Return of the Green Goblin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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The Human Torch Vs. the Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard; Paste-Pot Pete; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
Synopsis: Johnny practices in his obstacle course, then thinks back on his adventures with The Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete. By a wild coincidence, Pete breaks The Wizard out of jail and the two join forces. They frame Johnny as a spy, but their partnership is strained by Wiz's megalomania. "I'm a partner, not a servant, you know!" says Pete.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #110 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1963
was The Human Torch vs. the Wizard and Paste-Pot Pete! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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The Magician and the Maiden!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Magician [Lee Guardineer]; Henry Pym; Porcupine (cameo, pictures on the wall); Human Top (cameo, pictures on the wall); Black Knight (cameo, pictures on the wall)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #58 published August 1964
was The Magician and the Maiden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Challenged by the Human Cobra!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Jane Foster; Dr. Bruce Andrews; Odin; Klaus Vorhees (introduction); Professor Shecktor; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees] (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: While visiting India, Don Blake finds that one of his old teachers has been murdered by a villain who gained the power of a snake. Thor fights the Cobra in New York and defeats him, after Jane Foster sees her new boss's cowardice and goes back to Doctor Blake.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #98 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
was Challenged by the Human Cobra! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-451
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Who Says This Isn't the Marvel Age of Batty Bulletins?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan's Soapbox, Items, The Mighty Marvel Checklist, Let's Meet 26 More M.M.M.S. Members!

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