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Issue: Marvel Tales #137
Publication Date: March 1982
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Issues: #137 of 289 Issues (612 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 12/08/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: © 1981 Marvel Comics Group.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy #15 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Spider Man [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Spider-Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (introduction, origin); Ben Parker (introduction); May Parker (introduction); Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson (introduction); Liz Allan (introduction); the Burglar
Synopsis: Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains the abilites of a spider. When he fails to stop a burglar who runs past him, his uncle is later killed as a result. He therefore swears never to shirk his responsibility again.
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From Content Item: FlagAmazing Fantasy #15 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1962
was Spider-Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: [V-789]
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Amazing Fantasy #15

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unused cover for Amazing Fantasy #15 published for the first time in color.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Editorial on background of Spider-Man and the publication of his various origin stories. Includes a cover repro of the following issue.
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The Origin of Dr. Strange

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (origin); Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (origin); Ancient One [Yao]
Synopsis: Dr. Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help. He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #115 [unnamed variant] published December 1963
was The Origin of Dr. Strange [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Deciding Factor!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury
First Line: I don't know what these alien invaders are thinking...
Synopsis: Cap and Fury defeat alien invaders by giving them Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
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Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
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Pages: 1
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Peter Parker as.. Spider-Man

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Pages: 1

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