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Issue: Marvel Tales #89
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 12/20/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860247603
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #151, December 1977.
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
The Birth of the Gibbon!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gibbon
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Miscellaneous
1
The Birth of the Gibbon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gibbon (introduction); Kraven the Hunter; Gwen Stacy; Aunt May Parker; Flash Thompson; Harry Osborn
Inspired by Spider-Man's example, misfit Marty Blank dons an ape costume and plans to fight crime as the Gibbon, but Spider-Man mocks him, leaving him vulnerable to someone who plans to take advantage of the situation.
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Miscellaneous
18
Original story was sequentially numbered and 20 pages long. Original pages 13 and 14 were removed reducing the story page count to 18.

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