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Issue: Marvel Tales #97
Publication Date: November 1978
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Issues: #97 of 289 Issues (612 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Regular Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/15/1978
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860247611
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from www.mikesamazingworld.com
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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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The Smasher Strikes! The Disruptor Destroys!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Disruptor; Smasher
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #118 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1973
was The Smasher Strikes! The Disruptor Destroys! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Countdown to Chaos!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Disruptor [Richard Raleigh] (identity revealed in this issue, villain, dies); The Smasher (villain); Mr. Thaxton (villain)
Synopsis: The identity of the Disruptor is revealed.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #118 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1973
was Countdown to Chaos! [Story on Interior Page(s)]in this form; minus 3 pp.
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: 1291Z
Disclose Notes: The final panel in the original story has an image of the Hulk. That image is removed in this issue.
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November 1978

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fantastic Four
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee column about the Spider-Man and Hulk television shows. Miscellaneous Marvel news items, including FANTASTIC FOUR #200 and the MICRONAUTS.
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Good Overcomes Evil!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Karnilla
Synopsis: Some villain has an armored man under a spell to attack Thor, but a sorceress ends the spell with Hostess Fruit Pies, saving Thor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

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