Marvel Tales
#19
(March 1969)
Marvel,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-12-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Spidey Goes Mad!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture; Sandman
- Reprints
-
from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #24 (May 1965) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
-
in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! (Panini España, 2014 series) (Junio 2014) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Erroneous credits removed by Nick Caputo, Jan 2011.
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko; Dick Ayers; Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Steve Ditko; George Roussos; Chic Stone
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Includes images from interior stories.
Spider-Man Goes Mad!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Sharon Kay ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Mysterio; Aunt May Parker; Frederick Foswell; Doctor Octopus (illusion); Sandman (illusion); Vulture (illusion)
- Synopsis
- Mysterio tries to convince Spider-Man that he is going crazy and reveal his secret identity.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #24 (May 1965)
-
The Thunder God Strikes Back!
Thor / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Colors
- Sharon Kay ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-704
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Dr. Donald Blake]; Mr. Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; The Cobra; Don Blake; Calvin Zabo; Jane Foster
- Synopsis
- Thor evades the villains and transforms back into Dr. Blake, then pretends to betray Thor in order to get his cane back. He becomes Thor and defeats the Cobra easily, though Hyde escapes by becoming Calvin Zabo and slipping away. Hyde attacks Thor later, but is defeated. When Blake returns to the office he discovers that Jane hates him because of his seeming betrayal of Thor.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #106 (July 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
This story continues from Journey Into Mystery #105.
The Human Torch In the Clutches of the Puppet Master!
Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)
- Colors
- Sharon Kay ?
- Letters
- Ray Holloway (credited as R. Holloway)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- X-515
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Puppet Master; Alicia Masters; Reed Richards [Mr. Fantastic] (cameo); Sue Storm [Invisible Girl] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- We learn in flashback how the Puppet Master escaped death at the tentacles of a giant octopus. He then takes control of Johnny, and sends him after Alicia romantically, in order to set him and Ben against each other. 8-page fight ensues!
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #116 (January 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
The story was "Based upon an idea by Tommy and Jimmy Goodkind, Hewlett Harbor, New York".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Spidey Goes Mad!
Spider-Man -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Spider-Man Goes Mad!
Spider-Man -
3.
The Thunder God Strikes Back!
Thor -
4.
The Human Torch In the Clutches of the Puppet Master!
Human Torch
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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