Marvel Tales
#26
(May 1970)
Marvel,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-02-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor); Roy Thomas (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch; Spider-Man; Thor / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Marie Severin (Spider-Man); Jack Kirby (Thor, Human Torch)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (Spider-Man); Chic Stone (Thor); Dick Ayers (Human Torch)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Thor; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
- Reprints
-
in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #27 (18 August 1973) [Spider-Man portion only.] -
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
Everettt inks per Nick Caputo, Jan 2011. Previous inker listed Frank Giacoia.
The Final Chapter!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (script)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; May Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Frederick Foswell; Curt Connors
- Synopsis
- Trapped under a pile of rubble in an underwater base that is filling with water, Spider-Man has to use all of his strength and determination to break himself free as Aunt May's life hangs in the balance. Spider-Man escapes and takes down Doc Ock's goons so he can deliver a serum that will remove the radiation from his Aunt's system.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #33 (February 1966)
-
Paste-Pot Pete
Human Torch; The Thing / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (credited as P. Reinman)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Paste-Pot Pete [Peter Petruski]; Doris Evans
- Synopsis
- Trying to tell Johnny that Paste-Pot Pete was paroled (for helping The Avengers), Ben and Johnny get into a brawl. Tired of being thought of as a clown, Pete completely redesigns his costume, then takes on The Thing while he's flying his part of the Fantasti-Car. As he's about to go help Ben, Johnny's told by Doris that if he leaves in the middle of their date, he needn't bother returning. After a fierce battle, Ben and Johnny triumph, and after an "explanation," Doris forgives Johnny.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #124 (September 1964)
-
The Vengeance of the Thunder God
Thor / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (credited as Frankie Ray)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Harris Hobbs; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Jane Foster; Ann; John
- Synopsis
- Thor battles the Absorbing Man.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #115 (April 1965)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Human Torch; Spider-Man; Thor -
1.
The Final Chapter!
Spider-Man -
2.
Paste-Pot Pete
Human Torch; The Thing -
3.
The Vengeance of the Thunder God
Thor -
4.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Marvel Checklist
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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