Marvel Tales
#28
(October 1970)
Marvel,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1970-06-23
- 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)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man
- Reprints
-
in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007) -
in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! (Panini España, 2014 series) (Junio 2014) - in Doctor Strange Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016) [1/4 page]
- in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
-
The Molten Man Regrets...!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialouge)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man
- Synopsis
- The Molten Man is released from jail and he decides he is going to be smarter about his next robbery, but Spider-Man puts an end to his plans.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #35 (April 1966)
-
The Pincers of Power!
Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dr. Strange; Baron Mordo; Dormammu; The Ancient One; Clea (unnamed); rulers of neighboring dimensions
- Synopsis
- Dormammu sends Strange, Mordo & The Ancient One to a neutral dimension. He then uses a sleeping potion on the Mindless Ones, so his domain will be temporarily safe and summons rulers of nearby dimensions. Dormammu arrives to challenge Strange in person to battle for total mastery of Earth! Strange accepts, then Dormammu declares they shall fight using only the "Pincers Of Power", and no other spells or incantations. This way, it will be a battle of skill, not power. The battle is fierce-- but when it appears Strange is about to overcome his adversary, Mordo strikes Strange from behind...
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #140 (January 1966)
-
When Falls the Meteor!
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Stan Lee (credited) (dialouge)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (original editor)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Looter [Norton G. Fester]; Sally Green; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson
- Synopsis
- A strange meteor gives Norton Fester incredible strength and agility. He uses these new powers to become the Looter to fund his scientific research.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #36 (May 1966)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man -
1.
The Molten Man Regrets...!
Spider-Man -
2.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
The Pincers of Power!
Doctor Strange -
4.
When Falls the Meteor!
Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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