Marvel Tales #156 [Direct]
(October 1983)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-06-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-12.
This issue has variants:

The End of Spider-Man! (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Sandman
Reprints
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The End of Spider-Man (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn] (cameo); J. Jonah Jameson; Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius] (cameo); Kraven [Sergei Kravinoff] (cameo); Vulture [Adrian Toomes] (cameo); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; The Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Giant Man [Hank Pym]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]] (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Aunt May Parker; Anna Watkins (May Parker's neighbor); Liz Allan; Flash Thompson; Betty Brant; Rocky Roberts (Car Thief); Irv (Cop)
Synopsis
With the entire city thinking he is a coward, Spider-Man runs from Sandman. Peter's life is in shambles, and he contemplates giving up being Spider-Man to concentrate on his personal life.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Marvel Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Danny Fingeroth
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The End of Spider-Man!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The End of Spider-Man
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Mails
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