Marvel Tales #201 [Direct]
(July 1987)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-03-17
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (reprint); Archie Goodwin (original)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Britain; Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez; Joe Albelo
Inks
Joe Sinnott; Joe Albelo
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Spider-Ham [Peter Porker] (inset)
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Introducing, Captain Britain (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Britain; Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Bruce Patterson
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (origin); Jean DeWolff; Arcade (villain); Miss Locke (villain); Mr. Chambers (villain)
Synopsis
Brian Braddock arrives in the U.S. as an exchange student and finds he has drawn Peter Parker as his roommate. Inevitably, Spidey and Cap Britain have the obligatory superhero fight and make nice just in time to be captured by the sinister Arcade.
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Unlucky Bucks or The Illegal Eagle (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Ham / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Mellor
Pencils
Joe Albelo
Inks
Joe Albelo
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham [Peter Porker]; Black Jackal [J. Jonah Jackal]; Robbie Robin; Bullet Bunny; Power Puss; Invisi-Jackal Junior; Shock-Cur (villain); Uncle Scram (villain)
Synopsis
Spider-Ham ditches his black costume for the red and blue after Shock-Cur makes fun of him for unsightly dandruff. Uncle Scram begins his quest to rid the U.S. of foreigners.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Britain; Spider-Man
  2. 1. Introducing, Captain Britain
    Captain Britain; Spider-Man
  3. 2. Unlucky Bucks or The Illegal Eagle
    Spider-Ham
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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