Marvel Tales #217 [Direct]
(November 1988)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-07-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Len Wein (original editor); Jim Salicrup (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #146.
This issue has variants:

The Big Hit! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Mike Zeck
Inks
Mike Zeck
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle]; Hitman; J. Jonah Jameson
Reprints
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Big Apple Battleground! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Punisher [Frank Castle] (partial origin); J. Jonah Jameson; Marla Madison; Robbie Robertson; Glory Grant; Bart Hamilton; Harry Osborn; Hitman (origin, villain)
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Doom Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Joe Albelo
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham [Peter Porker]; Kastoff Yurchaynz; Ms. Yurchaynz; Ducktor Doom (villain)
Synopsis
Doom asks Spider-Ham to help him reconnect with a young man who he has treated like a son but Spider-Ham finds out the root of the problem is that the good Ducktor has thrown the poor boy's mother in jail for having served stuffing at a dinner when Doom had specifically requested mashed potatoes.
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Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Big Hit!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Big Apple Battleground!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Doom Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry!
    Spider-Ham
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  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
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