Marvel Tales #242 [Direct]
(October 1990)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Al Milgrom (original editor); Dan Cuddy (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Shoot Out Over Center Ring with Cutthroat! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marshall Rogers
Inks
Marshall Rogers
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nightcrawler
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Shoot Out Over Center Ring! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Michael Netzer; Rich Buckler
Inks
Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Clem Robins
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Nightcrawler; Amanda Sefton; Arcade (villain); Miss Locke (villain); Amos Jardine (villain); Cutthroat (villain)
Synopsis
Amos fires Arcade and hires Cutthroat to take down Spider-Man but Nightcrawler helps Spidey take down the rookie assassin.
Reprints

Fast Feud (Table of Contents: 2)

Rocket Racer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Rudy Nebres
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
Rocket Racer; Speed Demon (villain)
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shoot Out Over Center Ring with Cutthroat!
    Nightcrawler; Spider-Man
  2. 1. Shoot Out Over Center Ring!
    Nightcrawler; Spider-Man
  3. 2. Fast Feud
    Rocket Racer
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