Marvel Tales #291 [Direct Edition]
(November 1994)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.05 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1994 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606024766 29111
Editing
Mark Powers (reprint editor); Danny Fingeroth (group editor); Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Indicia reads 'Marvel Tales featuring Spider-Man'
This issue has variants:

Crushed by the Absorbing Man? (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Malcolm Jones III (signed)
Inks
Malcolm Jones III (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Absorbing Man; Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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With Foes Like These... (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen
Editing
Christopher Priest (credited as Jim Owsley) (original editor); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Flash Thompson; Wasp; Kathryn Cushing; Betty Leeds; Ned Leeds; Robbie Robertson; Mary Jane Watson; Absorbing Man; Titania; Hobgoblin [Roderick Kingsley]; Daniel Kingsley; Dr. Doom (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Spider-Man is trolling around town trying to find Flash Thompson but ends up duking it out with Titania and Absorbing Man. Things end in a draw when Absorbing Man threatens to drop an airplane full of passengers and Spider-Man swings away in disgust.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Crushed by the Absorbing Man?
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. With Foes Like These...
    Spider-Man
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