Marvel Tales #193 [Newsstand]
(November 1986)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-08-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Barcode
0714860247611
Editing
Christopher Priest (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #99.
This issue is a variant of Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #193 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ron Frenz; John Romita (border art)
Inks
Joe Rubinstein; John Romita (border art)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credit from Heritage Auctions.

Some Say Spidey Will Die by Fire... ...Some Say by Ice! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Bruce Patterson
Editing
Archie Goodwin

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (flashback); Margay Sorenson (first appearance; Terry's mother); Equinox [Terry Sorenson] (villain)
Synopsis
Wasp and Yellowjacket are drawn into a battle between Spidey and Equinox. Equinox blows up a tanker truck, seemingly killing Yellowjacket.
Reprints

The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]
Synopsis
Spidey swings into the Baxter Building for an impromptu audition for membership in the Fantastic Four but takes off when he realizes the job doesn't pay anything.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Comic erronously states that this story is reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Some Say Spidey Will Die by Fire... ...Some Say by Ice!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man!
    Spider-Man
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  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk