Marvel Tales #8

(May 1967)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Steve Ditko; Dick Ayers; Larry Lieber; Al Hartley

Inks

Steve Ditko; Dick Ayers; Don Heck; Al Hartley

Colors

John Verpoorten ? (gray tones)

Letters

Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Contents page includes images from interior stories and staff credits, including Sol Brodsky, Roy Thomas, John Verpoorten, Stan Goldberg, Morrie Kuramoto and Flo Steinberg.

The Menace of... Mysterio! (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Man / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mysterio [Quentin Beck] (introduction); J. Jonah Jameson; Betty Brant; Flash Thompson; Liz Allan; Aunt May Parker

Synopsis

Mysterio first frames Spider-Man for a crime wave, then challenges him to a battle on top of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Reprints

• from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #13 (June 1964), #13 (June 1964)

The Threat of the Torrid Twosome (Table of Contents: 3)

Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (Plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (Script)

Pencils

Dick Ayers (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

John Duffy (credited)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Carl Zante [Acrobat] (Intro); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Miracle Man (flashback); Sub-Mariner (flashback); Dr. Doom (flashback)

Synopsis

The Acrobat tricks the Human Torch into helping him rob a bank before double crossing him. The Torch chases and captures the thief with the help of the Fantastic Four.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #106 (March 1963)

A Profound Potpourri of Perplexing Pronouncements and Preposterous Philosophy, All Portending Practically Nothing! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.75 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Bullpen Bits / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Chris Giarrusso

Pencils

Chris Giarrusso

Inks

Chris Giarrusso

Colors

Chris Giarrusso

Letters

Chris Giarrusso

Genre

humor; superhero

When Wakes the Colossus! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Wonderful Wasp Tells a Tale / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited as L.D. Lieber) (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber (credited as L.D. Lieber)

Inks

Don Heck (credited as D. Heck)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway (credited as R. Holloway)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Wasp [Janet van Dyne] (narrator); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Mingo; Vikor; Colossus

Synopsis

An alien warlord builds a giant statue to intimidate the superstitious, but it comes to life and takes the side of the rebels against him.

Reprints

• from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #53 (March 1964)

Trapped By the Carbon-Copy Man! (Table of Contents: 7)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (Plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (Script)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Al Hartley (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Terry Szenics (credited)

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Ugarth, War Lord of Xarta; Zano; Don Blake; Odin; Jane Foster; Mayor Harris; Carbon-Copy Man [Zano]

Synopsis

The heir to the throne of a race of shape-shifting aliens leads an attack on Earth as his rite of passage. The aliens replace officials in New York and disrupt the government, but Thor discovers their plan and defeats them.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #90 (March 1963)