Marvel Tales
#18
(January 1969)
Marvel,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-10-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (editor); Roy Thomas (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Spidey vs. the Green Goblin!
Spider-Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Green Goblin
- Reprints
-
from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #23 (April 1965) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
-
in Marvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! (Panini España, 2014 series) (Junio 2014) - in The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2022)
-
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko; Dick Ayers; Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Steve Ditko; Dick Ayers; Chic Stone
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Includes images from interior stories and staff credits for Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, Sharon Kay and John Verpoorten.
The Goblin and the Gangsters
Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (credited)
- Colors
- Sharon Kay
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Lucky Lobo; Aunt May Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Frederick Foswell; Betty Brant; Mr. Merriweather
- Synopsis
- The Green Goblin tries to take over Lucky Lobo's gang but Spider-Man puts them all in jail.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #23 (April 1965)
-
The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
Thor / comic story / 18 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Colors
- Sharon Kay
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Job Number
- X-681
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; the Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp]; Calvin Zabo; Cobra; Mr. Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Don Blake; Jane Foster
- Synopsis
- The Cobra and Mr. Hyde team up, forming a long-standing team.
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #105 (June 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
The customary back-up mystery story is dropped in favor of longer Thor stories. This story is continued in Journey Into Mystery #106.
The Sandman Strikes!
Human Torch / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers (credited)
- Colors
- Sharon Kay
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Sandman [Flint Marko]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback, cameo)
- Synopsis
- Reed tells Johnny the news that The Sandman has broken jail. Johnny runs across him on the George Washington Bridge, but Sandman eludes him. Atop the Empire State Building, Spider-Man uses a loudspeaker to send out a message daring Sandman to fight him! Before long, Sandman shows up and knocks Spider-Man right off the building. The Torch shows up, and they battle Sandman. Running through a set of sprinklers, Sandman figures the Torch's flame will be put out, but suddenly realizes he's turning to mud! Johnny departs, Spider-Man thinks he doesn't like the Torch cutting in on "his" action.
- Reprints
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #115 (December 1963)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Spidey vs. the Green Goblin!
Spider-Man -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Goblin and the Gangsters
Spider-Man -
3.
The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
Thor -
4.
The Sandman Strikes!
Human Torch
This issue was modified by, among others
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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