Marvel Tales #173 [Direct]
(March 1985)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Thrill of the Hunt! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Kraven
Reprints
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The Thrill of the Hunt (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Ditko (plot); Stan Lee (script)
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kraven; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Betty Brant; Aunt May Parker; Anna Watson; Gwen Stacy; Harry Osborn; Jonah Jameson; Frederick Foswell
Synopsis
Kraven dresses up as Spider-Man and harasses J. Jonah Jameson to get Spider-Man to come out for a re-match of their last fight.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Marvel Mails / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

"Post Office of the Past" reprints original letters from Amazing Spider-Man.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thrill of the Hunt!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Thrill of the Hunt
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Mails
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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