Marvel Tales #175 [Direct]
(May 1985)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-01-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Christopher Priest (reprint editor); Keith Williams (assistant editor); Stan Lee (original editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #64.
This issue has variants:

When Falls the Meteor! (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]; Looter
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #175 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Tales (1966 series) #175 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Tales (1966 series) #175 [Canadian]
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When Falls the Meteor (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
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Looter [Norton G. Fester]; Sally Green; Gwen Stacy; Flash Thompson
Synopsis
A strange meteor gives Norton Fester incredible strength and agility. He uses these new powers to become the Looter to fund his scientific research.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Post Office of the Past / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko (illustration)
Inks
Steve Ditko (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

"Post Office of the Past" reprints original letters from Amazing Spider-Man.
Illustration is the Spider-Man figure from the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man #19.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of September 28, 1984
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 110,681
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 106,708
Owners: Cadence Industries Corporation, Sheldon Feinberg, Joseph Walsh, Joseph Calamari, Paul Hindin, James E. Galton, Jim Foy, Stuart Friedman, all at 21 Henderson Drive, West Caldwell, New Jersey 07006

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. When Falls the Meteor!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. When Falls the Meteor
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Post Office of the Past
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
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