Marvel Tales #117 [Direct]
(July 1980)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor); Roy Thomas (original editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

"...And One Must Fall!" (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Annette Kawecki ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Grizzly; J. Jonah Jameson
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #117 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Tales (1966 series) #117 [Newsstand]
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"...And One Will Fall!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Dave Hunt
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker] Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Flash Thompson; Gloria Grant; J. Jonah Jameson; Liz Allan (misspelled as Liz Allen; flashback); Grizzly [Maxwell Markham] (villain); Jackal [Professor Miles Warren] (villain)
Synopsis
The Jackal puts a homing device on Peter's arm. Spider-Man defeats the Grizzly.
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July 1980 (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee column about the success of EPIC ILLUSTRATED. Marvel checklist for comics dated July 1980.

Sunday Punch (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sheesh! I go out for some goodies and look what I run into!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Thing (Hostess Ads - Earth-51914)
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Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. "...And One Must Fall!"
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. "...And One Will Fall!"
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. July 1980
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Sunday Punch
    Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
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  • Derek Reinhard
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