Marvel Tales #131 [Direct]
(September 1981)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-06-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Tom DeFalco (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #2.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (head shot); Sandman [Flint Marko]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The Sandman Always Strikes Twice (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
Andy Yanchus ?
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Octopus [Otto Octavius] (cameo); Sandman [Flint Marko] (villain); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Angry over the death of a friend, Spider-Man makes fast work of the Sandman when the villain seeks him out for revenge.
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Beginning...The Saga of Captain Britain (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Britain / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Fred Kida (credited)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Born in fulfillment of an ancient dream...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Brian Braddock; The Reaver [Joshua Stagg] (villain); Dr. Travis
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Brian arrives at the Darkmoor Research Centre to report for work just as the complex is being attacked by Stragg who plans on capturing the nuclear scientists to use in his own business ventures. Brian escapes on a motorcycle but falls off a cliff when he is blinded by Stragg's airship.
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Indexer Notes

Pages 1-5 reprinted of the original 8 page story. Second half reprinted in following issue.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Sandman Always Strikes Twice
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. Beginning...The Saga of Captain Britain
    Captain Britain
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