Marvel Tales #197 [Direct]
(March 1987)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-11-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Jim Salicrup (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #106.
This issue has variants:

Steel Serpent Wants Iron Fist's Life Force-- Only Spidey Can Stop Him! (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
M. D. Bright
Inks
Mike DeCarlo ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Fist; Steel Serpent
Reprints
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Night of the Dragon (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Dave Hunt
Letters
John Costanza
Editing
Archie Goodwin (original editor)
Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Misty Knight [also as Maya Korday]; Steel Serpent [Davos] (villain); Bushmaster [John McIver] (villain); Raul (villain)
Synopsis
Steel Serpent drains the Iron Fist out of Danny Rand.
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The Bet! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hercules / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton
Pencils
Bob Layton
Inks
Bob Layton
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Jack Morelli
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hercules
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Steel Serpent Wants Iron Fist's Life Force-- Only Spidey Can Stop Him!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. Night of the Dragon
    Iron Fist; Spider-Man
  3. 2. The Bet!
    Hercules
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mark Boyer
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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