Marvel Tales #240 [Direct]
(August 1990)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Al Milgrom (original editor); Dan Cuddy (assistant editor); Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Cable TV=Death! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marshall Rogers (signed)
Inks
Marshall Rogers (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Beast; Killer Shrike; Modular Man
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Death on the Air (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steven Grant
Pencils
Mike Vosburg
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
LF643
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Beast; Killer Shrike (villain); Modular Man (villain); Cissy
Reprints

Thief of Bad-Gags Conclusion (Table of Contents: 2)

Spider-Ham / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Kupperberg
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Alan Kupperberg
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Spider-Ham [Peter Porker]; Bat-Mouse; Duck Hope; Aunt May Porker; Duckster [Milton Bearle] (villain)
Synopsis
Spidey and Bats get a hand from Duck Hope in chasing down the Duckster and revealing his true identity.

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

Bullpen Bulletins / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Bova

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

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from David Rowley, Richard Perry, David Puckett and Garrett McCary.

Original Cover (Table of Contents: 5)

Spider-Man; Beast / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Irving Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man; Beast; Killer Shrike; Modular Man
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cable TV=Death!
    Spider-Man; Beast
  2. 1. Death on the Air
    Spider-Man; Beast
  3. 2. Thief of Bad-Gags Conclusion
    Spider-Ham
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Mails
  6. 5. Original Cover
    Spider-Man; Beast
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