Marvel Tales #252 [Direct]
(August 1991)

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
Jim Salicrup (editor); Dan Cuddy (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

© 1991 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marshall Rogers (signed as Marshall)
Inks
Marshall Rogers (signed as Marshall)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the Spidey saga you demanded to see!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Morbius [Michael Morbius]
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A Monster Called... Morbius! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yep, that's our title--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Aunt May Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Lizard [Curt Connors]; Morbius [Michael Morbius] (first appearance); Whitey (only appearance, dies)
Synopsis
The six-armed Spider-Man versus Morbius.
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August 1991 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee; Barry Dutter
Pencils
John Romita; Rick Parker
Inks
John Romita; Rick Parker
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker; ?
Characters
Stan's Soapbox: Stan Lee; John Romita; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Bullpen Bulletins: Mark Gruenwald; Tom DeFalco; Dan Cuddy; Michael Higgins; Suzanne Gaffney; Nel Yomtov; Danny Fingeroth; Mike Rockwitz; Bob Harras

Indexer Notes

Stan's Soapbox is a 3 panel comic strip. Bullpen Bulletins is a 9 panel comic strip.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge (Table of Contents: 3)

Petey; Peter Parker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Fred Hembeck
Genre
superhero
Characters
Petey [Peter Parker]; Miss Oktids; Liz Allen; Flash Thompson; Loki; Thor
Synopsis
Flash and Peter have to stay after school to clean the chalkboard.
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Indexer Notes

"The adventures of Peter Parker long before he became Spider-Man."

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This is the Spidey saga you demanded to see!"]
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. A Monster Called... Morbius!
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. August 1991
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge
    Petey; Peter Parker
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