Marvel Tales #158 [Newsstand]
(December 1983)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-09-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860247612
Editing
Danny Fingeroth (reprint editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with shipping date of 1983-08-16.
This issue is a variant of Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #158 [Direct].

The Scorpion! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Scorpion [Mac Gargan]
Reprints

The Coming of the Scorpion (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Scorpion [Mac Gargan] (introduction, origin); Liz Allan; Flash Thompson; Aunt May Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Dr. Farley Stillwell (death); Betty Brant; Ned Leeds
Synopsis
J. Jonah Jameson pays Dr. Stillwell to turn Mac Gargan into the Scorpion to try to capture Spider-Man. Stillwell's formula makes Gargan become more evil than he originally was and the Scorpion goes on a rampage and is finally stopped by Spider-Man.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Marvel Mails / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Danny Fingeroth
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes "Post Office of the Past", a sampling of letters from the original publication.

Peter Parker and Ol' Webhead (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Scorpion!
    Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Coming of the Scorpion
    Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Mails
  4. 3. Peter Parker and Ol' Webhead
    Spider-Man
This issue was modified by
  • mcomics
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Samuels