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Issue: Marvel Tales Annual #2
Publication Date: January 1965
 
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Non-Pareil Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 76
ISBN:
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Price: 18.0 pence GBQ 0-1-6
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Avengers [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake; Thor Odinson]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman; Beast]; Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
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X-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Professor X [Charles Xavier] (introduction); X-Men [Cyclops (introduction); Beast (introduction); Angel (introduction); Iceman (introduction); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (introduction)]; Magneto (introduction)
After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go on their first assignment--stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base.
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The Ringmaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rick Jones; General Thunderbolt Ross [Thaddeus E. Ross]; Polly Jones [Rick's Aunt] (introduction, cameo); Circus of Crime [Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt] (introduction); Tenna [Mary Stenson] (introduction); Human Cannonball [Jack Pulvar] (introduction)] (introduction); Hercules (circus strongman)
Rick takes a break from his Hulk-sitting duties and goes to the circus. Unfortunately, he picks one run by a hypnotic criminal who mesmerizes his audience and then robs them. When the Hulk arrives to bail out his buddy, he is captured and made part of the act thanks to the fact that Rick is in thrall and cannot give him any commands. Rick returns with the FBI and the Hulk finds himself free to kick some circus tail.
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4 More Annual Masterpieces!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Miscellaneous
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House ad for Fantastic Four Annual #3, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, Sgt. Fury Annual #1 and Journey Into Mystery Annual #1; includes "Know Your Fellow Merry Marchers! 25 More Names".
The Origin of Dr. Strange

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero, supernatural
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (origin); Ancient One [Yao]; Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (origin)
Dr. Stephen Strange, a top neurosurgeon, damages his hands in an accident and seeks out a mystic for help. He saves the seer from his treacherous student, becoming his pupil and finding a new purpose.
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A Monster Among Us

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
science fiction
An alien ambassador lands on Earth and, because of its monstrous appearance, is driven away. It drops a note written in English before fleeing welcoming Earth to the brotherhood of planets and offering to abolish war, disease and poverty as benefits of membership in the galactic order.
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The Coming of the Avengers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Avengers [Thor [Thor Odinson; Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hulk [Bruce Banner; Mechano]] (introduction, origin); circus ringmaster; lion tamer; trapeze artists; Bobby; Bobby's mother; Charlie; Captain; Jane Foster; Asgardians [Odin]; Teen Brigade [Rick Jones; William "Willie" Bishop]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; the Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Loki [Loki Laufeyson]; Silent Ones
Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Thor join forces to defeat Loki.
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