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Issue: Marvel Tales #21
Publication Date: July 1969
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Issues: #21 of 289 Issues (612 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/10/1969
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age, then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#3-33 squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; Crime-Master; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published January 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Direct] published January 2010
as Marvel Tales Annual #1, Marvel Tales #3-27, and Special Marvel Edition #1-2 Cover Reprints [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. El Asombroso Spiderman: ¡Si éste es mi Destino...! #[nn] published June 2014
as El Spiderman de Ditko [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #26 published July 1965
was The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; Crime Master; Patch [Fredrick Foswell]; Green Goblin; May Parker; Betty Brandt; J. Jonah Jameson; Liz Allen; Flash Thompson; Mr. Davis (school principal)
Synopsis: The Crime Master and the Green Goblin battle for control of organized crime.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #26 published July 1965
was The Man In The Crime-Master's Mask! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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A Marvel Masterwork Pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Spider-Man figure taken from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, page 14;panel 2. The figure was later utilized for the 1965 Amazing Spider-Man T-Shirt.
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At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Dr. Strange; Odin; Don Blake; Jane Foster; Heimdall; Loki; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]][cameo);
Synopsis: Thor is called to the aid of Doctor Strange, and as Dr. Blake saves his life after a crippling mystic attack. Loki takes advantage of a misunderstanding between Thor and Odin to come to Earth and kidnap Jane Foster. Thor finds Loki and defeats him, while a grateful Doctor Strange saves Jane.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #108 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1964
was At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Job Number: X-749
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #13 and Doctor Strange #181 using their covers.
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It's Brand New!! Marvel's Swingin' Inflatable Plastic Pillows!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Spider-Man; Thor; Captain Marvel
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Spider-Man and Thor plastic pillows for $1.50 each and the Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit for $1.00 each.
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The Torch Goes Wild!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Rabble Rouser [Vitold Niyazov, later called Weinberg]; Prince Nagamo; Doris Evans (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo)
Synopsis: A demagogue drums up public opinion against the Torch, as part of a communist plot against an American ally. The Torch regains the public trust by stopping him and using his own mind control devices to turn him to the American side.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #119 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1964
was The Torch Goes Wild! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-605
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A Marvel Masterwork Pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image likely derived from a story panel. Info per Joe Marek.

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