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Issue: Marvel Tales #23
Publication Date: November 1969
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Issues: #23 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: 08/19/1969
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):  
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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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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 #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1965
was The Claws of the Cat! [Illustration on Cover, Front]splash page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Claws of the Cat!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man; The Cat; Master Planner; Betty Brant; Ned Leeds; Aunt May; Anna May Watson; J. Jonah Jameson; Frederick Foswell; Liz Allan; Flash Thompson
Synopsis: Jameson offers a thousand dollar reward for catching The Cat, and Spider-Man plans to collect. Betty tells Peter that Ned has asked her to marry him.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Amazing Spider-Man #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1965
was The Claws of the Cat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Cover to Amazing Spider-Man # 31 is used for the splash page.
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2 More Triumphs from Marvel

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Fantastic Four Annual #7 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6 using the covers.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Item, The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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Every Hand Against Him!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Odin; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Loki; Cobra; Mr. Hyde
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #110 published November 1964
was Every Hand Against Him! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: X-811
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Super Saturday on ABC

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (advertisement copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; Smokey Bear; Cattanooga Cats; Hot Wheels; Sky Hawks; Hardy Boys; Fantastic Voyage; Gulliver
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Saturday morning cartoon lineup on ABC Television for the season starting September 6, 1969. Also advertisement for ABC's Super Saturday Club.
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The Mighty Thor

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image taken from an interior Thor splash.
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Prisoner of the Plantman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Plantman [Sam Smithers]; Doris Evans; Mr. Evans (flashback); Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm] (cameo)
Synopsis: After improving his plant ray, The Plantman captures Johnny to get him out of the way while he pulls a robbery. After, Doris, worried about her father, begs Johnny to stop the villain. They have a duel at the Botanical Gardens...with predictable results.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #121 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1964
was Prisoner of the Plantman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14

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