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156March 1957
$0.10

Marvel Tales #156

Marvel · March 1957 · on sale 1956-12-19

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Series
Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series)
Issue
#156
Publication date
March 1957
Key date
1957-03-00
On-sale date
1956-12-19
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Forbidden...Keep Out!cover1pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
1How High Is High?comic story4pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman
2The Door to...?comic story3pencils: Gray Morrow; inks: Gray Morrow
3Which Face Is Mine?comic story4pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd Shores
4The Quill Pentext story2pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
5The Secret Formulacomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski; letters: Joe Rosen
6Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.33script: Monroe Froehlich Jr.
7Sounds in the Nightcomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres; letters: Sam Rosen
8Forbidden...Keep Outcomic story4script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Mac L. Pakula; inks: Mac L. Pakula

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