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157April 1957
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Marvel Tales #157

Marvel · April 1957 · on sale 1957-01-18

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Series
Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series)
Issue
#157
Publication date
April 1957
Key date
1957-04-00
On-sale date
1957-01-18
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Impossible Island!cover1pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Secret of Murdock Farm!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando
2The Black Blob!comic story4pencils: Pete Morisi; inks: Pete Morisi
3The Man Who Was Replacedcomic story4script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Marvin Stein; inks: Marvin Stein
4Trouble on the Islandtext story2pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin
5Impossible Islandcomic story4pencils: Bernie Krigstein; inks: Bernie Krigstein
6The Man Who Changed!comic story3script: Jack Oleck; pencils: Sam Kweskin; inks: Sam Kweskin; letters: Artie Simek
7It Waits in the Dark!comic story4pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPreta

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