Marvel Tales #137 (1982) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar
1	Spider-Man!	comic story	11	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (introduction, origin); Ben Parker (introduction); May Parker (introduction); Crusher Hogan; Flash Thompson (introduction); Liz Allan (introduction); the Burglar
2	Amazing Fantasy #15	illustration	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Artie Simek	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Burglar
3	-	letters page	1	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: John Romita, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Frank Miller; inks: John Romita, Bob Wiacek, Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus
4	The Origin of Dr. Strange	comic story	8	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange] (origin); Baron Mordo [Karl Amadeus Mordo] (origin); Ancient One [Yao]
6	Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts	illustration	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Artie Simek	Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
7	Peter Parker as.. Spider-Man	illustration	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860247603
Nabisco Exclusive Variant	price 0.60 USD

Collection	Year
The Official Marvel Index to the Amazing Spider-Man #1	1985	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-3692-7	2009	On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-1783-0	2005	On eBay ›
Great Power ISBN 978-0-7851-8834-6	2014	On eBay ›
Marvel: June 1962 Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-94505-3	2021	On eBay ›

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