Marvel Tales #159 (1984) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Artie Simek	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; the Beetle [Abner Jenkins]
1	Where Flies the Beetle	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; the Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Betty Brant; Flash Thompson; Aunt May Parker; Doris Evans; J. Jonah Jameson
2	A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up!	illustration	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
3	-	letters page	2	script: Bob DeNatale; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860247601
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860247601

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #23 ISBN 978-1-302-92933-6	2021	On eBay ›

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