Marvel Tales #16 (1968) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Where Flies the Beetle!	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Beetle
1	-	table of contents	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Bill Everett, John Verpoorten; inks: Steve Ditko, Chic Stone, Dick Ayers, Bill Everett, John Verpoorten; letters: Artie Simek
2	Where Flies the Beetle...!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. 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
3	The Serpent Strikes!	comic story	5	script: Bill Everett; pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Bill Everett	Marvel Boy [Bob Grayson]; a snake worshiper (introduction, death, villain)
4	The Coming of the Plantman!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Joe Carter; pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Doris Evans (introduction); Plantman [Sam Smithers] (gardener) (introduction); Mr. Evans (Doris' father) (introduction)
5	Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man; Loki; Odin

Collection	Year
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 ISBN 0-7851-2402-0	2007	On eBay ›
The Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-5099-2	2010	On eBay ›
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #1 [Fifth Edition] ISBN 978-1-302-94563-3	2022	On eBay ›

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