Marvel Tales #198 (1987) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Showdown with the Steel Serpent!	cover	1	pencils: M. D. Bright; inks: M. D. Bright	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Steel Serpent
1	If Death Be My Destiny!	comic story	17	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Dave Hunt; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Bruce Patterson; editing: Archie Goodwin	Iron Fist, Misty Knight, Peter Parker, Danny Rand, Spider-Man, Colleen Wing
2	Clobberin' Time	comic story	5	script: Sholly Fisch; pencils: James Fry; inks: Mark McKenna; colors: John Wellington; letters: Phil Felix; editing: Howard Mackie	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07148602476704

Collection	Year
Essential Marvel Team-Up #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-3068-0	2009	On eBay ›
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Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up #7 ISBN 978-1-302-93324-1	2023	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #27 ISBN 978-1-302-96269-2	2025	On eBay ›

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