Marvel Tales #97 (1978) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Smasher Strikes! The Disruptor Destroys!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Disruptor; Smasher
1	Countdown to Chaos!	comic story	17	script: Stan Lee, Gerry Conway; pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita, Jim Mooney, Tony Mortellaro; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Roy Thomas	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Disruptor [Richard Raleigh] (identity revealed in this issue, villain, dies); The Smasher (villain); Mr. Thaxton (villain)
2	November 1978	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Fantastic Four

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

Edition	How to tell
Whitman	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Collection	Year
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-302-91559-9	2019	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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