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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published July 1968
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Gary Friedrich
Notes Background color is different from the original, also more cover blurbs are added.

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Spider-Man; The Scorpion
Genre Superhero
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Colors Stan Goldberg?
Notes Background color is different from the original, also more cover blurbs are added.
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #20 (January 1965)

1 page Marvel Tales credits "MARVEL TALES Credits"

Characters Spider-Man; The Scorpion; Human Torch; The Electric Eel; Marvel Boy; Orion Rex; Thor; Zarrko the Tomorrow Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Steve Ditko; Bill Everett; Dick Ayers; Jack Kirby
Inks Steve Ditko; Bill Everett; Dick Ayers; George Roussos
Notes Inside front cover with credits and one piece of panel art from each main story.

20 page Spider-Man story "The Coming of the Scorpion!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; The Scorpion [Macdonald "Mac" Gargan]; Liz Allen; Flash Thompson; Aunt May; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Ned Leeds; Dr. Farley Stillwell
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Colors Stan Goldberg?
Letters Sam Rosen [as S. Rosen]
Reprinted from Amazing Spider-Man, The (Marvel, 1963 series) #20 (January 1965)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Greatest Event in the History of Comic Magazines!"

Notes House ad for THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1.

8 page Marvel Boy story "Caves of Doom"

Characters Dr. Noiro; Marvel Boy; Donna Lake; Marie; Orion Rex
Genre Superhero
Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett
Colors Stan Goldberg?
Reprinted from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #5

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Merry Marvel Marching Society"

Notes A nifty new membership kit "for the paltry sum of 1.00".

13 page Human Torch [Johnny Storm] story "The Living Bomb!"

Characters Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Ted Braddock (TV commentator); The Eel [Leopold Stryke] (Intro); Charles Lawson (inventor); Moxie Gahagan (fence); Wizard (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Baldy (gangster; cameo)
Synopsis Flying over Glenville, Johnny wonders if the residents have grown bored with him. He gives them a "free show", but the reaction is decidedly negative. This turns out to be the fault of TV commentator Ted Braddock, who's been doing a series of very negative editorials about Johnny, which have succeeded in turning many people against him. Meanwhile, The Eel steals a bag containing "Project X" from inventor Charles Lawson, who begs him to return it. It turns out the bag contains a miniature radio-active atomic pile, which is danger of going off within one hour of being exposed to air if the proper switch is not thrown on it! Hearing about it on the news, a fence tells The Eel why it's too "hot" to handle. Lawson helps Johnny track down The Eel, who's gotten rid of the device, but not believing him, Johnny attacks. Johnny manages to fly the device into the upper atmosphere where it explodes, as he absorbs most of the blast-- but nearly dies in the process. As Reed uses a ray to restore Johnny's "half-dead cells" to vitality, Braddock broadcasts a editorial retracting everything bad he ever said about The Torch. Johnny recovers, causing cheers in the general public and frustration among the underworld.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee (Plot); Jerry Siegel [as Joe Carter] (Script)
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Dick Ayers
Colors Stan Goldberg?
Letters Sam Rosen [as S. Rosen]
Reprinted from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #112 (September 1963)

13 page Thor story "The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!"

Characters Thor; Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man; Hank Pym; Tony Stark; Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Wasp; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Odin; Loki; Heimdall; Norn Hag (I); Don Blake; Mr. Hyde (flashback); Jane Foster (flashback)
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Colors Stan Goldberg?
Letters Sam Rosen [as S. Rosen]
Notes First appearance of the Norn Hag and the Well of Centures, story continued in Journey Into Mystery #102.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #101 (February 1964)

10 page advertisement "Ads"

Notes Total of 10 one-page advertisements for: Tired of Being Skinny? (Weight Gainables, Joe Welder), Bosy Sell Grit (sales club, Grit Publishing), Baseball Game (game, Strat-o-matic Game Co), Forbidden Oriental Fighting Arts (book, Precise Publications), Missile Firing Tank (toy, Honor House Products, 1/2 page), Lincoln Penny (coins, Centre Coin, 1/2 page), Shop By Mail (miscelleneous ads, 2 pages), Shamed by Your English? (language school, Don Bolander), Fishing Outfits (fishing gear, Niresk Discount Sales), 132 Roman Soldiers (toys, Roman War Soldiers).