Marvel Tales #3
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- , line art (Australian composition)
- Colours
- , colourist
Reprint history
- Based on
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Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #89 (February 1963) — Starring the Mighty...Thor! The Most Colorful Super Hero of All!!!
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The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974) — The Human Torch Goes Wild!
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The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 series) #6 (May 1977) — No title recorded
1Featuring
- Feature
- Spider-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vulture [Adrian Toomes]; Flash Thompson; Aunt May Parker; Betty Brant; J. Jonah Jameson; Liz Allen
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Steve Ditko, line art [credited]
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer [credited]
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (November [December] 1963) — The Return of the Vulture
- Also printed
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Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (September 1966) — The Return of the Vulture
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The Amazing Spider-Man Newton Spectacular (Newton, 1975?) ([1975]) — The Return of the Vulture
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The Amazing Spider-Man (Newton, 1975 series) #6 ([August 1975?]) — The Return of the Vulture
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #1 (1987) — The Return of the Vulture
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The Essential Spider-Man (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (December 1996) — The Return of the Vulture
Synopsis
Adrian Toomes breaks out of prison and goes on a crime spree, and ends up battling Spider-Man in the skies above New York.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard (Origin, Intro); Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]; Destroyer (cameo)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (Script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer [as Art Simek]
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #102 (November 1962) — Part 1: "Prisoner of the Wizard"
- Also printed
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The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974) — Part 1: "Prisoner of the Wizard"
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The Human Torch (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (November 1974) — Part 2: "Wizard's Wiles!"
Synopsis
As a crowd of theatre-goers watch a newsreel about Johnny (showing his adventure against The Destroyer), one in the crowd, The Wizard, thinks it would be a great challenge to match his skills against The Torch. The Wizard considers himself the world's greatest brain. He's designed an ultra-modern home, created inventions that have brought him fame and fortune, solved "impossible" puzzles, beaten chess champions & calculating robots, and even been a master escape artist. He sees beating Johnny as somehow "the ultimate achievement", and tricks Johnny into rescuing him when a digging machine he's trying out appeares to go wrong. Showing off his home in gratitude, he suddenly douses Johnny with flame-retarding chemicals!
Notes
Part 1 of 2. 1st appearance (and origin) of The Wizard.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Wizard; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (Script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer [as Art Simek]
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
Synopsis
The Wizard makes Johnny a prisoner, and with a special suit, impersonates him, commits a bank robbery, performs a mass jail-break, extorts money from commuters on a bridge, all to make The Torch appear a criminal, and "prove" that he is superior to him. "You must have flipped your cork!" says Johnny. (I'll say!) Later, The Wizard shows Johnny photos that prove he committed the crimes Johnny appears guilty of, but as Johnny won't kill an unarmed man, he'll have no choice but to watch as The Wizard burns the evidence. But the photos fly from The Wizard's hands on their own, and Johnny calls the police, turning over the pics and the Wizard. After they leave, we find he beat the Wizard with help-- from his sister!
Notes
Part 2 of 2. With so much going for him, the only explanation for The Wizard turning to crime is what Johnny suggested-- he's nuts! Next appearance in Strange Tales #105 (February 1963).
4Featuring
- Feature
- Thor the Mighty
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- [V-913]
- Characters
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Odin (introduction, cameo)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter
- Larry Lieber, scripter (script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller
- Dick Ayers, inker
- Text
- Jon D'Agostino, letterer
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- First print
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Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #86 (November 1962) — On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!
- Also printed
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Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963) — Untitled
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Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (September 1966) — "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!"
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The Mighty Thor (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #2 (June 1978) — On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991) — "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!"
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Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) — "On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!" (black and white)
Synopsis
Zarrko of the year 2262 goes back in time and steals a cobalt bomb in 1962, but Thor chases him forward in time and defeats him.
Notes
D'Agostino credit per Nick Caputo, May 2014. Previous indexer credited Artie Simek.
This story is divided into two parts: an unmarked first part (5 pp) and part two—"Flight to the Future" (8 pp). The Tomorrow Man next appears in issue #101 (February 1964). Job number not listed in comic, came from the splash page of the original art.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Ant-Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Code
- V-958
- Characters
- Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Scarlet Beetle (introduction, origin)
Credits
- Writing
- Stan Lee, plotter [credited]
- Larry Lieber, scripter [credited] (script)
- Art
- Jack Kirby, penciller [credited]
- Dick Ayers, inker [credited]
- Text
- Artie Simek, letterer [credited]
- Editing
- Stan Lee, original Editor
Reprint history
- Based on
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Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963) — The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle!
- Also printed
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Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (September 1966) — Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle
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Essential Ant Man (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (February 2002) — The Vengeance of the Scarlet Beetle! (black and white)
Synopsis
Ant-Man fights a beetle made super-intelligent by radiation. It uses Ant-Man's growth gas to become giant, but he is able to defeat it.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.