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CATALOG RECORD

Marvel Tales #217

Marvel · Series began 1966 · November 1988

Dates

Cover date
November 1988
On sale
July 21, 1988
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #217 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602476711 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Mark Jewelers insert edition

    Mark Jewelers

    Barcode 07148602476711 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Mike Zeck, Ross Andru, Fred Hembeckinks: Mike Zeck, Jim Mooney, Joe Albeloscript: Len Wein, Fred Hembeckcolors: Glynis Oliver, Andy Yanchusletters: Joe Rosen, Rick Parker

Stories

  • Big Apple Battleground! · 17 pages
  • Doom Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry! · 5 pages

    Doom asks Spider-Ham to help him reconnect with a young man who he has treated like a son but Spider-Ham finds out the root of the problem is that the good Ducktor has thrown the poor boy's mother in jail for having served stuffing at a dinner when Doom had specifically requested mashed potatoes.

Reprinted in

The Marvel Universe According to Hembeck (2016), Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham: The Complete Collection (2019)

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