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Cover: Steve Ditko

Marvel Tales #176

Jun 1985 · Marvel · 0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD

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“Once Upon a Time, There Was a Robot”

This June 1985 reprint from Marvel's "Collector's Item Classic" line puts Spider-Man through the wringer twice over, and the cover by Steve Ditko says it all. A half-human, half-mechanical face looms large above two split scenes — on the left, Spidey is entangled by writhing green tentacles amid leaping flames, while on the right a sleek robot has him pinned beneath a staff as strange tendrils curl at its feet. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's story "Once Upon a Time, There Was a Robot" promises exactly the kind of inventive, boundary-pushing adventure that made their Spider-Man collaborations so memorable.

writer, artist, inker Steve Ditko · writer Stan Lee · colorist Andy Yanchus · letterer Artie Simek · cover Steve Ditko

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VF $4.99 VF $12.99 VF $21.11 CGC 9.6 · Variant $175.93 Marvel Tales(vol. 1) #176 $2.99 Marvel Comics Marvel Tales Starring Spider-Man #176 June 1985 Steve Ditko Cover $3 Marvel Comics Marvel Tales Starring Spider-Man #176 June 1985 Steve Ditko Cover $4 Marvel Marvel Tales Starring Spider-Man #176 Single Issue Color US Comic Book $4

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Full credits

writer, artist, inker Steve Ditko

writer Stan Lee

colorist Andy Yanchus

letterer Artie Simek

cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Amazing Spider-Man #37 (1966)

Reprinted in L'Uomo Ragno Classic #11 (1991), Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #25 (2023)

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