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Cover: Ron Frenz & John Romita & Joe Rubinstein

Marvel Tales #193

Nov 1986 · Marvel · 0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
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In "Some Say Spidey Will Die by Fire... ...Some Say by Ice!", Peter Parker swings into the Baxter Building with a surprise audition for the Fantastic Four—only to bolt when he learns the gig comes with no salary. A 1986 classic from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, with inks by Steve Ditko and lettering by Ray Holloway, this issue captures Spidey’s trademark humor and self-awareness. The cover by Ron Frenz and John Romita, inked by Joe Rubinstein and John Romita, shows the web-slinger mid-swing, caught between two dramatic fates.

Contains 2 stories
Some Say Spidey Will Die by Fire... ...Some Say by Ice!
17 pp · Superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]Wasp [Janet Pym]Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback)Iceman [Bobby Drake] (flashback)Margay Sorenson (first appearanceTerry's mother)Equinox [Terry Sorenson] (villain)
The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man!
6 pp · Superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Invisible Girl [Sue Storm]Thing [Ben Grimm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]

When Spider-Man swings into the Baxter Building for an impromptu audition to join the Fantastic Four, he quickly learns the job comes with no salary—prompting a swift exit. The moment is pure, playful chaos, capturing the kind of lighthearted superhero misadventure that made Marvel Tales a staple of the era.

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CGC 9.8 · 19 in census $68*
CGC 9.6 · 18 in census $31*
CGC 9.4 · 6 in census $30*
CGC 9.2 · 5 in census $30*
CGC 9.0 · 4 in census $30*
CGC 8.5 · 5 in census $30*
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CGC 8.0 · 6 in census $30*
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $30*
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CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $30*
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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
letterer Ray Holloway
cover pencils Ron Frenz
cover pencils, inks John Romita
cover inks Joe Rubinstein

Reprints

↩ Reprints Fantastic Four Annual #1 (1963), Marvel Team-Up #59 (1977)

Reprinted in Essential Marvel Team-Up #3 (2009), Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up #7 (2023), Örümcek Adam Süper Seri #19

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