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Cover: Sal Buscema

Marvel Tales #38

Oct 1972 · Marvel · 0.20 USD
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“Enter: Dr. Octopus”

Doctor Octopus looms large and menacing across this 1972 Marvel Tales cover, his mechanical tentacles sweeping through a cityscape as Spider-Man twists and dodges just out of reach — with a second Spidey swinging in the background for good measure. The bold banner "Enter: Doctor Octopus!" sets the tone perfectly for this reprint showcase, and Sal Buscema's cover art gives the confrontation a satisfying kinetic energy. Stan Lee and John Romita's story of the wall-crawler facing one of his most formidable foes makes this a thoroughly enjoyable addition to any Spider-Man collection.

writer Stan Lee · artist John Romita · inker Mickey Demeo · letterer Artie Simek · cover Sal Buscema

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist John Romita
inker Mickey Demeo
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils, inks Sal Buscema

Reprints

↩ Reprints The Amazing Spider-Man #53 (1967)

Reprinted in Spider-Man Comics Weekly #117 (1975), L'Uomo Ragno Classic #16 (1992), Spiderman de John Romita #15 (2000), The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #2 (2012), L'Uomo Ragno Gigante #2, Spider-Man #40

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