Marvel Tales #109 (1979) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Molten Man Strikes Again!	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane; inks: John Romita; letters: Danny Crespi	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Molten Man [Mark Raxton]
1	The Master Plan of the Molten Man!	comic story	18	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: John Romita, Paul Reinman, Tony Mortellaro; inks: Paul Reinman, Tony Mortellaro; colors: Petra Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Liz Allan (misspelled as Liz Allen); Mary Jane Watson; Robbie Robertson; Ned Leeds; Betty Brant; Flash Thompson (flashback); Molten Man [Mark Raxton] (villain)
2	November 1979	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0714860247611

Collection	Year
The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus #4 ISBN 978-1-302-91559-9	2019	On eBay ›

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