Marvel Tales #164 (1984) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask	cover	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Crime Master; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
1	The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask	comic story	20	script: Steve Ditko, Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Crime Master; Patch [Fredrick Foswell]; Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]; Aunt May Parker; Betty Brandt; J. Jonah Jameson; Liz Allen; Flash Thompson; Mr. Davis (school principal)
3	Green Goblin	illustration	1	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Sam Rosen	Green Goblin
4	-	letters page	2	script: Danny Fingeroth

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

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860247606
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860247606

Collection	Year
Wizard Ace Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #14 #[nn]	2002	On eBay ›

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