Marvel Tales 1966 #9 - reader copy - $4.00

The Green Goblin hires the Enforcers to help him defeat Spider-Man. To further his plan he convinces B.J. Cosmos to film a movie of Spider-Man fighting Goblin and the Enforcers in the desert. While filming, Goblin and the Enforcers attack Spider-Man and accidentally awaken the Hulk.

The Human Torch goes looking for Sub-Mariner in order to beat him and win more respect. He traps Sub-Mariner beneath the ocean floor and returns to the surface.

A king invades another world to win glory, but the costs of occupation make him unpopular.

Loki gives a greedy carnival mystic magical powers in order to use him to attack Thor. Thor is overcome in their first battle, but with the help of Odin and his belt of strength he defeats Loki's pawn.

On-sale date from 1967 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

• - Inside front cover. Includes images from interior stories and staff credits for Sol Brodsky, Roy Thomas, John Verpoorten, Morrie Kuramoto, Stan Goldberg, Gary Friedrich and Flo Steinberg.
• The Master of Flame vs. The Monarch of the Sea!! - 5th modern-day appearance of The Sub-Mariner. Previous appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR #14 (May 1963); next appearance in FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 (November 1963). Although this story came out a month before FF #14, it feels much more like a sequel. 1st non-Jack Kirby Sub-Mariner story of the 1960's. Sub-Mariner exhibits the powers of a puffer fish and an electric eel, never seen again after this story!
• More Mixed-Up Madness from Marvel's Mighty Masters of Mysticism, Magnificence, and Misinformation! - Stan's Soapbox, Items, The Wrap-Up, The Mighty Marvel Checklist.