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Spicy Tales #5 (1989) · The Collector

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Malibu
Spicy Tales (1988)
#5

Malibu#5

Spicy Tales

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Spicy Tales #5

Publisher: Malibu
Cover date: February 1989
Cover price: $1.95
Pages: 36
Rating: For Mature Readers

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Stories

6 titled

1Peril in Panama
2Sinister Santa Claus
3

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Grand Comics Database issue 172927

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The Scarab Murder

4She Won't Talk

5Toy of Fate

6Quicksand!!

Credits

Writers: Adolphe Barreaux, Robert Leslie Bellem, Joseph Szokoli, Robert Maxwell, Harry Parkhurst
Pencillers: Adolphe Barreaux, Joseph Szokoli, Max Plaisted, Harry Parkhurst
Inkers: Adolphe Barreaux, Joseph Szokoli, Max Plaisted, Harry Parkhurst
Letterers: Adolphe Barreaux, Joseph Szokoli, Max Plaisted, Harry Parkhurst
Cover: Steve Martin
Cover colors: Steve Martin
Cover letters: Scott Bieser

Editorial and production

Editor in chief: Chris Ulm
Editorial assistant: Mickie Villa

Characters

Betty Blake
Betty Blake's father
Col. Kane
cop passing by
Crazed marijuan addict
Dan Turner
Dean of Traymore Academy
Diana Daw
Flap-Eye
Hans
harem girls
Jean Dawson
Katie the Killer
Lt. Donaldson
Mac
Mike O'Mara
Ming Soy
Nora Novak
Oriental thugs
Pete Penner
Polly of the Plains
Princess Hotepsu
Rita]
Sally the Sleuth
Santa Claus
Sheik Hammad
Ted Morton
The Chief
Tim O'Mara

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