[1] It also contained a two-page photo gallery of many of the staff and freelancers, including Dick Ayers, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Joe Orlando, Paul Reinman, Sam Rosen, Artie Simek, Flo Steinberg, Chic Stone, Vince Colletta, Nancy Murphy of the subscription department, and college "campus representative" Debby Ackerman, and publisher Martin Goodman.

"[5] He also observed that "Marvel Tales Annual # 1 represents an era that is almost inconceivable today, when access to old stories and comics in the form of expensive hardcover editions or trade paperbacks is the standard.

Strange backup was replaced by an original story featuring the X-Men member the Angel, written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel in one of his very rare Marvel outings.

[8] Marvel Comics writer and editor Tom DeFalco stated in a 2016 interview that "One reviewer at the time was so incensed with some of my changes that she suggested that someone should bring a gun to a convention and 'blow me away'."

[9] In addition to changing topical references, Marvel decided to alter the background characters in several issues to present greater racial diversity in the stories.

"[10] Marvel Tales #159 (Jan. 1984) included a parody page which reimagined Spider-Man's elderly Aunt May as a jogger and his high school classmates as punk rockers.

Filmmaker Bob DeNatale, who was the assistant editor on Marvel Tales at the time explained in a 2018 interview that "I always hated the updated cultural references in the reprints.

When I was hired, Danny [Fingeroth] basically put me in charge of the Marvel Tales reprints so he could spend his time and energy on the new stories, so I stopped making any changes to the original script.