Marvel Team-Up
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule |
Marvel Team-Up (all): monthly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Publication date |
Marvel Team-Up : March 1972 - February 1985 Spider-Man Team-Up: December 1995 - June 1997 Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2): September 1997 - July 1998 Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3): January 2005 - December 2006 |
| Number of issues |
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1): 150 and 7 Annuals Spider-Man Team-Up: 7 Marvel Team-Up (vol. 2): 11 Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3): 25 |
| Main character(s) | Spider-Man |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Mike Carlin, Chris Claremont, Gerry Conway, Bill Mantlo, Louise Simonson, Roy Thomas, Len Wein |
| Penciller(s) | Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, John Byrne, Bob Hall, Gil Kane, Greg LaRocque, Frank Miller, Jim Mooney, Ron Wilson |
| Inker(s) | Terry Austin, Mike Esposito |
Marvel Team-Up (all): monthly
Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The original series was published from March 1972 through February 1985, and featured Spider-Man as the lead "team-up" character in all but ten of its 150 issues, and in six of its seven annuals. It was the first major ongoing spin-off series for Spider-Man, being preceded only by the short-lived The Spectacular Spider-Man magazine. Of the issues that did not star Spider-Man, the Human Torch headlines six issues (#18, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35); the Hulk, four (#97, 104, 105, and Annual #3); and Aunt May, one (#137). Publication of most of the issues starring the Human Torch coincided with that of Giant-Size Spider-Man, an alternate Spider-Man "team-up"-themed series by the regular Marvel Team-Up creative team. When cancelled with #150, the title was replaced by Web of Spider-Man.
The second series was published for 11 issues from September 1997 through July 1998 and originally featured Spider-Man; Namor the Sub-Mariner was the featured character starting with #8. From 1995 to 1997, a quarterly series titled Spider-Man Team-Up fulfilled much the same purpose as the original title. The third Marvel Team-Up series, written by Robert Kirkman, began publication in January 2005 and frequently featured Spider-Man. This volume often reintroduced lesser-known Marvel characters that had fallen into obscurity.
The spirit of Marvel Team-Up was carried on by Avenging Spider-Man and later Superior Spider-Man Team-Up.
Comics journalist Jonathan Miller summarized Marvel Team-Up in a retrospective article:
The series was admittedly formulaic; either Spider-Man or that issue's guest-star would encounter a menace and then by sheer chance cross paths with another hero who would lend a hand. The title's guest-stars were an equal mix of A-list characters whose presence was likely to increase sales and fledgling heroes being given exposure in the hopes of launching them into stardom but who for the most part continued to languish in obscurity.
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