Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) comic books 1978-1980

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 67 CGC 9.8

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Label #4416374023

"Tigra, Tigra, Burning Bright!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Tigra. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Dave Hunt. Cover by John Byrne and Joe Sinnott. It's a fast moving story as Kraven the Hunter ambushes the web-slinger! Shortly thereafter, the captive wall-crawler is attacked by a mind-controlled Tigra! Can Spider-Man free Tigra from Kraven's clutches? The amazing one needs to quickly, because a stampede of wild animals is charging in his direction! (Notes: Kraven and Tigra previously battled in Marvel Chillers 4. Kraven appears next in Amazing Spider-Man 209. John Byrne inked page 10. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 203.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 68 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374021

"The Measure of a Man!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Man-Thing. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Bob Wiacek. Cover by John Byrne and Joe Rubinstein. Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are visiting the circus, when they notice a sad-looking creature imprisoned in a glass cage. It's the Man-Thing! What is he doing in New York? After nightfall, a sympathetic Spider-Man returns to the circus and frees his friend. The trip back to the Everglades is going smoothly until the plane crashes in the Florida swamp! One thing leads to another...and the web-slinger, Man-Thing, and Jennifer Kale wage a savage battle for survival against a new evil villain...D'Spayre! An outstanding story! First appearance of D'Spayre. (Notes: The letters page includes a letter from comics writer Michael Higgins. The back inside cover contains a Star Wars ad with Neal Adams art. This story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 204.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 69 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374022

"Night of the Living God!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man and Havok. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Ricardo Villamonte. Cover by Dave Cockrum. During a quiet morning walk on Muir Isle, Alex Summers and Lorna Dane are attacked by a group of Egyptian henchmen! Meanwhile on the Empire State University campus, Peter Parker witnesses more Egyptian henchmen stealing a priceless ankh! Several hours later, the two storylines collide in New York City when Havok and the web-slinger team up to battle the Living Pharaoh! But after the pharaoh captures Havok and attaches the mystic ankh to the powerful mutant's neck...the Living Monolith walks the Earth again! What in the world is Spider-Man going to do now? Cameo appearances by Thor and the Beast. (Notes: The Living Pharaoh previously tried to tap into Havok's power in Uncanny X-men 54, 55, and 56. The subplot involving the Beast continues in Uncanny X-men 111. This two-part story was reprinted in Marvel Tales 205 and 206.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 70 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374024

"Whom Gods Destroy!" Part 2 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Havok, and Thor. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Tony DeZuniga. Cover by John Byrne and Tom Palmer. The Living Monolith is rampaging thru Manhattan! And your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man needs some high-powered help to stop the awesome Egyptian giant! Enter the Mighty Thor! Wow, in no time at all a spectacular battle erupts in New York harbor between the Prince of Asgard and the Living Monolith! Will the thunder god's power be enough to stop the Egyptian behemoth? Perhaps, but only if the web-slinger can free Havok from his booby-trapped coffin! An excellent two-part story! (Notes: The Living Monolith returns in Power Man and Iron Fist 56 & 57. The letters page includes a special article taken from the Wichita Eagle in which the newspaper tells its readers that the daily Spider-Man comic strip will be returning to the paper after a one-week hiatus. A 3-panel strip with art by John Romita is also included. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 206.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 79 CGC 9.4

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Label #4416374010

"Sword of the She-Devil" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Red Sonja. Plot and Script by Chris Claremont. Plot and Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Terry Austin. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin. An emergency situation is developing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! The Daily Bugle dispatches Peter Parker and a reporter to the site, but someone else sneaks along...Mary Jane Watson! The web-slinger quickly enters the museum and is attacked by grotesque monsters! Mary Jane rushes inside to help the struggling wall-crawler, but what can she do? How about grab the ancient sword of Red Sonja! And in a dazzling transformation...Mary Jane Watson becomes Red Sonja! Now the Amazing Spider-Man and the She-Devil with a Sword team up against the evil sorcerer Kulan Gath! Will New York City survive...and Ms. Watson too? An excellent story! Cameo appearance by Clark Kent on page 3. (Notes: This is a key appearance of Mary Jane Watson during the time period (between 1979 and 1983) when she rarely appeared in any of the Spider-Man titles. Kulan Gath appears next in Uncanny X-men 190. This is the final issue of the Claremont-Byrne run on the Marvel Team-Up title. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 208.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 79 CGC 8.0

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Label #4416374009

"Sword of the She-Devil" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Red Sonja. Plot and Script by Chris Claremont. Plot and Pencils by John Byrne. Inks by Terry Austin. Cover by John Byrne and Terry Austin. An emergency situation is developing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! The Daily Bugle dispatches Peter Parker and a reporter to the site, but someone else sneaks along...Mary Jane Watson! The web-slinger quickly enters the museum and is attacked by grotesque monsters! Mary Jane rushes inside to help the struggling wall-crawler, but what can she do? How about grab the ancient sword of Red Sonja! And in a dazzling transformation...Mary Jane Watson becomes Red Sonja! Now the Amazing Spider-Man and the She-Devil with a Sword team up against the evil sorcerer Kulan Gath! Will New York City survive...and Ms. Watson too? An excellent story! Cameo appearance by Clark Kent on page 3. (Notes: This is a key appearance of Mary Jane Watson during the time period (between 1979 and 1983) when she rarely appeared in any of the Spider-Man titles. Kulan Gath appears next in Uncanny X-men 190. This is the final issue of the Claremont-Byrne run on the Marvel Team-Up title. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 208.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 80 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374011

"A Sorcerer Possessed!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Clea. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by Mike Vosburg. Inks by Gene Day. Cover by Rich Buckler (pseudonym Validar) and Bob McLeod. A frightful werewolf ambushes Peter Parker and Cissy Ironwood during an evening walk in Central Park! After Peter fights off the beast, he finds the amulet of Dr. Strange! Is something wrong with the Master of the Mystic Arts? Perhaps something to do with the battle against Silver Dagger three issues ago? In order to find out, the web-slinger pays a visit to Stephen Strange's townhouse and ends up in a donnybrook with the good doctor! Can Clea and Spider-Man discover a cure for the Sorcerer Supreme? Cameo appearance by Satana. Last 35¢ issue. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 80 CGC 9.4

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Label #4168525006

"A Sorcerer Possessed!" Part 1 of 2. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and Clea. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by Mike Vosburg. Inks by Gene Day. Cover by Rich Buckler (pseudonym Validar) and Bob McLeod. A frightful werewolf ambushes Peter Parker and Cissy Ironwood during an evening walk in Central Park! After Peter fights off the beast, he finds the amulet of Dr. Strange! Is something wrong with the Master of the Mystic Arts? Perhaps something to do with the battle against Silver Dagger three issues ago? In order to find out, the web-slinger pays a visit to Stephen Strange's townhouse and ends up in a donnybrook with the good doctor! Can Clea and Spider-Man discover a cure for the Sorcerer Supreme? Cameo appearance by Satana. Last 35¢ issue. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics historian Peter Sanderson.) 32 pages Cover price $0.35.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 82 CGC 9.0

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Label #4416374012

"No Way to Treat a Lady!" Part 1 of 4. Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Black Widow. Script by Chris Claremont. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Steve Leialoha (finishes). Cover by Rich Buckler and Bob McLeod. The Amazing Spider-Man comes to the aid of a beautiful red-haired woman being attacked by a group of muggers! After making short work of the thugs, the wall-crawler recognizes the woman...it's Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow! But something is wrong with her, she doesn't remember being a superhero. What has happened to Natasha? The web-slinger doesn't have any time to ponder that question as agents of SHIELD suddenly attack! And on the rooftops in Hell's Kitchen, the desperate Spider-Man and the perplexed Black Widow make their final stand! Cameo appearance by Nick Fury. Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 83 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374013

"Slaughter on 10th Avenue!" Part 2 of 4. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Nick Fury, and the Black Widow. Script by Chris Claremont. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Steve Leialoha (finishes). Cover by Rich Buckler and Steve Leialoha. In stunning fashion, the web-slinger and the widow have gone down to defeat at the hands of SHIELD and its director, Nick Fury! Now the Black Widow is a prisoner of SHIELD, and a dazed Spider-Man is trying to figure out what is going on. When Natasha escapes from the SHIELD facility, she turns to her only friend left in Manhattan...Peter Parker! At his Chelsea apartment, Aunt May's nephew is consoling Natasha, when all of a sudden Nick Fury kicks in the door! Minutes later Boomerang attacks! And then the Silver Samurai! It's a wild free-for-all in the streets with the wall-crawler and the Black Widow caught in the middle! Cameo appearances by Clay Quartermain, Jasper Sitwell and the Viper. 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 84 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374014

"Catch A Falling Hero" Part 3 of 4. Guest-starring Spider-Man, Shang-Chi, Nick Fury, and the Black Widow. Script by Chris Claremont. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Steve Leialoha (finishes). Cover by Steve Leialoha. Finally, the Viper stands revealed as the mastermind behind the plot to destroy the Black Widow! But the anarchist has her eyes set on a bigger target after commandeering the giant SHIELD Heli-carrier! Meanwhile, Nick Fury recruits the Master of Kung Fu to help him stop the Viper's evil plans. And as the massive airship drifts towards the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C.; Spider-Man, the Black Widow, Nick Fury, and Shang-Chi launch their airborne assault on the Heli-carrier! But be careful...Boomerang, the Viper, and the Silver Samurai are waiting inside! Flashback cameo by Nomad (aka Steve Rogers) to recap the Viper's prior appearance in Captain America 182. 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 86 CGC 9.2

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Label #4416374015

"Story of the Year!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy. Plot by Allyn Brodsky. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils and Inks by Bob McLeod. Cover by Bob McLeod. The Deterrence Research Corporation is up to no good again! This time the shadowy corporation has spotted the Guardians of the Galaxy's massive spaceship...Drydock! But the heroes from the 31st century know that there cannot be any trace of their existence in the 20th century. So Martinex, Nikki, and Starhawk put together a plan with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to bust into the DRC's headquarters! However, a pair of bad guys is waiting inside! (Notes: Hammer and Anvil previously appeared in Incredible Hulk 182. The DRC was introduced in Giant-Size Spider-Man 4.) 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 87 CGC 9.8

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Label #4416374016

"The Razor's Edge!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Black Panther. Script by Steven Grant. Pencils by Gene Colan. Inks by Frank Springer. Cover by Al Milgrom. The wall-crawler is on the trail of the Black Panther...after the Wakandan king (or someone dressed like him) abducts a well-known minerals dealer outside the Manhattan federal courthouse! When Spider-Man drops by the Wakanda Embassy, T'challa and the web-slinger first talk with their fists, but later with their mouths and conclude that someone is blackmailing the panther. Who is it? The duo doesn't have to wait long as the razor sharp villain drops by the embassy too! First appearance of Hellrazor. (Note: The letters page includes a letter from comics editor Cat Yronwode.) 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 88 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374017

"A Child is Waiting" Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Invisible Girl. Script by Chris Claremont. Art by Sal Buscema (breakdowns) and Eduardo Barreto (finishes). Cover by Rich Buckler and Al Milgrom. Peter Parker and Susan Richards are attending a Central Park society luncheon, when suddenly the Invisible Girl receives a dramatic phone call! Her son Franklin has been kidnapped! And now the abductors, the Maggia, want the female member of the Fantastic Four to do their bidding or else! The Maggia's trail leads first to Harlem and then to the Bronx; but fortunately, Sue picks up an ally along the way...the Amazing Spider-Man! The web-slinger and the Invisible Girl make their last stand in the bowels of the New York subway system! Will the two heroes reach Franklin before it's too late? Cameo appearances by Captain Jean DeWolff, Janet Pym, and Hank Pym. 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 89 CGC 9.4

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Label #4416374018

"Shoot Out Over Center Ring!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Nightcrawler. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by Mike Nasser and Rich Buckler. Inks by Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein. While picking up Amanda Sefton at the airport, Kurt Wagner learns about a plot to kill Spider-Man at the World's Most Famous Arena! A cutthroat assassin lies in wait for the web-slinger at the circus inside Madison Square Garden! Will Nightcrawler dazzle the circus crowd one more time...and also save the wall-crawler? First appearance of Cutthroat. Cameo appearances by Arcade and Miss Locke. (Notes: This issue concludes Chris Claremont's run as the writer for the Marvel Team-Up title. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 242.) 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 90 CGC 9.6

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Label #4416374019

"Death on the Air" Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Beast. Script by Steven Grant. Art by Mike Vosburg (breakdowns) and Bob McLeod (finishes). Cover by Al Milgrom and Jack Abel. When the Modular Man and Killer Shrike steal a cutting edge Microwave Cellular Condensor from Empire State University Technology Exposition, the Amazing Spider-Man and the blue-furred Beast must battle the two villains atop the Empire State Building, before the Modular Man absorbs enough microwave energy (from cable TV antennas) to become a god! Will the web-slinger and the off-duty Avenger scramble his signal? This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 240. Notes: Killer Shrike's next appearance is in Spectacular Spider-Man 57. The letters page replies (by Chris Claremont) indicate that there was another story written and drawn for the 24th issue of the Ms. Marvel (1st) series. That story was finally published 13 years later in Marvel Super-Heroes (2nd series) 10. 32 pages Cover price $0.40.