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26-528: The format of the series was very similar to the Marvel Team-Up comic book where Spider-Man teams up with another character in every issue. The first and second volumes of Marvel Team-Up primarily (but not exclusively) featured Spider-Man whereas Avenging Spider-Man exclusively features Spider-Man. Marvel announced the publication in June 2011 . The first issue was released 9 November 2011, with Zeb Wells as

52-586: A character created for Marvel UK , made his first appearance in an American comic book in Marvel Team-Up #65 (January 1978). Karma , a character that later joined the New Mutants , was created by Claremont and artist Frank Miller in #100's lead story. A photo cover by Eliot R. Brown was used for the Spider-Man/Captain America team-up in issue #128. Though published for well over a decade,

78-484: A new story with a back-up reprint, except the last issue, which only featured a reprint. Due to the limitations of the typically single-issue team-up stories, the supporting cast of Spider-Man's other titles rarely appeared in Marvel Team-Up . The series often featured non-superhero characters in the co-star slot. A multi-issue time travel story arc began in issue #41 with Spider-Man and the Scarlet Witch traveling to

104-801: Is a daily newspaper published the afternoon before its cover date. For some publications, the cover date may not be found on the cover , but rather on an inside jacket or on an interior page. In the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the standard practice is to display on magazine covers a date which is some weeks or months in the future from the publishing or release date. There are two reasons for this discrepancy: first, to allow magazines to continue appearing "current" to consumers even after they have been on sale for some time (since not all magazines will be sold immediately), and second, to inform newsstands when an unsold magazine can be removed from

130-541: The Salem witch trials in 1692, and pushed the barriers of continuity by having Spider-Man team up with two characters who had no established connection to the mainstream Marvel Universe , Killraven and Deathlok . Though the series did often team Spider-Man with other highly popular characters, it regularly gave the co-star slot to obscure characters that the average reader was unlikely to even recognize, particularly during writer J. M. DeMatteis 's run. DeMatteis recounted, "I

156-830: The Human Torch: From the Marvel Vault #1 in August 2011. Spider-Man Team-Up was a brief attempt to revive the concept of the series and was soon followed by Marvel Team-Up vol. 2 which was published from September 1997 to July 1998. The third Marvel Team-Up series launched in January 2005 and ran for 25 issues which starred a variety of characters. The fourth series began with a June 2019 cover date and contains legacy numbering. Second Story: Black Panther Epic Collection Vol 2; Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus The storyline "Spider-Man and Invincible" from Marvel Team-Up #14

182-419: The comics", ultimately creating the legally distinct parody characters "Agent Spider" and "Prof Ock" to replace Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus, with the former to be voiced by "an actor who had done Spider-Man before". On recommendation of supervising director Dan Duncan, Josh Keaton was cast to voice the parody character, after previously voicing Spider-Man in the animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man ,

208-475: The creative team of writer Christopher Yost and artists Paolo Rivera and Marco Checchetto. Marvel Team-Up Marvel Team-Up is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics . The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The series was originally 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 Annual s. It

234-438: The date of publication, and may indeed be identical where weekly magazines are concerned. In all markets, it is rare for monthly magazines to indicate a particular day of the month: thus issues are dated May 2016 , and so on, whereas weekly magazines may be dated 17 May 2016 . The general practice of most mainstream comic book companies since the creation of the comic book in the 1930s was to date individual issues by putting

260-415: The name of a month (and much later the year as well) on the cover which was generally two months after the release date. For example, a 1951 issue of Superman which had the cover date of July would have been published two months earlier from that date in the month of May, generally speaking. In 1973 the discrepancy between the cover date and the publishing date went from two months to three months. In 1989

286-519: The print copy of the comic book. The free digital copy with purchase was extended to include the fourth issue, but Marvel changed from using a sealed poly-bag to protect the code to using a sticker so potential readers could look at the book before purchasing. The response to the free digital code in the first issue was so positive that Marvel announced they would include free digital codes in comic books in their Ultimate line of comics starting in January 2012. The free digital copy with purchase, still using

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312-455: The regular Marvel Team-Up creative team. When cancelled with #150 in 1985, 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

338-479: 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, in addition to featuring a crossover with Kirkman's Image Universe series Invincible , which in 2024 would be adapted to the television series adaptation 's second season . The spirit of Marvel Team-Up

364-444: The series format never truly caught on with readers. Upon taking a serious look at sales figures for Marvel Team-Up , Marvel's editorial staff found that sales dramatically rose or fell with each issue depending solely on the popularity of that issue's co-star. Taking this into consideration, Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter concluded that it would make more sense to have another Spider-Man solo series with guest stars appearing when

390-540: The series, but the creators found this format limiting, and after just three issues the Human Torch was dropped in favor of a rotating co-star slot. The main artists on the series for the first several years were Andru, Gil Kane , Sal Buscema , and Jim Mooney . In 1974, Marvel started publishing Giant-Size Spider-Man , which was a quarterly 68-page comic that lasted for six issues which complemented Marvel Team-Up . The series featured team-ups, with each issue featuring

416-419: The stands and returned to the publishing company or be destroyed (in this case, the cover date is also the pull date ). Weeklies (such as Time and Newsweek ) are generally dated a week ahead. Monthlies (such as National Geographic ) are generally dated a half month ahead, and quarterlies are generally dated two or three months ahead. In other countries, the cover date usually matches more closely

442-668: The sticker to protect the code, was extended to the fifth, sixth, and seventh issues before all Marvel comics priced at $ 3.99 started receiving free digital codes in June 2012 (issue eight) due to the success of the free digital codes in Avenging Spider-Man and the Ultimate line of comics. It was announced in April 2013 that Avenging Spider-Man was to end in July of the same year, with Superior Spider-Man Team-Up taking its place. It would retain

468-419: The storyline and/or promotional needs called for it, rather than a team-up series which unnaturally forced guest-stars upon the story. The series ended with issue #150 (February 1985), to be replaced by Web of Spider-Man . A Hulk and the Human Torch story written by Jack C. Harris and drawn by Steve Ditko in the 1980s that was intended for Marvel Team-Up was published by Marvel as Incredible Hulk and

494-616: The video games Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions , Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Spider-Man: Edge of Time , and the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (with the character's dialogue in the episode alluding to the latter film franchise's events). Cover date The cover date of a periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of publication (the on-sale date or release date ); later cover dates are common in magazine and comic book publishing. More unusually, Le Monde

520-455: The writer, Joe Madureira as the penciller, and Ferran Daniel as the colorist. The first issue outsold both issues of The Amazing Spider-Man released in November and was the sixth best selling comic book of the month. The first three issues of the series contained a code for a free digital copy of the comic book, which is the first time any publisher has provided free digital copies as part of

546-416: Was always attracted to the more obscure characters, mainly because they were ripe for exploration. You could crack them open and really develop them. … I just looked at these fringe characters as more inviting than the mainstream, more established characters – who all had their set-in-stone continuity. I wanted room to play and those characters gave me all the room I wanted. And let's face it, our lead character

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572-722: Was as mainstream as you can get, so the obscure ones made for a nice contrast." With issue #47, the series had a crossover with Marvel Two-in-One #17, which featured the Thing . Jean DeWolff was introduced as a supporting character in the Spider-Man/Iron Man story in issue #48. John Byrne , who would later become the artist on The Uncanny X-Men , first drew the characters in Marvel Team-Up #53. Byrne and his Uncanny X-Men collaborator, writer Chris Claremont worked together on several issues of Marvel Team-Up . Captain Britain ,

598-446: Was carried on by Avenging Spider-Man and later by 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

624-412: 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. The series debuted with a March 1972 cover-dated issue featuring Spider-Man and the Human Torch in a story by writer Roy Thomas and artist Ross Andru . Spider-Man and the Human Torch were originally the permanent headliners on

650-496: Was loosely adapted to "I Thought You Were Stronger", the second season finale of the Amazon Prime Video television series adaptation of Invincible , which aired April 4, 2024. Due to Amazon and Robert Kirkman not having the rights to adapt any Marvel Universe characters from the issue to the adaptation, Robert Kirkman consulted with Amazon's legal department to "figure out a way to keep that moment somewhat intact from

676-585: 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

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