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Marvel Team-Up #172

"Titannus War" - Part One - 22 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Paco Medina
Inker - Juan Vlasco
Cover - Scott Kolins

 

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Amazing Spider-Man #171

"Photon Is Another Name For?" - 17 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Mike Esposito
Cover - Ross Andru

Here was Part 1 of this story...

Nova #12

"The Man Called Photon?" - 17 Pages

Writer - Marv Wolfman
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Frank Giacoia
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

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Spectacular Spider-Man #171

"Ordeal" - 22 Pages

Writer - Gerry Conway
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Sal Buscema
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

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Marvel Team-Up #171

"Master Of The Ring" - Part Five - 23 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Scott Kolins
Inker - Scott Kolins
Cover - Scott Kolins

 

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Amazing Spider-Man #170

"Madness Is All In The Mind!" - 17 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Frank Giacoia & Mike Esposito
Cover - Ross Andru

 

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Spectacular Spider-Man #170

"The Final Calculation" - 22 Pages

Writer - Gerry Conway
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Sal Buscema
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

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Marvel Team-Up #170

"Master Of The Ring" - Part Three & Four - 23 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Scott Kolins
Inker - Scott Kolins
Cover - Scott Kolins

 

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Spectacular Spider-Man #170

"The Final Calculation" - 22 Pages

Writer - Gerry Conway
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Sal Buscema
Cover - Sal Buscema

I won't debate Spidey vs Cap, so I'll be generous and call that a draw.
Thor vs Sandman - c'mon
She-Hulk vs Puma - super c'mon
Sersi vs Prowler - ?????
Quasar vs Rocket Racer - are you f'in kidding me?

What was the strategy of this team: make them all fall down laughing, and have Sandman choke them all to death?

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

I won't debate Spidey vs Cap, so I'll be generous and call that a draw.
Thor vs Sandman - c'mon
She-Hulk vs Puma - super c'mon
Sersi vs Prowler - ?????
Quasar vs Rocket Racer - are you f'in kidding me?

What was the strategy of this team: make them all fall down laughing, and have Sandman choke them all to death?

I would debate Spidey vs Cap. This is another dishonest "Spidey is equally matched with Kingpin" situation. Cap has the strength of a normal man in the fittest possible conditions, equivalent to an Arnold Schwarzenegger in his absolute "Mr Universe" prime. Unfortunately for Cap, Spidey has twenty times that strength because he's a freak of nature who has the proportionate strength of a spider coursing through his body. It realistically shouldn't be a contest unless Spidey is pulling his punches.

Incidentally I have that issue.

 

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Marvel Team-Up #170

"Master Of The Ring" - Part Three & Four - 23 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Scott Kolins
Inker - Scott Kolins
Cover - Scott Kolins

Not Spidey related (except for the lunch-box it seems), but I like this cover.

I have to admit, I'm having a hard time recalling this specific Marvel Team-Up reboot. I remember the one from the late 90's, but I must have clear missed this particular revival.

 

[Themanofbat]

This MTU came out around 5 years ago... you can probably pick it up in trades, or maybe individual issues in the dollar bin... it's Robert Walking Dead Kirkman, so it was pretty tight with continuity... I remember around issue #4 or 5, there was Cap talking about an older adventure with an old school "asterix" with a box telling the reader what issues he was talking about... at the time, I hadn't seen one of those in a Marvel comic in a looooooooooooooong time...

Also, I believe that issue #4 is the comic that Steve Carr (I think that's his name) is reading in "The 40 year old virgin"...

 

[Themanofbat]

Amazing Spider-Man #169

"Confrontation" - 17 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Mike Esposito
Cover - Al Milgrom

 

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Spectacular Spider-Man #169

"The Outlaw Trail" - 22 Pages

Writer - Gerry Conway
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Sal Buscema
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

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Marvel Team-Up #169

"Master Of The Ring" - Part Two - 23 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Jeff Johnson
Inker - Jeff Johnson
Cover - Scott Kolins

 

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Amazing Spider-Man #169

"Confrontation" - 17 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Mike Esposito
Cover - Al Milgrom

Poor JJJ doesn't realize he has pictures of a merely unconscious Ben Reilly. And I guess at the time neither did the reader!

I picked this issue up at a 'con when I was about 12. Haven't seen it in years.

 

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Not Spidey related (except for the lunch-box it seems), but I like this cover.

I have to admit, I'm having a hard time recalling this specific Marvel Team-Up reboot. I remember the one from the late 90's, but I must have clear missed this particular revival.

Pick up the trades, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. This series made me a big fan of Scott Kolins. And even though nothing outrageously spectacular happens, I think it was nice, old-fashioned storytelling.

 

[iloveclones]

I would debate Spidey vs Cap.

Well, that's why I said I was being generous.

 

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Amazing Spider-Man #168

"Murder On The Wind!" - 17 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Mike Esposito
Cover - Ed Hannigan

 

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Spectacular Spider-Man #168

"Sleeping Dogs" - 22 Pages

Writer - Gerry Conway
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Sal Buscema
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

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Marvel Team-Up #168

"Master Of The Ring" - Part One - 22 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Scott Kolins
Inker - Scott Kolins
Cover - Scott Kolins

 

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Amazing Spider-Man #167

"Stalked By The Spider-Slayer!" - 17 Pages

Writer - Len Wein
Artist - Ross Andru
Inker - Mike Esposito
Cover - John Romita

 

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Spectacular Spider-Man #167

"A Misty Kind Of Memory" - 22 Pages

Writer - Gerry Conway
Artist - Sal Buscema
Inker - Sal Buscema
Cover - Sal Buscema

 

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Marvel Team-Up #167

"Golden Child" Part Six - 23 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Scott Kolins
Inker - Scott Kolins
Cover - Scott Kolins

 

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Marvel Team-Up #167

"Golden Child" Part Six - 23 Pages

Writer - Robert Kirkman
Artist - Scott Kolins
Inker - Scott Kolins
Cover - Scott Kolins

If I remember right, there's a classic back and forth between Spidey and Cap where Cap informs him that pretty much everyone finds him annoying. Great scene!

 

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If I remember right, there's a classic back and forth between Spidey and Cap where Cap informs him that pretty much everyone finds him annoying. Great scene!

I think this issue also had an old school asterix (*) to claim what issues an adventure that Cap was talking about had happened in... up until that point, it had been YEARS since I saw one of those in a Marvel book.