1983 - Anatomy of a cover - Marvel Team-Up #136

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1984 - Anatomy of a Cover - Marvel Team-Up #137

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1983 - Marvel Team-Up Poster

Tip of the hat to Sanctum Sanctorum Comix for doing most of the leg work...

It was drawn by Ron Frenz and measures 34" x 22".

This original penciled version seems to almost be a first draft. There are significant changes between the two versions:

• Colossus and Man-Thing removed
• Power Man and Iron Fist moved closer together
• Hulk completely changed
• Dr. Strange and Iron Man more battle ready poses
• Daredevil and Silver Surfer moved to the background
• Human Torch made a bit more prominant
• Thor flying
• Jack of Hearts added
• Black Widow removed

1982 - Anatomy of a cover - Marvel Team-Up #113

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1983 - Anatomy of a cover - Marvel Team-Up #130

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More coloured John Byrne commissions

This time coloured by Derek Muthart.

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1984 - Anatomy of a cover - Marvel Team-Up #141

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1982 - Marvel Team-Up Portfolio Set Two (Updated with better pics!)

 

Six black-and-white 11-in. x 14-inch plate published by S.Q. Productions in 1982.

Spider-Man and the Thing vs Thanos: By Thanos Vanquished (by Alan Weiss and Joe Rubinstein)

Spider-Man and Thor vs the Living Monolith: In the Hands of the Living Monolith

(Bill Sienkiewicz/Tom Palmer)

Spider-Man and Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: If S.H.I.E.L.D. Should Fall (Ernie Colon) 

Spider-Man and Uncanny X-Men: All Against the Lords of Light and Darkness (George Perez)

Spider-Man and Dr. Strange: To Win the Wand of Wattomb (Frank Miller/Craig Russell) 

Spider-Man and Silver Surfer: When Rides ... The Silver Surfer (John Byrne/Terry Austin). 

1981 - Marvel Team-Up Portfolio Set One

Published by S.Q. Productions in 1981. Six all-new illustrations on black-and-white 11-in. x 14-inch plate. (Sorry for the mediocre quality, but they were the best I could find!)

Spider-Man versus Daredevil (by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson)

Spider-Man and Daredevil and Thor vs Fantastic Four: The Flames of Battle (John Byrne/Terry Austin) 

Spider-Man and the Defenders: On the Trail of the Lunatik (Michael Golden) 

Spider-Man vs. the Hulk and the Green Goblin: Green Death (Walt Simonson) 

Spider-Man and Man-Thing vs D’spayre: Behold D’spayre (Brent Anderson)

Spider-Man and Iron Fist & Power Man (Kerry Gammill)

1982 - Marvel Team-Up Annual #5

Marvel Team-Up King-size Annual #5 - Spider-Man and The Thing, Scarlet Witch, Dr. Strange, Quasar
Writer/Breakdowns: Mark Gruenwald
Artist: Jim Mooney

I fondly recall picking this issue up at the local conveniance store and reading the hell out of it. Rereading it, it still stands as a solid 1980s comic book and a good example of a significant event being told in the pages of one book.

While I enjoyed Jim Mooney's work in the 1970s on Amazing Spider-Man, I felt his output in the 1980s had taken a step back. Perhaps with this issue, it had to more with the stiff poses layed out by Gruenwald's breakdown, who was always more of a writer than artist and would occasionally dabble as an artist (see Hawkeye miniseries).

But, don't get me wrong, the art in this issue still works and in a few places, works very well, particularly with the panel layout and arrangement (see attached page #9).

The story starts with a wonderful hook that just throws you into the story. Gruenwald was no stranger to Quasar as he had co-written the later 1970s Project Pegasus run in Marvel Two-In-One.

The story takes a little while to get going as the heroes are gathered and the backstory of the Serpent Crown is told (as Spidey drives to Project Pegasus with Dr. Strange in the passenger side!). But, from then on, it's a great ride throwing together a bunch of heroes who normally don't team-up together that often.