The Spider and the Sea-Scourge!
Writer: Denny O’Neil
Pencils: John Romita, Jr.
Inker: Jim Mooney
Letters: Jim Novak
Colors: Bob Sharen
Cover art: John Romita, Jr.
Originally published: December 1980
You know what’s weird? I might be crazy, but I don’t see any credits for this issue. I looked them up online.
Namor, the Sub-Mariner, has been busting up equipment in the ocean. Good [...]

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Enter: The SmugglerWriter: Roger Stern
Artists: Jim Mooney, Bruce Patterson
Letters: Rick Parker
Colors: Ken Fedu
Originally published: December 1980
The cover promises “the long awaited return of the White Tiger” …my ass. That dude’s the worst. Luckily he’s in the second story in the issue, and Spidey isn’t, so I got to skip him.
The art on the splash page [...]

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The Fangs of Werewolf by Night
Script by: Michael Fleisher
Pencils by: Steve Leialoha
Inks by: Jim Mooney
Colors by: Gaff
Letters by: Mark Rogan
Originally published: November 1980
The cover for this issue has real photos of movie monsters in the background, and it’s totally distracting. I don’t like when comics mix real photos with the art, it totally takes me [...]

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The Prophecy of Madame Web!
Story: Denny O’Neil
Art-Team: John Romita, Jr., Joe Sinnott
Letters: J. Novak
Colors: B. Sharen
Originally published: November 1980
Here’s what I said when I saw the cover: “Ooooh, Madame Web! Awesome.” That cover and character design are seriously great.
The issue starts with Rupert Dockery, scumbag, instructing some goons to kidnap a lady and kill anybody [...]

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Karma!
Writer: Chris Claremont
Co-Creator: Frank Miller
Embellisher: Bob Wiacek
Letterer: A. Kawecki
Colorist: Carl Gafford
Originally published: December 1980
The 100th issue of Marvel Team-Up! Spidey and the Fantastic Four! Surely it must be amazing? I hope… This issue was apparently inspired by Ithacon ‘79. Given the quality level the last time a story was inspired by a con, I’m not [...]

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