Superior Spider-Man Team-Up
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Cover to Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1 Art by Paolo Rivera | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | July 2013 - April 2014 |
| Number of issues | 12 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Christopher Yost (#1-2, 5-8) Robert Rodi (#3-4) Kevin Shinick (#9-12) |
| Artist(s) |
David Lopez (#1) Marco Checchetto (#2, 5-12) Mike Del Mundo (#3-4) |
| Inker(s) | Andy Owens |
| Letterer(s) | Joe Caramagna |
| Colorist(s) | Rachelle Rosenberg |
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up was an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in July 2013. The series is written by Christopher Yost with artwork by a rotating team of artists including David Lopez, Paolo Rivera, and Marco Checchetto. It is meant to serve as a direct successor to Avenging Spider-Man and a spiritual successor to Marvel Team-Up, whose name it plays on. It is also meant to act as an expansion of the Superior Spider-Man brand by Marvel.[1]
Format
Like Marvel Team-Up and Avenging Spider-Man before it, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up features a team-up format where Spider-Man is partnered with a different character each issue. It will continue plot threads started in Avenging Spider-Man and run in tandem with Dan Slott's main Superior Spider-Man title.[1]
Publication history
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up was announced in April 2013 as a part of Marvel's Superior brand expansion. Christopher Yost, writer of Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, said, "Well, in my heart when I say "Team-Up" for "Superior Spider-Man," I probably mean "Versus." In the latest "Avenging" issues, we've seen that he has a fairly contentious relationship with most of the heroes he's encountered. And with "Superior Spider-Man Team Up," that just gets bigger. I think in issue #1, he teams up with pretty much the entire Marvel Universe". Axel Alonso, Marvel's Editor-In-Chief, added "All I can say is, they had me at the title. I grew up loving "Marvel Team-Up." Bought every issue I could get my hands on. Every month Spider-Man would team up with someone new. There was even an issue where Iceman teamed up with the Human Torch. I was like, "What the—!?"...So it didn’t take much for me to sign off on the series".[1]
Issues
| Issue | Guest character(s) | Villain(s) or Threat |
Writer | Artist | Release date | Notes |
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| 1 | Avengers | Carrion | Chris Yost | David Lopez | 24 July 2013 | On the final page it is revealed that the Jackal and Carrion are working together. |
| 2 | Scarlet Spider | Jackal | Pat Olliffe | 14 August 2013 | Crossover with Scarlet Spider. | |
| 3 | Mighty Avengers | Builders, Fulmina | Robert Rodi | Mike Del Mundo | 25 September 2013 | Tie-in with Infinity event. |
| 4 | 9 October 2013 | |||||
| 5 | Superior Six, Sun Girl | Wrecking Crew | Chris Yost | Marco Checchetto | 23 October 2013 | |
| 6 | Wrecking Crew, Masters of Evil | 20 November 2013 | ||||
| 7 | Sun Girl, Lightmaster | Superior Six | 4 December 2013 | |||
| 8 | Namor | Robots of Hatut Zeraze | Will Sliney | 18 December 2013 | ||
| 9 | Punisher, Daredevil | Spider-Minions, Green Goblin | Kevin Shinick | Marco Checchetto | 22 January 2014 | Prelude to the Goblin Nation storyline in Superior Spider-Man |
| 10 | 19 February 2014 | |||||
| 11 | Spider-Man 2099 | Green Goblin | Marcho Checchetto & Ron Frenz | 26 March 2014 | Tie-in with the Goblin Nation storyline in Superior Spider-Man | |
| 12 | Doctor Octopus | 23 April 2014 |
Collected editions
| Title | Material collected | Year | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 1: Versus | Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1-4, Scarlet Spider Vol. 2 #20 | March 2014 | 978-0785187912 |
| Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 2: Superior Six | Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5-12 | July 2014 | 978-0785189794 |