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''Marvel Team-Up'' is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story. The original series was published from March 1972 through February 1985, featuring Spider-Man as the lead "team-up" character in all but nine of its 150 issues; of the remainder the Human Torch and the Hulk starred in six and three issues, respectively. When cancelled, 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. A quarterly series titled ''Spider-Man Team-Up'' fulfilled much the same purpose as the original title from 1995 to 1997. 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. The spirit of ''Marvel Team-Up'' was carried on by ''Avenging Spider-Man'' and later ''Superior Spider-Man Team-Up''. ==Publication history== 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. The main artists on the series for the first several years were Andru, Gil Kane, Sal Buscema, and Jim Mooney. Spider-Man met the X-Men in issue #4, which was during a period when the mutant team's own title was featuring reprinted material.〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 62: "The teen mutants had not yet risen to the level of popularity that they would attain with their reinvention in ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1."〕 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 a new story with a back-up reprint, except the last issues which only featured a reprint. The series often featured Spider-Man meeting characters who were not superheroes such as Werewolf by Night in issue #12〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 69: "Scripter () Wein and plotter () Conway teamed up for an issue penciled by Ross Andru that featured Spider-Man facing the threat of Jack Russell, the Werewolf by Night."〕 and the Frankenstein's Monster in issue #36.〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 83: "In this first of a two-part adventure written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Sal Buscema...the wall-crawler finally crossed paths with the Frankenstein monster."〕 A multi-issue time travel story arc began in issue #41 with Spider-Man and the Scarlet Witch traveling to the Salem witch trials in 1692.〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 87: "Writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema's multi-part time-traveling saga saw Spider-Man teaming up with a variety of heroes to fight Cotton Mather.〕 The latter chapters of the story would include the Vision, Doctor Doom, and Moondragon. With issue #47, the series had a crossover with ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #17, which featured the Thing.〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 89: "In this crossover between Marvel's two team-up based titles, each book's star paid a visit to the other's book. The two-part story was written by () Mantlo and penciled by () Buscema, with Ron Wilson supplying artwork for the second part in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #47."〕 Jean DeWolff was introduced as a supporting character in the Spider-Man/Iron Man story in issue #48.〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 89: "Police Captain Jean DeWolff made her first appearance in this () Mantlo/() Buscema ()-parter."〕 John Byrne, who would later become the artist on ''The Uncanny X-Men'', first drew the characters in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #53.〔Saffel "Weaving a Broader Web", p. 72: "A double-page spread from ''Marvel Team-Up'' #53, January 1977, () John Byrne his first opportunity to draw the Uncanny X-Men in a Marvel comic."〕 Byrne and his ''Uncanny X-Men'' collaborator, writer Chris Claremont worked together on several issues of ''Marvel Team-Up''. Captain Britain, a character created for Marvel UK, made his first appearance in an American comic book in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #65 (January 1978). The cast of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' appeared in issue #74 (October 1978),〔〔Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 104: "The web-slinger found himself sharing the stage with a cast who had dressed as super-heroes to attack the () Samurai's gang in this quirky tale written by Chris Claremont and penciled by Bob Hall."〕 while issue #79 (March 1979) featured the spirit of Red Sonja possessing the body of Mary Jane Watson to face Kulan Gath. Karma, a character that later joined the New Mutants, was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Frank Miller in #100's lead story.〔Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 117: "1980 was a year for anniversary issues, and this centennial effort by writer Chris Claremont and artist Frank Miller was one of them...Future New Mutant Karma also made her debut."〕 A photo cover by Eliot R. Brown was used for the Spider-Man/Captain America team-up in issue #128.〔Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 134: "An unusual photographic cover by Eliot R. Brown showed letterer John Morelli as Spidey and artist Joe Jusko as his partner Captain America."〕 ''Marvel Team-Up'' #137 (January 1984) was part of the "Assistant Editors Month" event and featured Aunt May and Franklin Richards battling Galactus.〔Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 138: "Mike Carlin...penned this quirky yarn starring Peter Parker's Aunt May and Franklin, the young son of the Fantastic Four's Reed and Sue Richards."〕 The series ended with issue #150 (February 1985)〔 starring Spider-Man and the X-Men facing off with the Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy.〔Manning "1980s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 146: "Spider-Man's classic team-up title came to an end in spectacular fashion in this Louise Simonson story illustrated by Greg LaRocque."〕 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 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〔Cowsill, Alan "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 223: "The short-lived series ''Spider-Man Team-Up'' (only seven issues) tried to recapture the glory days of ''Marvel Team-Up''."〕 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.〔Cowsill "2000s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 290: "The third volume of ''Marvel Team-Up'' was a little different from its predecessors, as it featured story arcs teaming up different heroes for different parts of each story."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marvel Team-Up」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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