Marvel Team-Up #42 [Regular]
(February 1976)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Marv Wolfman (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Harbinger of Hate! (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man; The Vision / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Hannigan
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your powers cannot harm me, fools!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Vision; Dark Rider
Reprints

Visions of Hate! (Table of Contents: 1)

Spider-Man; The Vision / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Mike Esposito (finished art); Dave Hunt (finished art)
Inks
Mike Esposito; Dave Hunt (sourced) (backgrounds (pages 2-18))
Colors
Janice Cohen
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Karen Mantlo

Job Number
JV121
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When your strange behaviour lead to...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; the Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; John Proctor (first appearance); Mrs. Proctor (first appearance); Master Hathorn (first appearance); Sarah Good (first appearance, death); John Burroughs (first appearance, death); Betty Parris (first appearance); Abigail (first appearance); Tituba (first appearance, villain); Dr. Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain); Dark Rider [as Dark-Rider] (first appearance, villain); Witchslayer [Cotton Mather] (villain)
Synopsis
Spider-Man, Vision and the Scarlet Witch are captured by the townspeople of Salem.
Reprints

Mail it to Team-Up (Table of Contents: 2)

Mail It to Team-Up / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Lonnie Wolf, Kirk Carter, Timothy Risuglia, Frank Alexander and Michael Biegel. Marvel Value Stamp Series B #34 - Mr. Fantastic.

February 1976 (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Howard the Duck; Omega

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Thanksgiving sonnet.

Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker
Synopsis
When Aunt May is kidnapped, Spider-Man pays the ransom with a suitcase full of Twinkies.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hostess Twinkies. Featured in January 1976 and February 1976 Marvel Comics.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Harbinger of Hate!
    Spider-Man; The Vision
  2. 1. Visions of Hate!
    Spider-Man; The Vision
  3. 2. Mail it to Team-Up
    Mail It to Team-Up
  4. 3. February 1976
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Ruben Cortes
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Morbus Iff
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore