Marvel Team-Up #53 [Regular]
(January 1977)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-10-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860214701
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #136.
This issue has variants:

Nightmare in New Mexico! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dave Cockrum; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Dave Cockrum; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Woodgod
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alterations on Hulk's face and possibly Spider-Man by John Romita.

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Nightmare in New Mexico! (Table of Contents: 1)

Hulk; Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
Don Warfield
Letters
Joe Rosen
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hulk has watched town all night!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Woodgod; X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]]; Tremens
Synopsis
The X-Men drop Spidey off at the top secret town of Liberty where a battle between Hulk and Woodgod is in full swing.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First John Byrne work on X-Men; story continued from Marvel Team-Up Annual #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Mantlo
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Fred G. Hembeck, Steve Sayadian, Pete Greene, Roy Voss, and Frank Lomenzo. Letters page replies and note by Bill Mantlo.

Of Ugsome Usurpers, Utopic Uncos, and Unearthly Utterances! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Spider-Man and Captain America: Richochet for Freedom (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Ricochet Racers / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Nightmare in New Mexico!
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  2. 1. Nightmare in New Mexico!
    Hulk; Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mail It to Team-Up
  4. 3. Of Ugsome Usurpers, Utopic Uncos, and Unearthly Utterances!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  6. 5. Spider-Man and Captain America: Richochet for Freedom
    Ricochet Racers
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  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
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