Marvel Team-Up #87 [Direct]
(November 1979)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-08-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Jo Duffy (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Copyright ©1979 by Marvel Comics Group, a Division of Cadence Industries Corporation.
This issue has variants:

Claws of the Panther! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Milgrom
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Panther [T'Challa]
Reprints

The Razor's Edge! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steven Grant
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Frank Springer
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Clem Robins (pages 2-17)

Job Number
LG554
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Black Panther [T'Challa]; N'Gama; Thomas Agar (villain); Hellrazor [also as Black Panther] (first appearance; villain); Mr. Gamelin (villain); Walter (villain)
Synopsis
Thomas Agar hires Hellrazor to impersonate and discredit Black Panther.
Reprints

November 1979 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee talks about the line-up for Epic #1.

Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Esposito
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Propelled by a glittering beam of photons,
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Synopsis
Captain Marvel prevents Professor Sneer from extinguishing the sun.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for Hostess Twinkies from ITT Continental Baking Company. Mike Esposito credit from auction of original art at Heritage Auction Galleries in January 2002.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Web-Zingers / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (replies)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Jonathan Kamin, Cat Yronwode, Dan Flynn, and Teresa E. Conway. Letters page replies by Chris Claremont.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Claws of the Panther!
    Black Panther; Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Razor's Edge!
    Black Panther; Spider-Man
  3. 2. November 1979
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Web-Zingers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice