Marvel Team-Up #39 [British]

(November 1975)

Any Number Can Slay! (Table of Contents: 1)

Human Torch; Spider-Man / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited); Dave Hunt (sourced) (backgrounds)

Colors

Don Warfield (credited)

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Karen Mantlo (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

New York in August.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Manuel Arguelles (first appearance); The Big Man [Janice Foswell] (first appearance; villain); The Enforcers [Fancy Dan [Daniel Brito] (villain); Montana [Jackson Brice] (villain)]; Sandman [William Baker; aka Flint Marko] (villain); The Crime-Master [Nick Lewis, Jr.] (first appearance; villain); Lefty (villain); Louie (villain)

Synopsis

There's a new Big Man in town, and he's recruited the Enforcers to help him take down Spider-Man and the Human Torch.

Reprints

• in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #5 (1980)
• in Spécial Strange (Editions Lug, 1975 series) #19 (10 mars 1980)
• in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #5 ([1981])
• in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #8 (Januar 1981)
• in Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #2 (2006)
• in Spider-Man Team-Up : L'intégrale (Panini France, 2011 series) #1975-1976 (mars 2013)

Indexer Notes

Credits acknowledge "muchas gracies to Yvie Perez for the Spanish translations."

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Don Heck (illustration)

Inks

Mike Esposito (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Nicholas Caputo (his first), Kenneth A. Jones, Joe Velicky, and Ralph. Includes Marvel Value Stamp Series A #87 (J. Jonah Jameson).

A Gargantuan Gallery of Garulous Goings-On Guaranteed to Garner Your Gratitude! (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan); ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items. Stan talks about Marv Wolfman becoming editor of the color comics and talks about the 7-11 Marvel slurpee cups.

Bullpen Bulletins header not on the page.

The Incredible Hulk and the Twins of Evil! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Romita

Inks

John Romita

Colors

?

Letters

Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a mind-boggling attempt to destroy the Green Goliath, the Abomination and Wendigo join forces!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Abomination [Emil Blonsky]; Wendigo

Reprints

• from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #3 (November 1975 - December 1975)

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.