Marvel Team-Up #85 [British]
(September 1979)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel All-Colour Comics
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Mary 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 is a variant of Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #85 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

The Spider-Man Who Fell to Earth! (Table of Contents)

Black Widow; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Nick Fury; Spider-Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as A M)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as A M)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
martial arts; spy; superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Shang-Chi; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova; also as Nancy Rushman]; Nick Fury; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #85 [British] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #85 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #85 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Marvel Team-Up (1972 series) #85 [Mark Jewelers]
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The Woman Who Never Was! (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Widow; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Nick Fury; Spider-Man / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (breakdowns); Steve Leialoha (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Irv Watanabe (page 1); Clem Robins (credited) (pages 2-17)
Job Number
LG495
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It all started so simply.
Genre
martial arts; spy; superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Shang-Chi; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova; also as Nancy Rushman]; Nick Fury; Clay Quartermain; S.H.I.E.L.D.; President Jimmy Carter; Silver Samurai [Kenuichio Harada] (villain); Viper (villain)
Synopsis
The heroes save President Carter from Viper's attack. Natasha gets her memory back.
Reprints

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

Web-Zingers / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (replies)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers David C. Zimmermann and Miss Kimberly McCarthy. Letters page replies by Chris Claremont.

September 1979 (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Spider-Man Who Fell to Earth!
    Black Widow; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Nick Fury; Spider-Man
  2. 1. The Woman Who Never Was!
    Black Widow; Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi; Nick Fury; Spider-Man
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Web-Zingers
  4. 3. September 1979
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
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