Marvel Team-Up #59 [30¢]
(July 1977)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1977
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860214707
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dave Cockrum (layout); Al Milgrom (finished art)
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, Wasp, no!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Milgrom cover credits provided 2010 by Al Milgrom.

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Some Say Spidey Will Die by Fire... ...Some Say by Ice! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Dave Hunt
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (pages 1-2); Bruce Patterson (pages 3-17)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
8:44 PM--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (flashback); Margay Sorenson (first appearance, Terry's mother); Equinox [Terry Sorenson] (villain)
Synopsis
Equinox returns, trying to kill Spider-Man, but appears to kill Yellowjacket instead.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Chris Claremont explains this issue's dedication to Roy Thomas. Letters of comment from readers - Elie Rosenfeld, Scott Walker, Larry Twiss, and Ken Meyer Jr.

July 1977 (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
Han Solo; Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organa; Obi-Wan Kenobi; Darth Vader

Indexer Notes

Spotlight on Star Wars #1.

Rust Be My Destiny! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Cup Cakes; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Waterman (villain)
Synopsis
Iron Man stops Waterman with Hostess Cup Cakes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes. Marvel Hostess Ads #19.

Street Ball (Table of Contents: 5)

Spalding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
sports
Characters
Rick Barry; Dr. J [Julius Erving]
Synopsis
NBA stars Rick Barry and Julius "Dr. J" Erving demonstrate their skills at a playground basketball game with some kids and discuss the quality of Spalding autograph basketballs.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Spalding basketballs. On back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["No, Wasp, no!"]
    Spider-Man; Wasp; Yellowjacket
  2. 1. Some Say Spidey Will Die by Fire... ...Some Say by Ice!
    Spider-Man; Wasp; Yellowjacket
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Web-Zingers
  4. 3. July 1977
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Rust Be My Destiny!
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Iron Man
  6. 5. Street Ball
    Spalding
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
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