Spider-Rama: Marvel Team-Up #12

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MARVEL TEAM-UP #12

Spider-Rama

by Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, and Don Perlin

Spider-Man and Werewolf by Night vs. Moondark!

POINTLESS TRIVIA

BEN: First appearance of, sigh, Moondark.

DUY: Yet another mind control plot.

BEN: This is the second specific reference to Peter drinking milk in this series. Is that a thing?

WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?

BEN: Tight continuity between the two Spider-Man series.

WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?

BEN: Sigh, Moondark.

DUY: Were we just coming up with compound words at some point for villain names?

BEN: This art looks like it’s mostly Perlin, so it goes here. Sorry, Don.

NITPICKS

BEN: Not a full nitpick, but if I had done the cover dress I’d have put “Werewolf by Night.”

DUY: He wakes up with no memory as the werewolf and he says "Spider-Man... in San Francisco?" How does he even know he's in San Francisco?

FAVORITE PANEL

BEN: Mine:

DUY: Sure, I'll pick this one.

WHO WON THE COMIC?

DUY: Moondark, who would somehow NOT be a one-off villain.

BEN: Compound words.

DUY: That's it for Spider-Rama this week.

BEN: Thank you, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko—

DUY: —for telling us we aren't the only ones.

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