Spider-Rama: Marvel Team-Up #10

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MARVEL TEAM-UP #10

Spider-Rama

by Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney, and Frank Giacoia

Spider-Man and the Human Torch vs. Kang the Conqueror!

POINTLESS TRIVIA

BEN: Marvel Team-Up villain appearance count:

• Sandman: 2
• Morbius: 2
• The Puppet Master: 2
• The Mad Thinker: 2
• Kryllk the Cruel: 2
• Kang the Conqueror: 2
• Zarrko the Tomorrow Man: 2

DUY: Marvel Team-Up hero appearance count:

• Human Torch: 4
• X-Men:1
• Vision: 1
• Thing: 1
• Thor: 1
• The Cat: 1
• Iron Man: 1

DUY: I might be seeing things, but that hero appearance count is very telling of something.

BEN: Of what?

DUY: Of.... Peter and... Johnny's.... inextricable bond?

BEN: Johnny was the first Marvel character to get his own solo series, I think. Like you said before, it’s easy to forget how big the Fantastic Four was.

DUY: I just recently discovered Spideytorch is a thing.

BEN: I’d like to point out this comic was on the stands the same month as Amazing Spider-Man #121, one of the most important stories in comic book history. This comic is not one of the most important stories in comic book history.

WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?

BEN:  I liked it when Johnny had the red costume.

DUY: As noted before, Spidey + Johnny is a great combination, and that ages well.

WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?

BEN: Um, no:

BEN: What?!?!?

DUY: Oh God, where do I start?? It's Samurai, not Samauri! Inu Neko means "Dogs and Cats"! Mimashipa is not a word! How short is that sword??

DUY: Why is the sound effect designed that way??

NITPICKS

DUY: Iron Man being taken out of commission because this is a Torch issue is the height of contrivance.

DUY: This is not the configuration the Avengers were in in the previous issue, but whatever.

FAVORITE PANEL

BEN: Mine:

DUY: That's mine too.

WHO WON THE COMIC?

DUY: Not Asia! Again!

BEN: Irrationality wins the day.

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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