Spider-Rama: Marvel Team-Up #11

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MARVEL TEAM-UP #11

Spider-Rama

by Len Wein, Gerry Conway, Jim Mooney, and Mike Esposito

Spider-Man needs the help of the Inhumans and since the Human Torch isn't over Crystal, he leaves him alone, because friends!

WHAT'S AGED THE BEST?

BEN: I like how the Inhumans take a “I’m sure it will be fine” approach with Maximus.

BEN: Mooney and Esposito are a much better art team than a few of the previous issues.

DUY: They're better than Mooney on his own too. I'm so confused. Just off the top of my head, based on the last year or so we've covered, I'd go:

1. Romita and Mooney
2. Mooney and Esposito
3. Romita and Esposito
4. Mooney

BEN: Mooney on his own looks rushed, is my explanation.

WHAT'S AGED THE WORST?

BEN: The cover promised us the most long-awaited battle in comicdom, and Spider-Man and the Inhumans didn’t even fight. I also question if that was the most long-awaited matchup at the time.

DUY: What a bunch of liars!

NITPICKS

DUY: When last we left Tony Stark, he couldn't move because his armor was completely powered down.

BEN: Everyone knows machinery heals on its own.

FAVORITE PANEL

BEN: Mine:

DUY: Mine:

WHO WON THE COMIC?

DUY: The easiest answer to this question for the MTU every time is that the winner is the guest star. It raises their profile, gets them a sales bump, probably, though in this case the Inhumans are not in publication.

BEN: I’ll give them credit for alternating characters without their own books in with the bigger stars.

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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