Superior Spider-Man Team-Up

*Superior Spider-Man Team-Up*
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up
	Cover to Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1; Art by Paolo Rivera
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero;
Publication date	July 2013 – April 2014
No. of issues	12
Creative team
Written by	Christopher Yost (#1–2, 5–8); Robert Rodi (#3–4); Kevin Shinick (#9–12)
Artist(s)	David Lopez (#1); Marco Checchetto (#2, 5–12); Mike Del Mundo (#3–4)
Inker(s)	Andy Owens
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Colorist(s)	Rachelle Rosenberg

Superior Spider-Man Team-Up was an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in July 2013. The series is written by Christopher Yost with artwork by a rotating team of artists including David Lopez, Paolo Rivera, and Marco Checchetto. A direct successor to Avenging Spider-Man and a spiritual successor to Marvel Team-Up, whose name it plays on, the series is an expansion of the Superior Spider-Man brand by Marvel Entertainment,^[3] and is notable for featuring (in continuing the storyline of Avenging Spider-Man) the first appearance of the character concept of a (then-unnamed) giant spider who turned into a young girl before being taken in by the X-Men (who in January 2023 returns as Gwen Warren / Spider-Girl, the cloned daughter of Scott Summers and the Spider-Queen).^[4]

Format

Like Marvel Team-Up and Avenging Spider-Man before it, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up features a team-up format where Spider-Man is partnered with a different character each issue. It will continue plot threads started in Avenging Spider-Man and run in tandem with Dan Slott's main Superior Spider-Man title.^[3]

Publication history

Superior Spider-Man Team-Up was announced in April 2013 as a part of Marvel's Superior brand expansion. Christopher Yost, writer of Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, said, "Well, in my heart when I say "Team-Up" for "Superior Spider-Man," I probably mean "Versus." In the latest "Avenging" issues, we've seen that he has a fairly contentious relationship with most of the heroes he's encountered. And with "Superior Spider-Man Team Up," that just gets bigger. I think in issue #1, he teams up with pretty much the entire Marvel Universe".

Axel Alonso, Marvel's Editor-In-Chief, added "All I can say is, they had me at the title. I grew up loving "Marvel Team-Up." Bought every issue I could get my hands on. Every month Spider-Man would team up with someone new. There was even an issue where Iceman teamed up with the Human Torch. I was like, "What the—!?"...So it didn't take much for me to sign off on the series".^[3]

Issues

Issue	Guest character(s)	Villain(s) or Threat	Writer	Artist	Release date	Notes
1	Avengers	Carrion	Chris Yost	David Lopez	July 24, 2013	On the final page it is revealed that the Jackal and Carrion are working together.^[5]
2	Scarlet Spider	Jackal	Chris Yost	Pat Olliffe	August 14, 2013	Crossover with Scarlet Spider.^[6]
3	Mighty Avengers	Builders, Fulmina	Robert Rodi	Mike del Mundo	September 25, 2013	Tie-in with Infinity event.
4	Mighty Avengers	Builders, Fulmina	Robert Rodi	Mike del Mundo	October 9, 2013	Tie-in with Infinity event.
5	Superior Six, Sun Girl	Wrecking Crew	Chris Yost	Marco Checchetto	October 23, 2013
6	Superior Six, Sun Girl	Wrecking Crew, Masters of Evil			November 20, 2013
7	Sun Girl, Lightmaster	Superior Six			December 4, 2013
8	Namor	Robots of Hatut Zeraze		Will Sliney	December 18, 2013
9	Punisher, Daredevil	Spider-Minions, Green Goblin	Kevin Shinick	Marco Checchetto	January 22, 2014	Prelude to the Goblin Nation storyline in Superior Spider-Man
10	Punisher, Daredevil	Spider-Minions, Green Goblin		Marco Checchetto	February 19, 2014
11	Spider-Man 2099	Green Goblin		Marco Checchetto & Ron Frenz	March 26, 2014	Tie-in with the Goblin Nation storyline in Superior Spider-Man
12	Doctor Octopus	Green Goblin		Marco Checchetto & Ron Frenz	April 23, 2014

Collected editions

Title	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 1 - Versus	Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1–4, Scarlet Spider (vol. 2) #20	March 11, 2014	978-0785187912
Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 2 - Superior Six	Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5–12	July 8, 2014	978-0785189794
Superior Spider-Man Companion	Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1-12 and Scarlet Spider (vol. 2) #20, Avenging Spider-Man #15.1, 16-22, Daredevil (vol. 3) #22, Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man	January 3, 2019	978-1302915438

References

^ Armitage, Hugh (6 April 2013). "'Superior Spider-Man Team-Up' announced". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
^ Schedeen, Jesse (10 October 2013). "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #4 Review". IGN. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Alonso, Axel (5 April 2013). "AXEL-IN-CHARGE: Chris Yost Unveils "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
^ Schlesinger, Alex (17 June 2023). "Cyclops' New Daughter Finally Joins the X-Men". Screen Rant. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ Ostrowski, Vince (25 July 2013). "Review: Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
^ CBR Staff (16 August 2013). "Comic Book Reviews: Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

External links

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[1] Armitage, Hugh (6 April 2013). "'Superior Spider-Man Team-Up' announced". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

[2] Schedeen, Jesse (10 October 2013). "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #4 Review". IGN. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[Announcement-3] Alonso, Axel (5 April 2013). "AXEL-IN-CHARGE: Chris Yost Unveils "Superior Spider-Man Team-Up"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[4] Schlesinger, Alex (17 June 2023). "Cyclops' New Daughter Finally Joins the X-Men". Screen Rant. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[5] Ostrowski, Vince (25 July 2013). "Review: Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #1". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

[6] CBR Staff (16 August 2013). "Comic Book Reviews: Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #2". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

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