sacorn
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 20:46:31 GMT -5
After pulling out some long ago filed short boxes, I found a big run of Marvel Team-Up that I've never really read. I did read a few when I bought the run, but didn't really fall in love with them at the time, so just filed them away and forgot about them.
There's a few issues pre #50, a good chunk from #50 to #100, then most from #100up.
I'm just wondering, is this series worth reading, and if so, what are some recommendations for the best ones to start with? Or is it not worth the time and should I just flick them off for what I can get (I see some are starting to increase in price, so might be a good time to let them go).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 20:53:57 GMT -5
I'm biased but I'd pick the 2 issues that debut Captain Britain in the USA.  |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 30, 2015 21:00:40 GMT -5
I'd say that the highlight of the series would be the Claremont/Byrne issues. This would be issues #53-79. I've only read a handful of these issues, but I thoroughly enjoyed each one. This was Claremont and Byrne just as they were entering their creative peaks, so it's classic stuff as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 21:10:56 GMT -5
I'm biased but I'd pick the 2 issues that debut Captain Britain in the USA. I have both of these in the lot so will look at giving them a read tonight  Thanks. |
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Post by sacorn on Jun 30, 2015 21:13:13 GMT -5
I'd say that the highlight of the series would be the Claremont/Byrne issues. This would be issues #53-79. I've only read a handful of these issues, but I thoroughly enjoyed each one. This was Claremont and Byrne just as they were entering their creative peaks, so it's classic stuff as far as I'm concerned. Thanks Trebor, yeah, I was thinking that would be the case too. The Captain Britain falls into this run, so will give them a go and see how I get on. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 1, 2015 5:07:29 GMT -5
I'm just wondering, is this series worth reading, and if so, what are some recommendations for the best ones to start with? Or is it not worth the time and should I just flick them off for what I can get If you follow my signature, you'll find out how I rated, every single issue of MTU, annuals included. Bottom line, some of the Claremont scripted issues, most of them with Byrne, one with Miller, are of interest. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 2, 2015 10:13:25 GMT -5
#39 and #49 feature a Human Torch team-up that involves the Enforcers, the Big Man, the Crime-Master and the Sons of the Dragon. #39 was my very first issue of MTU and I thought it was a great story.
And then immediately following is a six-part time travel adventure that involves the Vision, the Scarlet Witch, Dr. Doom, Moondragon, the Salem Witch trials, Deathlok and Killraven.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 2, 2015 10:25:15 GMT -5
Karma, of the New Mutants, made her debut in issue #100 (?)
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Post by fanboystranger on Jul 2, 2015 10:55:47 GMT -5
I don't know if this fits within the parameters, but there's a two-parter featuring Havok that I loved as kid. It may have been the first appearance of the Living Pharoah becoming the Living Monolith.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 11:20:51 GMT -5
I don't know if this fits within the parameters, but there's a two-parter featuring Havok that I loved as kid. It may have been the first appearance of the Living Pharoah becoming the Living Monolith. I first read that story in b&w chopped up to fit in one of those Marvel paperbacks that I picked up at a school book fair. My earliest experiences with MTU was that time travel storyline with Vision and Killraven (my first exposure to the character) and the Sons of the Tiger team up story that immediately preceded it. -M |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 2, 2015 12:37:22 GMT -5
#80 and 81 have a good team up with Satana, Strange and Clea. Plus some nice Mike Vosburg art. I wish I could remember more on the story but his art seems to be the thing I remember the most. :-) Especially his Satana and Clea.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 2, 2015 13:40:24 GMT -5
For what it's worth, I like Marvel Team-Up a lot. Way back when, I liked it for a quick, done-in-one shot of Spidey action, and these days, well...I like it for much the same reason actually. Was it always a stellar comic? No, of course not. ...and, I might add, some of the most ridiculous Marvel Universe stories I've ever read appeared in its pages. But then again, it was and is almost always worth diving into for some solid Bronze Age Marvel goodness.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 14:05:39 GMT -5
For what it's worth, I like Marvel Team-Up a lot. Way back when, I liked it for a quick, done-in-one shot of Spidey action, and these days, well...I like it for much the same reason actually. Was it always a stellar comic? No, of course not. ...and, I might add, some of the most ridiculous Marvel Universe stories I've ever read appeared in its pages. But then again, it was and is almost always worth diving into for some solid Bronze Age Marvel goodness.  'nuff said! -M |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 2, 2015 14:10:04 GMT -5
Oh, yeah! Marvel Team-Up #28! I picked up a beat-up copy at a used bookstore when it was only a few years old. It's hilarious!
I don't think I've ever read an issue of Marvel Team-Up from the first 50 issues that wasn't pretty awesome on some level, even if that "level" was how crazy-goofy it was.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 2, 2015 14:31:38 GMT -5
I loved both MTU and MTIO back when they were coming out. At least twice the supers for your money and usually they weren't part of a continued storyline.
They are most still pretty sun and readable in small doses. But more than a couple issue at a time make my eyes glaze over.
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Thanks.
