''Superior Spider-Man Team-Up'' was an ongoing

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series published by

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that debuted in July 2013. The series is written by

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with artwork by a rotating team of artists including David Lopez,

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, and

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. A direct successor to ''

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'' and a spiritual successor to ''

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'', whose name it plays on, the series is an expansion of the ''

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'' brand by

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, 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

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(who in January 2023 returns as Gwen Warren / Spider-Girl, the cloned daughter of

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and the Spider-Queen).

Format

Like ''Marvel Team-Up'' and ''Avenging Spider-Man'' before it, ''Superior Spider-Man Team-Up'' features a

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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

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's main ''Superior Spider-Man'' title.

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".

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, 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".

Issues

Collected editions

References

External links

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