CGC Comics Registry Featured Set: Chi-town Webhead's MTU

Team up with us this month as we explore an exciting set that celebrates the classic Marvel Team-Up series! This month’s featured CGC Comics Registry Set, Chi-town Webhead's MTU by Registry Member mulder66, is a complete set of the spider-centric series, including price variants, in ultra-high grade!

Launched in 1972, Marvel Team-Up was built around pairing Spider-Man with a rotating cast of heroes to boost exposure for lesser-known characters. The series gave writers a flexible playground, leading to standout issues such as Spider-Man’s team-ups with the Human Torch, Iron Man and Doctor Strange. Indeed, there are some true keys in this series, as well as some bizarre team-ups. The format proved durable enough for Marvel to revisit, leading them to revive the series in multiple eras with new creative directions and exciting new team-ups.

The concept wasn’t unique to Marvel, either, as DC Comics found similar success with The Brave and the Bold, pairing Batman with a wide range of heroes, and later DC Comics Presents, which centered on team-ups featuring Superman.

Member mulder66 has the complete run of the Marvel Team-Up series, issues #1-150 and all seven annuals, with many in CGC 9.8 grades. Some of the key issues in his collection include:

• Marvel Team-Up #1 graded CGC 9.4 — Spider-Man and Human Torch
• Marvel Team-Up #15 graded CGC 9.4 — Spider-Man’s first meeting with Ghost Rider
• Marvel Team-Up #53 graded CGC 9.8 — Hulk and the first John Byrne X-Men artwork
• Marvel Team-Up #55 graded CGC 9.8 — Warlock and the first appearance of the Time and Power Gems.
• Marvel Team-Up #65 graded CGC 9.8 — the first US appearance of Captain Britain
• Marvel Team-Up #74 graded CGC 9.8 — Spider-Man and Saturday Night Live
• Marvel Team-Up #79 graded CGC 9.8 — Spider-Man and Red Sonja (Mary Jane)
• Marvel Team-Up #83 graded CGC 9.8 — Spider-Man’s first fight with Boomerang
• Marvel Team-Up #86 graded CGC 9.8 — Spider-Man’s first team-up with the Guardians of the Galaxy
• Marvel Team-Up #107 graded CGC 9.8 — Spider-Man’s first meeting with She-Hulk
• Marvel Team-Up #137 graded CGC 9.8 — Aunt May and Franklin Richards vs Galactus
• Marvel Team-Up #141 graded CGC 9.8 — Early appearance of the black symbiote suit (debatably, some fans cite this as the first appearance tied with ASM #252, but records suggest it was released two weeks later.)

These comics and others helped earn this set the Top Ranked Award in 2021 and a Best Bronze Set Award in 2023! You can view them in a slideshow format here.

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