Super-Villain Team-Up is the name of two American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. Both series featured supervillains as the protagonists.
Publication history The first series started in 1975 with two giant-size issues before launching as a regular series, and was mostly bi-monthly during its existence. It initially teamed up Doctor Doom and the Sub-Mariner, who had lost his own series, from which it picked up the unresolved plots, especially that of the comatose Atlanteans. After a succession of writers and artists and a crossover with The Avengers, the plot gets resolved in issue #13 when Doctor Doom revives the Atlanteans, thus dissolving his alliance with the Sub-Mariner.
Issue #14 (Oct. 1977), which featured Magneto and Doctor Doom, was billed as the final issue of the seriesMantlo, Bill. "Bad Tidings," Super-Villain Team-Up #14 (Marvel Comics, October 1977). and its plotline was resolved in The Champions #16. The following year, SVTU continued with issue #15 (Nov. 1978), a reprint of Astonishing Tales #4–5. Issues #16 (May 1979) and #17 (June 1980) featured the Red Skull and the Hate-Monger. The irregular publishing frequency of the final three issues was due to a legal maneuver to prevent DC Comics from trademarking the term "super-villain".
The series saw the death of the Sub-Mariner's 1940s sweetheart Betty Dean and the death of her murderer, Doctor Dorcas. Steve Englehart created The Shroud, a character partly inspired by Batman, shortly before he started to work for DC Comics on Detective Comics.
Issues
Issue Cover date Character Character NotesGiant–Size #1 March 1975Doctor Doom Sub-Mariner new framing story by writer Roy Thomas and artists John Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Reprints Sub-Mariner #20 (December 1969) and Marvel Super-Heroes #20 (May 1969).Giant–Size #2 June 1975 vs. the Doomsman#1 August 1975 vs. Attuma, Doctor Dorcas, and Tiger Shark#2October 1975 #3 December 1975 #4 February 1976#5April 1976 vs. the Fantastic Four#6June 1976 vs. the Fantastic Four and the Shroud#7August 1976 vs. the Shroud#8October 1976 vs. the Ringmaster#9December 1976 vs. Attuma. Crossover with The Avengers #154–156 (Dec. 1976–Feb. 1977)#10February 1977vs. the Red Skull#11April 1977Red Skull#12June 1977#13August 1977 Sub-Marinervs. Warlord Krang#14October 1977Magnetocrossover with The Champions #16 (November 1977)#15November 1978 Red Skullreprints Astonishing Tales #4 (February 1971) and #5 (April 1971)#16May 1979 Red Skull Hate-Monger#17June 1980 also featuring Arnim Zola
Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11 In 2007 Marvel published Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11, a five-issue miniseries featuring 11 supervillains in the manner of the movie Ocean's Eleven.
Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil This 2009 miniseries features Doctor Doom working with other villains.
#1 - Doctor Doom collaborates with the Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, the Chameleon, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, the Sandman, and the Vulture) #2 - Doctor Doom collaborates with the Circus of Crime to beat Baron Zemo's Masters of Evil to a Hittite temple. #3 - Doctor Doom and his "Masters of Evil" clash with Blastaar. #4 - Doctor Doom collaborates with Magneto and Princess Python to steal an item from Selene.
Collected editions Essential Super-Villain Team-Up collects Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1–2 and Super-Villain Team-Up #1–17, 552 pages, September 2004, Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11 collects Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11 #1–5, 120 pages, February 2008, Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil collects Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #1–4, 120 pages, July 2009, Super-Villains Unite: The Complete Super-Villain Team-Up collects Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up #1–2; Super-Villain Team-Up #1–14, 16–17; The Avengers #154–156; Champions #16, 464 pages, March 2015,
References
External links
Super-Villain Team-Up at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators