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, 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).
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 continues plot threads started in Avenging Spider-Man and runs in tandem with Dan Slott'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".
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".
Issues Issue Guest character(s) Villain(s) or Threat Writer Artist Release date Notes1 Avengers Carrion Chris Yost David Lopez On the final page it is revealed that the Jackal and Carrion are working together.2 Scarlet Spider Jackal Pat Olliffe Crossover with Scarlet Spider.3 Mighty Avengers Builders, Fulmina Robert Rodi Mike del Mundo Tie-in with Infinity event.4 5 Superior Six, Sun Girl Wrecking CrewChris YostMarco Checchetto 6 Wrecking Crew, Masters of Evil 7 Sun Girl, Lightmaster Superior Six 8 Namor Robots of Hatut Zeraze Will Sliney 9 Punisher, Daredevil Spider-Minions, Green Goblin Kevin Shinick Marco Checchetto Prelude to the Goblin Nation storyline in Superior Spider-Man10 11 Spider-Man 2099 Green Goblin Marco Checchetto & Ron Frenz Tie-in with the Goblin Nation storyline in Superior Spider-Man12 Doctor Octopus
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 Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 2 - Superior Six Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5–12 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
References
External links Superior Spider-Man Team-Up at Marvel.com