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 starting 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 Dr. Doom revives the Atlanteans, thus dissolving his alliance with the Sub-Mariner.
Issue #14 (Oct. 1977), which featured Magneto and Dr. Doom, was billed as the final issue of the series, and its plot-line 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, Dr. 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
MODOK's 11
This 2007 mini-series features eleven super-villains in the manner of the movie Ocean's Eleven.
Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil
This 2009 mini-series features Doctor Doom working with other villains.
- #1 - Doctor Doom collaborates with the Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Chameleon, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Sandman, and 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, ISBN 978-0785115458
- Super-Villain Team-Up: Modok's 11 collects Super-Villain Team-Up: Modok's 11 #1-5, 120 pages, February 2008, ISBN 978-0785119920
- Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil collects Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #1-4, 120 pages, July 2009, ISBN 978-0785138440
References
External links
- Super-Villain Team-Up at the Comic Book DB
- Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up at the Comic Book DB
- Super-Villain Team-Up / MODOK's 11 at the Comic Book DB
- Super-Villain Team-Up at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators