Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) comic books 1979-1981, graded by CGC

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 89 CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Label #4419693018

"Shoot Out Over Center Ring!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Nightcrawler. Script by Chris Claremont. Pencils by Mike Nasser and Rich Buckler. Inks by Joe Rubinstein. Cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein. While picking up Amanda Sefton at the airport, Kurt Wagner learns about a plot to kill Spider-Man at the World's Most Famous Arena! A cutthroat assassin lies in wait for the web-slinger at the circus inside Madison Square Garden! Will Nightcrawler dazzle the circus crowd one more time...and also save the wall-crawler? First appearance of Cutthroat. Cameo appearances by Arcade and Miss Locke. (Notes: This issue concludes Chris Claremont's run as the writer for the Marvel Team-Up title. This issue was reprinted in Marvel Tales 242.) 32 pages Cover price $0.40.

Marvel Team-Up (1972 1st Series) 95D CGC 9.8 Direct Variant

Paper: White

Label #4450247001

Direct Edition. "And No Birds Sing!" Guest-starring Spider-Man and Mockingbird (1st appearance). Script by Steven Grant. Art by Jimmy James (breakdowns) and Bruce Patterson (finishes). Cover by Frank Miller and Bob McLeod. A rogue SHIELD branch director tricks the web-slinger into believing that Nick Fury's life is in jeopardy! Specifically from a former SHIELD operative...Barbara Morse! However, Mockingbird is actually trying to save Nick Fury. Will Spider-Man realize that in time? First appearance of Bobbi Morse as Mockingbird. (Notes: After a cameo appearance in Contest of Champions 1, Mockingbird appears next in the first Hawkeye Limited Series published in 1983. The letters page contains a brief essay from Mark Gruenwald about the creation of Mockingbird.) 32 pages Cover price $0.40.