American Comics Update: Tabloid Headlines: Both Superman & Spider-Man Team-Ups
*DC/Marvel: We’re starting two new features this week, spotlighting some recent finds. The first, which we’re calling ‘Tabloid Headlines’, will showcase many of the much loved Treasury Sized editions published by DC and Marvel in the 1970s/80s. In 1976, after some delicate negotiations, Marvel and DC decided to create a team-up between their two iconic characters which proved too big for a regular-sized comic – so the tabloid-sized format, as seen in Marvel’s Treasury Editions and DC’s Limited Collectors’ Editions, was co-opted for this event! Superman and Spider-Man (as well as guest-villains Lex Luthor and Doctor Octopus) are note-perfect in this mega-sized saga. This triggered a series of cross-overs between the two companies, with DC and Marvel alternating on the publishing chores, and Marvel was at the production helm by 1981, when Marvel Treasury Edition #28 was released, with the follow-up Superman and Spider-Man team-up, this time co-featuring Wonder Woman and the Hulk and the villainy of Doctor Doom and the Parasite! We are delighted to have both these epic editions back in stock.
PICTURED:
SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FN/VF p £80 A nice undamaged pence-printed copy with square corners, solid spine and staples, lovely white to off-white pages. Just minor handling wear, a faint reading crease and a couple of small spine ticks which just break colour.
MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #28: SUPERMAN & SPIDER-MAN VF- £65 SOLD Rich cover colour, square corners, tight binding, beautiful white to off-white pages. Just a small mark (which looks like a faint thumb mark) centre spine, which is barely visible.