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108August 1981
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Marvel Team-Up #108

Marvel · August 1981 · on sale 1981-05-19

First appearance: Thermo the Thermatronic Man1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series)
Issue
#108
Publication date
August 1981
Key date
1981-08-00
On-sale date
1981-05-19
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Thermo the Thermatronic Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Joe SinnottPaladin, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
1Something Wicked This Way Kills!comic story22script: Tom DeFalco, David Michelinie; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Mike Esposito; colors: Bob Sharen; letters: Janice ChiangLance Bannon, Alison Blaire, Dazzler, Gloria Grant, J. Jonah Jameson, Paladin, Peter Parker, Robbie Robertson, Spider-Man, Thermo the Thermatronic Man First
3August 1981in-house column1script: Jim Shooter; pencils: Marie Severin, John Schlim; inks: Marie SeverinPuzzle Man

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860214708

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Marvel Tales #2311989On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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