Publishers / Marvel / Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) / #4
4February 1976
$0.25

Super-Villain Team-Up #4

Marvel · February 1976 · on sale 1975

First appearance: Tiger SharkFirst appearance: Todd ArlissFirst appearance: Dr. Lemuel Dorcas1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Super-Villain Team-Up (Marvel, 1975 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
February 1976
Key date
1976-02-00
On-sale date
1975
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Tiger Shark - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Todd Arliss - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Dr. Lemuel Dorcas - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Duel of Titans!cover1pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Dan Adkins; letters: Irv WatanabeDoctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Namor
1A Time of Titanscomic story18script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Herb Trimpe, Jim Mooney; inks: Jim Mooney; colors: Don Warfield; letters: Karen MantloDoctor Doom, Victor Von Doom, Namor
2-letters page1script: Marv WolfmanTodd Arliss First, Attuma, Dr. Lemuel Dorcas First, Namor, Tiger Shark First

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.09 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Essential Super-Villain Team-Up #1
ISBN 0-7851-1545-5		2004On eBay ›
Comic Reader #1241975On eBay ›
Super-Villains Unite: The Complete Super-Villain Team-Up #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9406-4		2015On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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