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Marvel Team-Up #68

Marvel · Series began 1972 · April 1978

first appearance of D'Spayre

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

D'Spayre (Fear Lord, Marvel) — first appearance, villain

Dates

Cover date: April 1978
On sale: January 24, 1978
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #68 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition35¢ cover

Barcode 0714860214704 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0714860214704 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: John Byrne, Sal Buscemainks: Joe Rubinstein, Bob Wiacek, Joe Sinnottscript: Chris Claremont, Stan Leecolors: Phil Rachelsonletters: Bruce Patterson

Stories

The Measure of a Man! · 17 pages
Peter and Mary Jane discover Man-Thing being exhibited in a circus. Spider-Man returns it to the Florida swamp where it rejuvenates and sets out with purpose toward a house where d'Spayre holds an old sorcerer and his cute apprentice. They defeat d'Spayre. Spider-Man and Man-Thing end the adventure sitting together in the swamp.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManMary Jane WatsonTed SallisMan-ThingJennifer KaleD'SpayreDakimhAmos Jardine

Reprinted in

Marvel Tales (1966), Essential Marvel Team-Up (2002), Essential Man-Thing (2006), Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up (2010), Spider-Man: Marvel Team-Up by Claremont & Byrne (2011), Man-Thing Omnibus (2012), Doctor Strange: Lords of Fear (2017), Spider-Man by John Byrne Omnibus (2019)