Appearing in "And Then -- the X-Men!"
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- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Only in recap)
- The Lizard (Curt Connors) (Only in recap)
- J. Jonah Jameson (Mentioned)
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- Peter and Harry's Apartment
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Synopsis for "And Then -- the X-Men!"
Plagued by dreams of Morbius and becoming even iller, Peter Parker decides to resume his hunt for Michael Morbius after his latest nightmare rouses his roommate Harry Osborn. Deciding to seek out Hans Jorgenson once more to see if there are any leads, Spider-Man arrives just after Jorgenson is kidnapped by Morbius himself. When he is spotted by the landlady, Spider-Man is blamed for the scientist's kidnapping.
When news of Jorgenson's supposed kidnapping by Spider-Man reaches Charles Xavier, who happens to be an old colleague of Jorgenson, he once more summons his charges, the X-Men. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel and Iceman all answer his summons, however, the Beast refuses to join, having a mission of his own to accomplish. [1] Professor X sends the X-Men out into New York City to track down Spider-Man.
When they find the wall-crawler, a battle ensues, ending with Spider-Man being over-powered by the X-Men and restrained by Marvel Girl. Learning via a psi-probe that Morbius kidnapped Jorgenson, Xavier orders the X-Men to bring the now comatose Spider-Man back to the X-Mansion for further probing and to study Jorgenson's notes.
There, they learn that Spider-Man will soon die due to a toxin used to cure him of four additional arms that he gained during his last encounter with Morbius. They also learn that Jorgenson was working on a cure, which could be utilized by Morbius' blood.
In order to rescue his friend and save Spider-Man, Professor X sends the X-Men out to capture Morbius. After a lengthy battle, the mutant team manages to defeat Morbius and rescue Jorgenson. Afterward, at the X-Mansion, a revived Jorgenson is able to cure Spider-Man, who thanks the X-Men -- including a quick smooch with Jean Grey -- before leaving them to return to New York City.
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Continuity Notes
- The Beast declines to join the X-Men because he is keeping a secret that he has mutated further and is attempting to investigating the shady operations of the Brand Corporation, as seen in Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #11 onward. The X-Men don't learn the truth until Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2) #15.
- Professor X uses his mental powers to learn about Spider-Man's brief mutation into having six arms, and his battle with Morbius and the Lizard. these events happened in Amazing Spider-Man #100–102.
- Although Morbius is left in the care of the X-Men, he manages to escape them in Fear #20.
Publication Notes
- Inks: Giacoia and Romita ink the flashback.
- Costanza is credited as Jon Costanza.
- The editor of this issue mistakenly urges readers to keep up with the adventures of the Beast in Astonishing Tales, but the Beast actually appeared at this time in Amazing Adventures.
- The last page of this issue advertises next issue as "The Eye of the Basilisk". However, the The Basilisk does not debut until Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 16.
- This issue has a letters page, Mail It To Team-Up. Letters are published from David McDonnell, Joseph Randis, Jr., Nancy O'Brien, B. Lobe, and Rick Keefe.
- As seen on page one, this issue is Story#964-Z.
Trivia
- The X-Men engage Spider-Man and Morbius throughout this issue wearing their civilian clothes and not their X-uniforms.
- On page 6, Gil Kane draws himself in a jokey front-page article in the Daily Bugle.