''Super-Villain Team-Up'' is the name of two

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series published by

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. Both series featured

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s as the protagonists.

Publication history

The first series started in 1975 with two giant-size issues before launching as a regular series, and was mostly bi-monthly during its existence. It initially teamed up

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and the Sub-Mariner, who had lost his own series, from which it picked up the unresolved plots, especially that of the comatose

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. After a succession of writers and artists and a crossover with '' The Avengers'', the plot gets resolved in issue #13 when Doctor Doom revives the Atlanteans, thus dissolving his alliance with the Sub-Mariner. Issue #14 (Oct. 1977), which featured

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and Doctor Doom, was billed as the final issue of the series and its plotline was resolved in ''The

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'' #16. The following year, ''SVTU'' continued with issue #15 (Nov. 1978), a reprint of ''

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'' #4–5. Issues #16 (May 1979) and #17 (June 1980) featured the

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and the

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. The irregular publishing frequency of the final three issues was due to a legal maneuver to prevent DC Comics from trademarking the term "super-villain". The series saw the death of the Sub-Mariner's 1940s sweetheart Betty Dean and the death of her murderer, Doctor Dorcas.

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created

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, a character partly inspired by

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, shortly before he started to work for

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on ''

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''.

Issues

''Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11''

In 2007 Marvel published ''Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11'', a five-issue miniseries featuring 11 supervillains in the manner of the movie ''

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''.

''Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil''

This 2009 miniseries features Doctor Doom working with other villains. * #1 -

collaborates with the

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(

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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) * #2 - Doctor Doom collaborates with the

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to beat

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to a Hittite temple. * #3 - Doctor Doom and his "Masters of Evil" clash with

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. * #4 - Doctor Doom collaborates with

and

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to steal an item from

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Collected editions

* '' Essential Super-Villain Team-Up'' collects ''Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up'' #1–2 and ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' #1–17, 552 pages, September 2004, * ''Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11'' collects ''Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11'' #1–5, 120 pages, February 2008, * ''Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil'' collects ''Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil'' #1–4, 120 pages, July 2009, * ''Super-Villains Unite: The Complete Super-Villain Team-Up'' collects ''Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up'' #1–2; ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' #1–14, 16–17; '' The Avengers'' #154–156; ''

'' #16, 464 pages, March 2015,

References

External links

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