Appearing in "And Then -- the X-Men!"
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Other Characters:
- ⏴ Beast (Henry McCoy) ⏵
- Human Torch (Only in flashback)
- The Lizard (Only in flashback)
- Ken
Locations:
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Peter and Harry's Apartment
- Second Avenue Template:First
- Queens
- Manhattan
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
- Brand Corporation}, Long Island
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Synopsis for "And Then -- the X-Men!"
Plagued by dreams of Morbius and becoming even more ill, Peter Parker decides to resume his hunt for Michael Morbius after his latest nightmare rouses his roommate Harry Osborne. 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 Spider-Man is spotted by the landlady, Spider-Man is blamed for the scientists kidnapping.
When news of Jorgenson's supposed kidnapping by Spider-Man reaches Charles Xavier (an old colleague of Jorgenson) he once more summons his charges the X-Men. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel and Ice Man all answer his summons, however the Beast refuses to join, having a mission of his own to accomplish. 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 X-Men manage to defeat Morbius and rescue Jorgenson. Afterwards, Jorgenson is able to cure Spider-Man, who thanks the X-Men before leaving them to deal with Morbius.
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Notes
- Inks: Giacoia and Romita ink the flashback.
- Costanza is credited as Jon Costanza.
- As depicted on the cover, all of the X-Men encounter Spider-Man and Morbius in their civilian clothing, not in their traditonal X-Men uniforms.
- Professor X, Marvel Girl, Angel, Cyclops, and Iceman next appear in Amazing Adventures #15.
- Beast last appeared in Amazing Adventures #13 and next appears in Amazing Adventures #14.
- 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 #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.