Our Pal Sal: "The Woman Who Never Was!" by Claremont, Buscema, and Leialoha

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna take a look at the grand finale of Marvel Team-Up's Spider-Man/Black Widow/Shang-Chi/Nick Fury epic! Not only do we have a great story by Chris (X-Men!) Claremont to wrap things up, but we get one more lingering look at one of Our Pal Sal Buscema teaming with one of his absolute best artistic partners, Steve Leialoha. You guys really seem to have dug this MTU epic, so let's send it off with a bang! From MTU #85 (June 1979), here's "The Woman Who Never Was!"

Our Pal Sal: "Catch a Falling Hero" by Claremont, S. Buscema, and Leialoha

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with the third chapter of Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema, and Steve Leialoha's Spider-Man/Black Widow/S.H.I.E.L.D. super-saga! This time, Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu joins in on the fun, with baddies like Madame Hydra/Viper, Silver Samurai, and Boomerang making things extra hard for our hallowed heroes! From Marvel Team-Up #84 (May 1979), here's "Catch a Falling Hero"!

MoKF Mondays: "Death Masque!" by Moench, Gulacy, and Adkins

HiiiiiiiiiYA, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, Marvel's line of Giant-Size comics (68 pages for fifty cents) generated tons of excitement in 74/75! One of the best of the best was Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu #1 (June 1974). Regular writer Doug Moench teamed with semi-regular artists Paul Gulacy and Dan Adkins (truly a team that was anything but REGULAR, baby) for an epic 25 page Shang-Chi vs. Fu Manchu tale! Both Moench and Gulacy applied a truly cinematic style, and man, were they ever clicking on "Death Masque!"

Cover art by Ron Wilson and Mike Esposito