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Top 10 Greatest Spider-Man/Fantastic Four Stories

Here at Superior Spider-Talk we love a good Spider-Man and Fantastic Four team-up. The Four have woven their way in and out of Peter Parker’s life over the years often to great hilarity and/or wild fisticuffs. It’s always a treat when the #1 family of the Marvel Universe pairs up with everyone’s friendly neighborhood superhero…

So, we’ve compiled a list of what we believe to be the Top 10 Greatest Spider-Man/Fantastic Four stories to ever grace the pages of any comic featuring the two. Criteria for this list include historical significance, artwork, creativity, and of course, our overall enjoyment of the arc. So, without further ado, we present our list.

10. “The Dazzling Human Torch, on the Trail of the Amazing Spider-Man!” — Strange Tales Annual #2 (published June 1963): script by Stan Lee; pencils by Jack Kirby; inks by Steve Ditko

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9. “A Child is Waiting” — Marvel Team-Up #88 (published December 1979): script by Chris Claremont; pencils by Sal Buscema; inks by Eduardo Barreto

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8. “Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon” – Amazing Spider-Man #1 (published March 1963): script by Stan Lee; art by Steve Ditko

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7. “The Roommate Experiment” — FF #17 (published June 2012): script by Jonathan Hickman; art by Nick Dragotta

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6. “What if Spider-Man Had Joined the Fantastic Four?”— What If? #1(published February 1977): script by Roy Thomas; pencils by Jim Craig; inks by Pablo Marcos

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5. “Karma!” — Marvel Team Up #100 (published December 1980): script by Chris Claremont; pencils by Frank Miller; inks by Bob Wiacek

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4. “Spider Sense” — Fantastic Four #512-513 (published September-October 2004): script by Mark Waid; pencils by Mike Wieringo; inks by Karl Kesel

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3. “Uncles” — Fantastic Four #588 (published April 2011): script by Jonathan Hickman; pencils and inks by Mark Brooks

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2. “The Sinister Secret of Spider-Man’s New Costume” — Amazing Spider-Man #258 (published November 1984): script by Tom DeFalco; pencils by Ron Frenz; inks by Josef Rubinstein

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1. Spider-Man/Human Torch #1-5 (published March-July 2005): script by Dan Slott; pencils by Ty Templeton; inks by Nelson Palmer, Tom Palmer, Drew Geraci and Greg Adams

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