Marvel Two-In-One (1974-83)

Issue #1, January/February 1974
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) John Romita Sr. (Inker)
Cover Feature: Thing and Man-Thing
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Vengeance of the Molecule Man!
Story, 18 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Man-Thing
Genre: superhero, monster thriller
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Gil Kane
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Colorist: George Roussos
Letterer: Jean Izzo

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Man-Thing.

Issue #2, March/April 1974
Cover Credits: John Romita Sr. (Penciler/Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letters)
Cover Feature: Thing and Sub-Mariner
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Manhunters from the Stars!
Story, 18 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Sub-Mariner
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Gil Kane
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Colorist: Glynis Wein
Letterer: Artie Simek

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Sub-Mariner. With Namorita and also Wundarr, who becomes a continual supporting character in the early issues.

Issue #3, May/June 1974
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Daredevil
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Inside Black Spectre!
Story, 18 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Daredevil
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Colorist: Petra Goldberg
Letterer: David Hunt

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Daredevil. Co-starring Black Widow.

Issue #4, July/August 1974
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Captain America
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber. One of the letters published on the Ever Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page is from (J.) Marc Dematteis. Tony Isabella credited on the letters page with a few concept ideas for this issue's story. Ed Hannigan credited on letters page for redesigning Wundarr's costume.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Doomsday 3014!
Story, 18 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Captain America
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inker: Frank Giacoia
Colorist: Petra Goldberg, Gaspar Saladino (page 1)
Letterer: Charlotte Jetter

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Captain America. With Wundarr.

Issue #5, September/October 1974
Cover Credits: Sal Buscema (Penciler) Mike Esposito (Inker) Dan Crespi (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber. One of the letters published on the Ever Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page is from Bob Rodi. Dave Cockrum credited with designing Yondu and Vance Astro's new costumes and the starship Captain America in the letters page for Marvel Two-In-One #6. Cockrum's starship design illustration also appears there.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Seven Against the Empire!
Story, 18 pages
Feature Story: Thing, Guardians of Galaxy, Captain America
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inker: Mike Esposito
Colorist: Petra Goldberg
Letterer: Annette Kawecki

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Guardians of the Galaxy. With Captain America.

Issue #6, November/December 1974
Cover Credits: Jim Starlin (John Romita Sr. Thing alterations?) (Penciler/Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Doctor Strange
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Death-Song of Destiny!
Sequence 1 - Story, 18 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Doctor Strange
Genre: superhero, occult
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: George Tuska
Inker: Mike Esposito
Colorist: Petra Goldberg
Letterer: Artie Simek

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Doctor Strange.

The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page!
Sequence 2 - Letters, 2 pages
Feature Story: Guardians of the Galaxy spaceship Captain America
Page credits:
Editor: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Dave Cockrum
Publication notes:
Dave Cockrum is also credited with redesigning the costumes of Vance Astro and Yondu for Marvel Two-In-One #5.

Issue #7, January/February 1975
Cover Credits: John Romita Sr. (cover alterations by Tony Mortellaro?) (Penciler/Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Valkyrie
Publication notes:
Letters page replies are by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Name That Doom!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Valkyrie
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inker: Mike Esposito
Colorist: Bill Mantlo
Letterer: Joe Rosen

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Valkyrie. Vs. Executioner, Enchantress.

Issue #8, March/April 1975
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Ghost Rider
Editor: Len Wein
Story title: Silent Night... Deadly Night!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Ghost Rider
Genre: superhero, occult
Issue credits:
Writer: Steve Gerber
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inker: Mike Esposito
Colorist: George Roussos, Gaspar Saladino (page 1)
Letterer: Charlotte Jetter

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Ghost Rider (the first one).

Issue #9, May/June 1975
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Frank Giacoia (Inker)
Cover Feature: Thing and Thor
Publication notes:
Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Len Wein
Story title: When A God Goes Mad!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Thor
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Plot: Steve Gerber
Writer: Chris Claremont
Penciler: Herb Trimpe
Inker: Joe Giella
Colorist: Janice Cohen, Gaspar Saladino (page 1)
Letterer: Charlotte Jetter

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Thor. With Fantastic Four. Vs. Puppet Master.

Issue #10, July/August 1975
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Frank Giacoia (Inker)
Cover Feature: Thing and Black Widow
Publication notes:
Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
Editor: Len Wein
Story title: Is This The Day The World Ends?
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Black Widow
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Chris Claremont
Penciler: Bob Brown
Inker/Colorist: Klaus Janson
Letterer: John Costanza

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Black Widow

Issue #11, September/October 1975
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker)
Cover Feature: Thing and Golem
Publication notes:
Letters page includes letter from Bob Rodi.
Editor: Len Wein
Story title: The Thing Goes South!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Golem
Genre: superhero, monster thriller
Issue credits:
Plot: Roy Thomas
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Penciler: Bob Brown
Inker: Jack Abel
Colorist: Janice Cohen
Letterer: Tom Orzechowski

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and the Golem

Issue #12, November/December 1975
Cover Credits: Jack Kirby (Penciler) Frank Giacoia (Inker) ? (Colorist) John Costanza (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Iron Man
Publication notes:
Letters page includes letter from Bob Rodi. Cover inker credit from Nick Caputo (November 30, 2003).
Editor: Len Wein
Story title: The Stalker In the Sands!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Iron Man
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Penciler: Ron Wilson
Inker: Vince Colletta
Colorist: Janice Cohen
Letterer: Karen Mantlo

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Iron Man

Issue #13, January/February 1976
Cover Credits: Ron Wilson (Penciler) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Power Man
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Story title: I Created Brigadoom! The Mountain That Walked Like A Man!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Power Man
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Plot: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
Writer: Roger Slifer
Penciler: Ron Wilson
Inker: Vince Colletta
Colorist: Petra Goldberg, Gaspar Saladino (page 1),
Letterer: Joe Rosen

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Luke Cage/Power Man

Issue #14, March/April 1976
Cover Credits: Gil Kane (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Dan Crespi (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Son of Satan
Publication notes:
Letters page includes letter from Kurt Busiek.
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Story title: Ghost Town
Story, 17 pages
Genre: superhero, occult
Feature Story: Thing and Son of Satan
Issue credits:
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Penciler: Herb Trimpe
Inker: John Tartaglione
Colorist: Janice Cohen, Gaspar Saladino (page 1)
Letterer: Karen Mantlo

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom), who also guest-starred in Marvel Team-Up with the Human Torch a year earlier.

Issue #15, May 1976
Cover Credits: Ron Wilson (Penciler) Al Milgrom (Inker) Gaspar Saladino (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Morbius Living Vampire
Publication notes:
Letters page includes letters by Paul Dini, Ralph Macchio.
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Story title: The Return of the Living Eraser!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Morbius Living Vampire
Genre: superhero, occult
Issue credits:
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Pencilers: Ron Wilson (page one), Arvell Jones (breakdowns, pages 2-31), Dick Giordano
Inker plus finished art: Dick Giordano, et. al.
Colorist: Phil Rachelson, Gaspar Saladino (page one)
Letterer: Karen Mantlo

Character appearances:
Team-up of the Thing and Morbius the Living Vampire. Vs. Living Eraser; With Jarella

Series notes:
Marvel Value Stamp Series B #79. Much of the inking appears to have been done by Dick Giordano proteges. Ron Wilson is credited for penciling the splash page in the letters page of Marvel Two-In-One #18.

Issue #16, June 1976
Cover Credits: Ron Wilson (Penciler) Frank Giacoia (Inker) Dan Crespi(?) (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Ka-Zar
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Story title: Into The Savage Land!
Story, 19 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Ka-Zar
Genre: superhero, jungle
Issue credits:
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Penciler: Ron Wilson
Inker: Dan Adkins
Colorist: Janice Cohen, Gaspar Saladino (page one)
Letterer: Karen Mantlo

Series notes:
Team-up of the Thing and Ka-Zar.

Issue #17, July 1976
Cover Credits: Ron Wilson (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker) John Costanza (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Spider-Man
Publication notes:
Letters page includes letter from Kim Thompson. You could also say that the contents of this issue were switched with the contents of Marvel Team-Up #47.
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Story title: This City-- Afire!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Spider-Man
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Pencilers: Sal Buscema (layouts), Mike Esposito and Dave Hunt (finished art and backgrounds)
Inkers: Mike Esposito, Dave Hunt (backgrounds)
Colorist: Don Warfield, Gaspar Saladino (page one)
Letterer: Jean Hipp

Synopsis:
Team-up of the Thing and Spider-Man. Vs. Basilisk

Issue #18, August 1976
Cover Credits: Ron Wilson (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Dan Crespi (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Scarecrow
Editor: Marv Wolfman
Story title: Dark, Dark Demon Night!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Scarecrow
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Plot: Bill Mantlo
Writer: Scott Edelman
Penciler: Ron Wilson
Inkers: Jim Mooney (pages 1-3, 7-26, 31), Dan Adkins (pages 6, 27-30)
Colorist: Hugh Paley, John Costanza (page 1)
Letterer: Ray Holloway

Synopsis:
Team-up of the Thing and Scarecrow.

Issue #19, September 1976
Cover Credits: Jack Kirby (Penciler) Frank Giacoia, John Romita (alterations) (Inkers) Irving Watanabe (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Tigra
Editor: Archie Goodwin
Story title: Claws of the Cougar!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Tigra
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Plot: Tony Isabella
Writer: Bill Mantlo
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inker: Don Heck
Colorist: Petra Goldberg, Gaspar Saladino (page one)
Letterer: Karen Mantlo

Synopsis:
Team-up of the Thing and Tigra

Series Annual #1, 1976
Cover Credits: Jack Kirby (Penciler) Joe Sinnott (Inker) Dan Crespi(?) (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Liberty Legion
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Their Name Is Legion!
Story, 35 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Liberty Legion
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciler: Sal Buscema
Inkers: Sam Grainger (pages 1-35), John Tartaglione (pages 36-45), George Roussos (pages 46-47)
Colorists: Phil Rachelson
Letterer: John Costanza

Character appearances:
Team-up of the Thing and Liberty Legion. With Red Raven, Jack Frost, Fantastic Four. Team-up of the Thing and the Watcher. Vs. Meranno, Master Man

Series notes:
Continued in Marvel Two-In-One #20

Issue #20, October 1976
Cover Credits: Jack Kirby (Penciler) Frank Giacoia, John Romita Sr. (corrections) (Inkers) Dan Crespi (Letterer)
Cover Feature: Thing and Liberty Legion
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story title: Showdown at Sea!
Story, 17 pages
Feature Story: Thing and Liberty Legion
Genre: superhero
Issue credits:
Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciler: Sal Buscema (breakdowns), Sam Grainger (finished art)
Inker: Sam Grainger
Colorist: Petra Goldberg
Letterer: John Costanza

Synopsis:
Team-up of the Thing and Liberty Legion.

Series notes:
Continued from Fantastic Four Annual #11 and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #1.