Marvel Team-Up #100
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeMarvel Team-Up #100 is a double-sized Bronze Age milestone carrying two distinct keys in a single issue: the first appearance and full origin of Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh), one of Marvel's earliest Vietnamese protagonists and a founding member of the New Mutants, and the first-ever meeting of Storm and Black Panther as children — a backup story that quietly planted seeds for their eventual 2006 marriage. Karma's debut was groundbreaking in that she introduced a Southeast Asian refugee experience into mainstream superhero comics at a time when such representation was almost nonexistent, grounding her origin explicitly in the Vietnam War and the boat-people crisis. The backup story by Claremont and John Byrne likewise broke new ground by establishing a shared African childhood between Marvel's two most prominent Black characters, a relationship that would reverberate through X-Men, Black Panther, and multiple retcons for decades. Together, the two stories make this centennial issue one of the most narratively dense and historically consequential single issues of the early 1980s.
In "And Introducing--Karma! She Possesses People!", a newly introduced mutant with a powerful, mysterious ability takes center stage as she enlists Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four in a desperate mission to rescue her younger siblings from the grip of a manipulative uncle. Written by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, with dynamic art by Frank Miller and Bob Wiacek, and colored by Carl Gafford, this pivotal 1980 issue introduces a character whose connection to her family runs deep and whose powers carry unexpected weight. The cover, penciled by Frank Miller and inked by Klaus Janson, captures the intensity of her arrival.
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The issue was written and co-plotted by Chris Claremont throughout, with Frank Miller handling both the script and pencils on the lead story and John Byrne penciling the backup, all edited by Denny O'Neil under editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. The credits page acknowledges Ithacon '79 — an Ithaca, New York comics convention — as an inspiration for the Karma story, suggesting the character concept was developed or presented there roughly a year before publication. Miller's contribution to the lead story came just one month before his landmark first full run as writer-artist on Daredevil, placing this issue squarely at the hinge point of his early Marvel career; he and Claremont would reunite a few years later for the seminal Wolverine limited series. The Claremont/Byrne backup has the feel of a story developed during their concurrent Uncanny X-Men collaboration, and was later described by at least one reviewer as resembling an inventory piece from that run.
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- First appearance and full origin of Karma (Xi'an Coy Manh), a Vietnamese-born mutant with mind-possession abilities, created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller; cover-dated December 1980.
- First appearances of General Nguyen Ngoc Coy (villain), Tran Coy Manh (villain, also dies this issue), Leong Coy Manh, Nga Coy Manh, Colonel Coy Manh, and Father Michael Bowen — establishing most of the supporting cast that would follow Karma into the New Mutants era.
- First meeting of Storm (Ororo Munroe) and Black Panther (T'Challa) — the backup story 'Cry…Vengeance!' by Claremont and John Byrne reveals they knew each other as twelve-year-olds in Africa, a relationship later used to justify their 2006 marriage in Reginald Hudlin's Black Panther run.
- The issue is double-sized (52 pages), structured as two complete stories: the lead (Frank Miller art, Bob Wiacek inks) and the backup (John Byrne art, Bob McLeod inks), both written by Claremont and edited by Denny O'Neil.
- Karma's debut preceded the New Mutants' team formation by roughly two years — she joined the team in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982) as its first recruit, with Reed Richards personally directing her to Professor X.
- Karma is among Marvel's earliest openly LGBTQ+ characters, though that aspect of her identity was not confirmed on-panel until decades after her debut.
- The issue acknowledges Ithacon '79 (a 1979 comics convention) for inspiration in the credits, suggesting the Karma concept was in development well before the 1980 publication date.
- The issue has been reprinted multiple times, including in the New Mutants Epic Collection: Renewal, the New Mutants Omnibus Vol. 1 (2020), the Black Panther Epic Collection: Revenge of the Black Panther, and the Marvel Universe by Frank Miller Omnibus.
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A new mutant forcibly recruits Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four in her bid to free her little brother and sister from her manipulative uncle.
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