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Cover: Art Adams & Mike Mignola

Marvel Team-Up #141

Name: Marvel Team-Up #141
Brand: Marvel
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May 1984 · Marvel · 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD

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“Blind Justice!”

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Marvel Team-Up #141 holds a contested but significant place in Spider-Man history as one of three comics — alongside Amazing Spider-Man #252 and Spectacular Spider-Man #90 — that simultaneously debuted Peter Parker's alien black symbiote costume in February 1984, a visual transformation that eventually led directly to the creation of Venom. Beyond the costume debut, the issue weaves together the Daredevil and Spider-Man corners of the Marvel universe in a story that forces an uncomfortable moral reckoning: Daredevil strikes a deal with the Kingpin to catch a murderer, and a newly returned Spider-Man objects strenuously, dramatizing the ethical fault lines between the two street-level heroes. The cover — penciled by Art Adams and inked by a then-emerging Mike Mignola — stands as an early showcase of two artists who would each become major forces in the medium.

In "Blind Justice!", Daredevil and Black Widow race to clear a boy wrongfully accused of murder while Spider-Man is absent—only for him to return from the Secret Wars in his new black costume, throwing the investigation into fresh turmoil. With the real killer finally exposed, Spider-Man's hardline tactics clash with Daredevil’s moral code, especially after a risky deal with the Kingpin sets the stage for the truth to emerge. Written by Tom DeFalco and Jim Owsley, with dynamic art by Greg LaRocque and Mike Esposito, and a striking cover by Art Adams and Mike Mignola, this 1984 Marvel Team-Up issue delivers a tense, character-driven mystery with high stakes and unexpected consequences.

writer Tom DeFalco · writer Jim Owsley · artist Greg LaRocque · artist, inker Mike Esposito · colorist Glynis Wein · letterer Diana Albers · cover Art Adams, Mike Mignola

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History

The issue is the second half of a two-part 'Blind Justice!' arc plotted by Tom DeFalco and scripted by Jim Owsley — the writer-editor who later legally changed his name to Christopher Priest and is recognized as the first African American editor in mainstream comics. Interior art was handled by Greg LaRocque on breakdowns and Mike Esposito on finished inks, under editor Danny Fingeroth and editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. The issue went on sale February 14, 1984, the same day as Spectacular Spider-Man #90, with Amazing Spider-Man #252 having appeared roughly two weeks earlier according to 1984 solicitations — a scheduling circumstance that has fueled decades of debate among collectors about which issue should be counted as the true 'first' black-costume appearance.

Trivia · 8 facts

One of three comics simultaneously presenting Spider-Man's first black symbiote costume in early 1984, alongside Amazing Spider-Man #252 and Spectacular Spider-Man #90; Key Collector Comics identifies it as tied with Spectacular Spider-Man #90 for the second on-sale appearance, with Amazing Spider-Man #252 hitting stands roughly two weeks prior.
Plot by Tom DeFalco, script by Jim Owsley (Christopher Priest); interior pencil breakdowns by Greg LaRocque with Mike Esposito on finished inks and letters by Diana Albers.
Cover by Art Adams (pencils) and Mike Mignola (inks) — an early professional assignment for Mignola, years before Hellboy.
Edited by Danny Fingeroth, with Bob DeNatale as assistant editor and Jim Shooter as editor-in-chief.
The Arranger (Oswald Silkworth), the Kingpin's chief operational lieutenant, appears in the story; his first appearance was three issues earlier in Marvel Team-Up #138, also plotted by DeFalco.
The story's central conflict has Daredevil secretly negotiating with the Kingpin to expose a murderer, a moral compromise that Spider-Man — arriving mid-story in his startling new black costume — openly condemns.
The issue was reprinted in 2019 as True Believers: Spider-Man — The New Spider-Man! #1 (Marvel) and again in the 2020 Black Widow: Marvel Team-Up collection.
The letters page includes a contribution from Stan Lee, a notable and unusual feature for a standard monthly issue of this era.