Marvel Team-Up #27

Marvel Team-Up #27 (November 1974) pairs two of Marvel's most compelling figures in a genuinely tense standoff: Spider-Man swings into position between the Hulk and a frightened prisoner, defiantly warning the Green Goliath to back off while chunks of masonry explode around them. The cover — penciled and inked by Jim Starlin — teases a prison break-in by the Hulk, with the added promise of the shape-shifting Chameleon lurking somewhere in the mix. Writer Len Wein and artist Jim Mooney bring "A Friend in Need!" to life inside, and the setup alone — Spider-Man willing to face down the Hulk to protect one person — is the kind of premise that made this series a Saturday-morning staple.