Issue(s): Marvel Team-Up #72
Cover Date: Aug 78
Title: "Crack of the whip!"
Credits:
Bill Mantlo - Writer
Jim Mooney - Penciler
Jim Mooney - Inker

Review/plot:
This is the second of three issues not by Claremont following the big Living Pharoah arc. This one's by Mantlo, and he follows up on some old plot points he created in this series back when he used to write it regarding Jean DeWolff and her brother, the Wraith. This time Wraith and Whiplash, working for the Maggia, get into a fight with Spider-Man and Iron Man.

But it's Jean who breaks up the fight by convincing her brother, who has become unbalanced thanks to his powers "like the doctors said it might", to change sides.

While they're hunting the bad guys down, Spider-Man tells Iron Man what frequency to listen in on to find a Spidey-Tracer. That's giving away too much about his powers, in my opinion.

Wraith and Whiplash spend the whole time bickering over who's gonna be the boss, which i always hate. Overall it's not a very well written story, and not a great return of the Wraith.

Quality Rating: C-

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References:

• Jean DeWolff was last seen in Marvel Team-Up #66.
  
• Iron Man originally fought Whiplash in Tales of Suspense #97-99.
  
• Since Whiplash and Wraith are working for the Maggia, Iron Man wonders if they "mean any harm to the woman I love", referring to Whitney Frost/Madame Masque and "current issues of Iron Man".
  
• Spider-Man ran into the Maggia in Amazing Spider-Man #73 and Amazing Spider-Man #74-75.
  
• The Wraith first appeared in Marvel Team-Up #48-51 (the footnote is off by an issue, citing issues #49-52).

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A