One of my colleagues recently brought to work what I consider to be the greatest Spider-Man team-up of all time. In 1976, Marvel Comics and Planned Parenthood collaborated on a Spider-Man special on teen pregnancy. The villain, Prodigy, is an alien who wants teenagers to crank out babies so he can steal them and take them back to his home planet (Intellectia, of course!) for slave labor. To further his plans, the villain launches a campaign of misinformation to lull teenagers into having wanton unprotected sex. Devious!!!
Of course, in the end Spider-Man hitches a ride on a helicopter, cracks the skulls of the Prodigy's goons, and exposes the Prodigy and his nefarious plan. The day is saved and Spider-Man and Planned Parenthood teach everyone a good lesson about not taking sex advice from interstellar villains with dreams of galactic dominance.
The above plot summary just can't do this thing justice, so I found the entire issue on Andrew Farago's LiveJournal page. And if you really need to get your own copy, there may still be a few available on EBay. Happy ready, True Believers!


Thanks brother Rosst for this fascinating post. The comic book in question---a partnership between mighty Marvel Comics and Planned Parenthood---was released in 1976. 1976! Here we are in 2008. Can anyone anywhere imagine this a major, mainstream publication aimed at teens and pre-teens touching this subject with a ten foot pole? Cany anyone anywhere imagine a partnership between Marvel Comics and Planned Parenthood in this day and age? It's a shame how far we haven't progressed.