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The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #17
Direct
August 1987 · 1.50 USD; 0.40 GBP; 2.00 CAD · 68 pages
On sale 1987
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Credits
- Script
- Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson
- Pencils
- Keith Pollard, Javier Saltares, Mark Texeira, Hector Collazo, Marc McLaurin, John Buscema, Bill Sienkiewicz, John Byrne, Jim Lee, Al Milgrom, Rudy Nebres, Walter Simonson, Marc Siry, Steve Rude, Kevin Nowlan, Keith Giffen, Joe Rubinstein, Rodney Ramos, Brent Anderson, Fred Kida, Tom Morgan, Ian Akin, Kevin Maguire, Tom Palmer, Lee Weeks, Ron Frenz
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos
- Colours
- Andy Yanchus
- Editor
- Mark Gruenwald
- Assistant editor
- Gregory Wright, David Wohl, Marc Siry
- Typeset
- Brenda Mings
Notes
Comic is An Index of Deceased Marvel Characters Employing Text, Original Art, and Previously Published Clip Art; Joe Rubinstein is Listed as Inker and James Fry, Phil Lord, and Rodney Ramos as Art Enhancers So All Have Been Listed as Inkers for All Entries; All Volume Numbers are From Silver Age Up; In his intro in Issue #16, Mark Gruenwald insists that all characters appearing in this book are truly dead, but as time and plotlines proved, a number of them proved to be only mostly dead
Reprinted in
- Spindelmannen #1/1989
- Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Deluxe Edition #3— black & white
- Marvel Firsts: The 1970s #1— first Dracula figure
- Man-Thing by Steve Gerber: The Complete Collection #1
- Guardians of the Galaxy Solo Classic Omnibus #[nn]— illustration only
- The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus #[nn]
- Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Deluxe Edition Omnibus #[nn]