Marvel Super-Heroes #17

(November 1968)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Howard Purcell; Dick Ayers; Bill Everett; Syd Shores

Inks:

Dan Adkins; Dick Ayers; Bill Everett; Syd Shores

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

Contents page includes images from interior stories. Credits include Roy Thomas, Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten and Sharon Kay.

The Black Knight Reborn (Table of Contents)

Black Knight / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Roy Thomas

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Dan Adkins; Tom Palmer; Paul Reinman ?; Dick Ayers ? (see notes)

Colors:

Sharon Kay

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Knight; Black Knight I [Sir Percy of Scandia] (as a ghost; death in flashback); Merlin (flashback); V: Modred (villain; as ghost and in flashback); Guardian of the Ebony Blade (first appearance; villain; death); Le Sabre [Paul Richarde] (first appearance; villain); the Nether gods (first appearance; villains)

Reprints:

• in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) #[nn] (Marzo 2012)

Indexer Notes

Inkers who assisted Adkins likely include Tom Palmer (pages 2-3); Dick Ayers (pages 16, 17, 20) and Paul Reinman (page 22). Alterations by other artists are noticable throughout the book, including Marie Severin, Herb Trimpe and John Romita, who redrew Dane Whitman's face throughout most of the story. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2013. Black Knight's appearance takes place in between AVENGERS #55-60.

[Alien Encounter] (Table of Contents)

Human Torch / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee ?

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

Sharon Kay

Letters:

Dick Ayers

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Men's Adventures (Marvel, 1950 series) #28 (July 1954)

Wings On His Feet (Table of Contents)

Sub-Mariner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

Bill Everett

Colors:

Sharon Kay

Letters:

Bill Everett

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1954 series) #38 (February 1955)

Menace from the Future World (Table of Contents)

All-Winners Squad / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Syd Shores; Allen Bellman; ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

Sharon Kay

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from All-Winners Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #21 (Winter 1946-47) [concluded next issue], #21 (Winter 1946-47), #21 (Winter 1946-47)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Marvel Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Dan Adkins

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset; Sam Rosen

Indexer Notes

letters section includes Black Knight image from opening story and promo for the next issue.