Marvel Comics Presents #17 [Direct]
(Late April 1989)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-weekly
On-sale Date
1988-12-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (credited) (editor); Mike Rockwitz (credited as Michael Rockwitz) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #154.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Colossus; Cyclops / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited) (signed as Buckler)
Inks
Bob McLeod (credited) (signed as MCLEOD)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

God's Country Part 8: Fit to Print (Table of Contents: 2)

Colossus / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ann Nocenti (credited)
Pencils
Rick Leonardi (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited); P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Mike Rockwitz (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Panther's Quest Part V: Reasonable Force (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Panther / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Don McGregor (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Percy Boraine watches the figures grow larger...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; Zanti Chikane; Percy Boraine (introduction); Cynthia
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
T'Challa and Zanti are stopped by a pair of army soldiers. T'Challa knocks out the soldiers and has Zanti drive him away in the soldiers' truck.
Reprints
Keywords
apartheid; beaches; Clifton; segregation; sonar glider; South Africa; South African Army; vans

Do You See What I See? (Table of Contents: 4)

Watcher / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (credited)
Pencils
Tom Sutton (credited)
Inks
Tom Sutton (credited)
Colors
Tom Vincent (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Watcher [Uatu]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Watcher has his own version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Reprints

The Retribution Affair Part 1: Binded by the Light (Table of Contents: 5)

Cyclops / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Harras (credited)
Pencils
Ron Lim (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited)
Letters
Agustin Más (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Moira MacTaggert
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Cyclops arrives on Muir Isle but is attacked by a mysterious force.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Marvel Readers Present / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[Back Cover] (Table of Contents: 7)

Black Panther; Watcher / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited) (signed as Buckler)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed as McLeod)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Panther [T'Challa]; The Watcher [Uatu]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Colossus; Cyclops
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. God's Country Part 8: Fit to Print
    Colossus
  4. 3. Panther's Quest Part V: Reasonable Force
    Black Panther
  5. 4. Do You See What I See?
    Watcher
  6. 5. The Retribution Affair Part 1: Binded by the Light
    Cyclops
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Marvel Readers Present
  8. 7. [Back Cover]
    Black Panther; Watcher
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Thomson
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