Prime #17
(December 1994)

Malibu, 1993 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.95 USD; 2.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Malibu Comics Entertainment Inc.
Brand
Ultraverse
Editing
Hank Kanalz; Scott Bernstein (Assistant); Chris Ulm (Editor-In-Chief)

Issue Notes

Published date is December 1994 as is the next issue, #18.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Prime / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Statema (signed)
Inks
Jerry Ordway (signed)
Colors
George Cox III [as GCOX3] (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Prime [Kevin Green]; Atalon's Sea Creature

Prime Cast (Table of Contents: 1)

Prime / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Prime [Kevin Green]; Rogue Prime [Kevin Green]; Kelly Cantrell; Debbie Cantrell; Ruth Green; Russell Green; TurboCharge [Turbo] [Michael Hardaway]
Synopsis
Mini bios and past issue recaps on the cast of Prime.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Block pics from previous issues of the cast by various artists accompany the text.

Hungry For Heroes! (Or A Sandwich To Die For!) (Table of Contents: 2)

Prime / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Gerard Jones; Len Strazewski
Pencils
John Statema
Inks
Jeff Whitting
Colors
Robert Alvord (Color Design); Violent Hues; Emily Yoder
Letters
Roxanne Starr; Dave Lanphear

Genre
superhero
Characters
Prime [Kevin Green] (Origin recap in flashback); Ruth Green; Rogue Prime [Kevin Green] (Flashback); TurboCharge [Turbo] [Michael Hardaway] (Cameo; Hand shown only, has dialogue); Atalon [King Of The Fire People] (Cameo); Atalon's Sea Creature (Death); Unnamed crew of unnamed boat (Death); Hardcase (Flashback); Doctor Gross (Flashback); Colonel Samuels (Flashback); Kelly Cantrell; Firearm (Flashback); Unnamed Coast Guard Vessel Rockaway Dispatcher (Death); Unnamed Reporters
Synopsis
While spending a day with his mom, Kevin Green becomes Prime to save New York from a sea creature released by Atalon, King Of The Fire People.

Prime Directive (Table of Contents: 3)

Prime Directive / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gerard Jones; Len Strazewski
Pencils
Norm Breyfogle (Signed)
Inks
Norm Breyfogle (Signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Prime [Kevin Green] (In Letters page heading)
Synopsis
Two page letters section featuring a next issue blurb.

Indexer Notes

Letter wrote by Ben Thomas-Morgan on his concerns that the Prime book is giving a message that being gay is perverted.The writers, Jones and Strazewski counter with their reasons why this deduction is wrong.

[Untitled] (Table of Contents: 4)

Prime / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Rogue Prime [Kevin Green]
Synopsis
A pinup of Rogue Prime taking on Atalon's sea creature.

Indexer Notes

An alternate version of the cover for this issue.

Prime Interactive Ultraverse ! (Table of Contents: 5)

Prime / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Norm Breyfogle
Inks
Norm Breyfogle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Prime [Kevin Green]
Synopsis
An ad for the Prime Sega CD video game featuring three screenshots and an illustration from co-creator Norm Breyfogle.

Indexer Notes

Game released in November 1994.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Prime
  2. 1. Prime Cast
    Prime
  3. 2. Hungry For Heroes! (Or A Sandwich To Die For!)
    Prime
  4. 3. Prime Directive
    Prime Directive
  5. 4. [Untitled]
    Prime
  6. 5. Prime Interactive Ultraverse !
    Prime
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Terry Watkins