The Silver Surfer #17

(June 1970)

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Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Surfer Must Kill! (Table of Contents: 2)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

John Buscema (credited); Herb Trimpe (sourced)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mephisto, prince of darkness, has captured Shalla Bal!

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Silver Surfer; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; SHIELD; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; The Thing; Human Torch]; Shalla Bal; Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Mephisto (villain)

Synopsis

The Silver Surfer has pledged assistance to Mephisto to save Shalla Bal's life.

Reprints

• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #12 (5 décembre 1970)
• in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #24 (10 janvier 1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #19 ([November] 1991)
• in Essential Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 1998) [black & white]
• in Le Surfer d'argent L'Intégrale (Soleil, 2001 series) #4 (septembre 2002)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([August] 2003)
• in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
• in Marvel Gold: Estela Plateada de Stan Lee y John Buscema (Panini España, 2010 series) (abril 2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 (July-August 2010)

Keywords

z-gas; z-gun

Indexer Notes

As revealed on paste-ups from the original art the top panel was revised with Herb Trimpe drawing the Silver Surfer in panel one. Info per Nick Caputo, November 2021.

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Be a Manager / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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North American School of Drafting / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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History of Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Hobby Coin Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Precise Publications / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Who Speaks for the Surfer? / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and John, In the letters page of Silver Surfer #11, Rudy Rankins stated that the Silver Surfer equals Robert E. Howard's great hero Conan.

Characters

Silver Surfer

Reprints

• in Silver Surfer Omnibus (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 (2007)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jamie Ladd, Chris Daria, Michael J. Susko, Jr., Dale Shuman, Hank Dancer, W. Matthew, David (Aquarius), Oira (Gemini) & Bruno (Libra).
Includes an illustration of Silver Surfer from a previous issue, and “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”

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