Marvel Super-Heroes #17 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1968

About Marvel Super-Heroes #17

Origin of the Black Knight. Howard Purcell cover and art. John Romita Sr. cover art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Black Knight [Dane Whitman]

Pencils: John Romita; Howard Purcell (see notes)

Inks: John Romita; Howard Purcell (see notes)

Letters: Sam Rosen (logo)

Notes: Black Knight figure by John Romita. Background art taken from page 14 of interior story. Info per Nick Caputo, 2006. Cover credits confirmed 2009 on the error list via The Official Marvel Index to the Avengers #3 (Marvel Comics, Oct. 1987), p. 22.

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: The Black Knight Reborn!

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

Pages: 22.000

Script: Roy Thomas

Pencils: Howard Purcell; John Romita; Marie Severin; Herb Trimpe (see notes)

Inks: Dan Adkins; John Romita; Tom Palmer; Paul Reinman ?; Dick Ayers ? (see notes)

Letters: Sam Rosen

Notes: Possible inkers who assisted Adkins include Tom Palmer (pages 2-3); Dick Ayers (pages 16, 17, 20) and Paul Reinman (page 22). Staff artists who made alterations throughout the book include 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.

Title: Alien Encounter

Characters: Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; George; Pete Force; Ksa

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Gill

Pencils: Dick Ayers; Carl Burgos (see notes)

Inks: Ernie Bache; Carl Burgos (see notes)

Letters: Dick Ayers

Notes: Splash panel drawn by Carl Burgos.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Howard Purcell (illustration)

Inks: Dan Adkins (illustration)

Letters: typeset; Sam Rosen

Notes: letters section includes Black Knight image from opening story, promo for the next issue and letters from Bruce Meyer, Shirley Gorman, Thomas Finsterbush, Anthony Albensi Mike McDonnell and Rodney Schroeter.

Title: Menace from the Future World!

Characters: The All-Winners Squad [Captain America (see indexers notes); Bucky (see indexers notes); Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Toro; Miss America [Madeline Joyce]; Whizzer [Robert Frank]; Namor the Sub-Mariner]; Future Man (introduction); Madame Death (introduction); Professor Yalder (scientist, death); the Stiletto Gang (introduction for all)

Pages: 18.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Syd Shores

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Chapters 1-3 of a 7 chapter story which is concluded in Marvel Super-Heroes #18. The next All-Winners Squad story is in What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #4, which occurs chronologically before this one and retroactively establishes that the post-war Captain America and Bucky here are Jeff Mace (a.k.a. The Patriot) and Fred Davis.

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