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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published [June] 1985
Cover Price 6.95 USD; 7.95 CAD
Pages 84
Editing Christopher Priest [as James Owsley]; Keith Williams (assistant editor); Mark Gruenwald (consulting editor); Ralph Macchio (consulting editor); Michael Carlin (consulting editor); Danny Fingeroth (consulting editor); Ann Nocenti (consulting editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Tom DeFalco (executive editor)
Notes Sale date: June 1985. ISBN 0-87135-083-1.

Cover Details - "Revenge of the Living Monolith"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America; Thor]; the Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; the Human Torch; She-Hulk]; the Living Monolith; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Geof Isherwood
Colors Bob Sharen?
Letters Janet Jackson (logo)
Notes Sale date: June 1985. ISBN 0-87135-083-1.

1 page credits "Revenge of the Living Monolith"

Characters Living Monolith
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Geof Isherwood
Letters typeset
Notes Contains credits and art taken from page 51 panel 1 of the story.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Birth Pains; Or, Backgrounds Aren't Just For Inkers"

Synopsis David Michelinie on how this graphic novel came to be.
Script David Michelinie
Letters typeset
Notes Contains introduction (dated April, 1985), credits, list of Marvel Graphic Novels #1-16 and indicia.

78 page story "Revenge of the Living Monolith"

Characters the Avengers [Captain America; Hawkeye; Iron Man; Starfox; Thor; Wonder Man]; Fantastic Four [the Human Torch; the Invisible Girl; Mr. Fantastic; She-Hulk]; Hassan; J. Jonah Jameson; the Living Pharaoh (becomes the Living Monolith) [Ahmet Abdol]; his wife Filene; his daughter Salome [poses as Fayah Sahid]; Spider-Man; X-Men [Angel; the Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl] (flashback)
Genre superhero
Script David Michelinie (plot, script); Christopher Priest [as James Owsley] (plot)
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Geof Isherwood; Mike Witherby [as Michael Witherby]; Brad Joyce; Phil Lord; Keith Williams; Tom Morgan; Jerry Acerno
Colors Bob Sharen; Christie Scheele; Steve Oliff; Mark Bright; Michael Davis; Charles Vess; Paul Becton; Janet Jackson; Petra Scotese; Paty Cockrum [as Paty]
Letters Joe Rosen; Rick Parker; Janice Chiang (pages 31-33); John Morelli; Phil Felix
Notes Witherby, Joyce, Lord, Williams, Morgan, Acerno did additional background inks. An annotation reads: "The creators wish to thank the following friends who spent many a long night chained to desks, art tables, and photostat cameras to insure the monolith would have his revenge: Ron Zalme, John Morelli, Phil Felix, Bill Vallely, Barry Shapiro, Harry Candelario, Robbie Carosella, Stu Schwartzberg, Ken Lopez, Danny Louie, Janice Chiang, Eliot R. Brown, Carol Kalish, Peter David, Steve Saffel, Sandy Schechter, Fred Baumann, Lynn Cohen and Veronica Lawlor. Special thanks to our friend, the late Morrie Kuramoto who thought this was a dumb idea."

1 page illustration "untitled"

Characters the Living Monolith
Genre superhero
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Geof Isherwood
Notes Outside back cover. Art, enlarged, from page 65 panel 2, but in yellow ink with blue background.