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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published April 1989
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Mark Gruenwald; Gregory Wright (Managing Editor); Sara Tuchinsky (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Hawkeye; Doctor Octopus; Sandman; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Genre Superhero
Pencils June Brigman (signed)
Inks Roy Richardson (signed)

11 page Hawkeye story "Even an Octopus Needs Arms!"

Characters Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Sandman; Madam Menace
Synopsis Hawkeye and Sandman (in the employ of Silver Sable) try to prevent an arms deal between Menace and Octopus.
Genre Superhero
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Don Heck
Colors Marc Siry
Letters Jack Morelli

1 page letters page "Single File"

Script Gregory Wright; ? (letter replies)
Letters Typeset
Notes In a short column, "From the Doghouse", Wright explains his duties as a Managing Editor. Letters of comment from readers Michael James Mellott, Joe Hilliard, Jennifer Summers, Gregory Spencer, Brad Poston and Gus Schulenburg, with replies from one of the editors.

11 page Sub-Mariner story "Greed"

Characters Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Miguel; Miguel's grandfather; Miguel's mother; Special Presidential Agent Charles Anderson; Goldbug
Synopsis On the search for Merinna's offspring, Namor comes across the sunken buildings made of gold, hid there by the US government to prevent the collapse of the gold price. The supervillain Goldbug also has his eyes on the treasure.
Genre Superhero
Script Danny Fingeroth
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Kim DeMulder
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Janice Chiang