Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	August 1987
Cover Price	$1.50
Pages	68
Editing	Gregory Wright; David Wohl; Marc Siry (Assistants); Mark Gruenwald
Notes	Comic is An Index of Deceased Marvel Characters Employing Text, Original Art, and Previously Published Clip Art; Joe Rubinstein is Listed as Inker and James Fry, Phil Lord, and Rodney Ramos as Art Enhancers So All Have Been Listed as Inkers for All Entries; All Volume Numbers are From Silver Age Up; In his intro in Issue #16, Mark Gruenwald insists that all characters appearing in this book are truly dead, but as time and plotlines proved, a number of them proved to be only mostly dead; Wraparound Cover.

Cover Details - "Book of the Dead Part 2"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Keith Pollard
Inks	Joe Rubinstein
Notes	Comic is An Index of Deceased Marvel Characters Employing Text, Original Art, and Previously Published Clip Art; Joe Rubinstein is Listed as Inker and James Fry, Phil Lord, and Rodney Ramos as Art Enhancers So All Have Been Listed as Inkers for All Entries; All Volume Numbers are From Silver Age Up; In his intro in Issue #16, Mark Gruenwald insists that all characters appearing in this book are truly dead, but as time and plotlines proved, a number of them proved to be only mostly dead; Wraparound Cover.

2 page Destiny I character profile "Destiny I"

Characters	Destiny I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Javier Saltares
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Paul Destine; 1st App. Tales to Astonish Vol.1 #101; Last App. Sub-Mariner #7

1 page DeWolff, Jean character profile "DeWolff, Jean"

Characters	DeWolff, Jean
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Mark Texeira
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Marvel Team-Up #48; Last App. Spectacular Spider-Man Vol.1 #107

2 page Dorcas, Dr. Lemuel character profile "Dorcas, Dr. Lemuel"

Characters	Dorcas, Dr. Lemuel
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Hector Collazo
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Sub-Mariner #5; Last App. Super-Villain Team-Up #3

2 page Doctor Sun character profile "Doctor Sun"

Characters	Doctor Sun
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Marc McLaurin
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Tomb of Dracula #16; Last App. Fantastic Four Vol.1 #217

2 page Dorma character profile "Dorma"

Characters	Dorma
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	John Buscema
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Atlantean; 1st App. Fantastic Four Annual #1; Last App. Sub-Mariner #37

4 page Dracula character profile "Dracula"

Characters	Dracula
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Bill Sienkiewicz
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Vlad Dracula; 1st App. Tomb of Dracula #1; Last App. Doctor Strange #62 (Mostly Undead)

2 page Drax The Destroyer character profile "Drax The Destroyer"

Characters	Drax The Destroyer
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Arthur Douglas; Father of Moondragon; 1st App. Iron Man Vol.1 #55; Last App. Avengers Vol.1 #220 (Mostly Dead)

1 page Eel I character profile "Eel I"

Characters	Eel I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Jim Lee
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Leopold Stryke; 1st App. Strange Tales Vol.1 #112; Last App. Ghost Rider Vol.2 #21

2 page Egghead character profile "Egghead"

Characters	Egghead
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Al Milgrom
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Elihas Starr; 1st App. Tales to Astonish Vol.1 #38; Last App. Avengers Vol.1 #230

2 page Enforcer character profile "Enforcer"

Characters	Enforcer
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Rudy Nebres
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Charles Delazny Jr.; 1st App. Ghost Rider Vol.2 #22; Last App. Iron Man Vol.1 #194

3 page Executioner character profile "Executioner"

Characters	Executioner
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Keith Pollard
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Skurge; 1st App. Journey Into Mystery Vol.1 #103; Last App. Thor Vol.1 #362

2 page Fafnir character profile "Fafnir"

Characters	Fafnir
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Walt Simonson
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Thor Vol.1 #134; Last App. Thor Vol.1 #343

2 page Farouk, Amahl character profile "Farouk, Amahl"

Characters	Farouk, Amahl
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Marc Siry
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	The Shadow King; 1st and Last App. X-Men Vol.1 #117

2 page Firebrand character profile "Firebrand"

Characters	Firebrand
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Steve Rude
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Gary Gilbert; 1st App. Iron Man Vol.1 #27; Last App. Captain America Vol.1 #319

1 page Foolkiller I character profile "Foolkiller I"

Characters	Foolkiller I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Kevin Nowlan
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Man-Thing #3; Last App. Man-Thing #4

3 page Fury, Jacob character profile "Fury, Jacob"

Characters	Fury, Jacob (Scorpio)
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Scorpio; Brother of Nick Fury; 1st App. (as Jacob) Sgt. Fury #68; 1st and Last App. (as Scorpio) Nick Fury Vol.1 #1

2 page Gamora story "Gamora"

Characters	Gamora
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Joe Rubinstein
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Strange Tales Vol.1 #180; Last App. Avengers Annual #7 (She got better)

1 page Gargoyle I character profile "Gargoyle I"

Characters	Gargoyle I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Rodney Ramos
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Father of Gremlin; 1st and Last App. Hulk Vol.1 #1

3 page Ghaur character profile "Ghaur"

Characters	Ghaur
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Brent Anderson
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Eternals Vol.2 #2; Last App. Eternals Vol.2 #12 (Mostly Dead)

2 page Grand Director character profile "Grand Director"

Characters	Grand Director
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Fred Kida
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Captain America Vol.1 #153; Last App. Captain America Vol.1 #155

3 page Green Goblin I character profile "Green Goblin I"

Characters	Green Goblin I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Tom Morgan
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Norman Osborne; Father of Green Goblin II (Harry); 1st App. Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 #14; Last App. Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 #122 (Mostly Dead)

3 page Grim Reaper character profile "Grim Reaper"

Characters	Grim Reaper
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Ian Akin
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Eric Williams; Brother of Wonder Man; 1st App. Avengers Vol.1 #52; Last App. Vision and the Scarlet Witch Vol.2 #2 (Mostly Dead)

3 page Guardian I character profile "Guardian I"

Characters	Guardian I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	James MacDonald Hudson; 1st App. X-Men Vol.1 #109; Last App. Alpha Flight Vol.1 #12 (Mostly Dead)

2 page Hammer and Anvil character profile "Hammer and Anvil"

Characters	Hammer and Anvil
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Kevin Maguire
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Leroy Jackson and John Anvil; 1st App. Incredible Hulk Vol.1 #182; Last App. Marvel Fanfare #29

2 page Hangman character profile "Hangman"

Characters	Hangman
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Bill Sienkiewicz
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Harlan Krueger; 1st App. Werewolf By Night #11; Last App. Bizarre Adventures #31

2 page Harker, Quincy character profile "Harker, Quincy"

Characters	Harker, Quincy
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Tom Palmer
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Tomb of Dracula #7; Last App. Tomb of Dracula #70

3 page Harkness, Agatha character profile "Harkness, Agatha"

Characters	Harkness, Agatha
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Lee Weeks
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	1st App. Fantastic Four Vol.1 #94; Last App. Vision and the Scarlet Witch Vol.2 #3

3 page Hate Monger character profile "Hate Monger"

Characters	Hate Monger
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	John Byrne
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Adolf Hitler; 1st App. (I) Fantastic Four Vol.1 #21; Last App. (I) Super-Villain Team-Up #17; 1st App. (III) Fantastic Four Vol.1 #279; Last App. (III) Secret Wars Vol.1 #2

3 page Hobgoblin I character profile "Hobgoblin I"

Characters	Hobgoblin I
Genre	superhero
Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Pencils	Ron Frenz
Inks	Joe Rubinstein; James Fry; Phil Lord; Rodney Ramos
Colors	Andy Yanchus
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Edward "Ned" Leeds; 1st App (as Ned) Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 #18; 1st App. (as Hobgoblin) Amazing Spider-Man Vol.1 #238; Last App. Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1

1 page text article "Marvel Publications Alpha Flight Through Savage Tales"

Script	Mark Gruenwald; Peter Sanderson
Letters	Brenda Mings
Notes	Lists all Marvel Comics published from Alpha Flight through Savage Tales.