Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	January 1974
Cover Price	0.20 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "The Mole Man Strikes Back!"

Characters	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Moloids
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Reprinted	In Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #1

19 page Spider-Man and Mr. Fantastic story "Chaos At The Earth's Core!"

Characters	Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell; Rick Jones]; Basilisk [Basil Elks] (villain); Mole Man [Harvey Elder] (villain); Moloids (villains)
Synopsis	Spider-Man recruits Reed Richards for a journey to the center of the Earth to rescue Captain Marvel.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Everybody [Sal Trapani; Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito]
Colors	Glynis Wein
Letters	Jean Izzo
Reprinted	In Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #1

1 page Mail it to Team-Up letters page "Mail it to Team-Up"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Jim Shutterly, Alan Markowitz and Peggie Meis.

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [January 1974]; Stan Lee's Soapbox"

Script	Stan Lee; ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Stan Lee column about the expanded letters pages and Marvel Bullpen Bulletins page, and the decrease in monthly titles. Congrats to Herb and Linda Trimpe's new baby - Alexander Spurlock Trimpe.