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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published August 1998
Cover Price $1.99/$2.80 CAD
Pages 38
Editing Tom Brevoort; Gregg Schigiel (assistant)
Notes This issue has a gatefold cover.

Cover Details

Characters Thunderbolts [Atlas; Jolt; Mach-1; Meteorite; Songbird]; Graviton
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna
Notes This issue has a gatefold cover.

2 page Thunderbolts recap "Recap"

Genre Superhero
Script Kurt Busiek ?
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna
Notes Recap of prior issues and character listing. This is on the inside of the gatefold cover. Design by Comicraft's John Marasigan.

22 page Thunderbolts story "Matters of Gravity"

Characters Thunderbolts [Atlas [Erik Josten]; Jolt [Hallie Takahama]; Mach-1 [Abe Jenkins]; Meteorite [Dr. Karla Sofen]; Songbird [Melissa Gold]]; Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Techno [Paul Norbert Ebersol]; Citizen V; Lightning Rods [Big Bertha [Ashley Crawford]; Dinah Soar; Doorman [DeMarr Davis]; Flatman [Val Ventura]; Mr. Immortal [Craig Hollis]]; Hulk robot; Graviton [Franklin Hall]
Synopsis Graviton is back! Graviton is bad! And Graviton has the Lightning Rods and the Thunderbolts completely on the ropes! Plus: Atlas is forced to deal with the repercussions of what's happened to his family... and Baron Zemo's plan for revenge leads to a climactic showdown! [per next issue box]
Genre Super-hero
Script Kurt Busiek
Pencils Mark Bagley
Inks Scott Hanna
Colors Joe Rosas
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Siobhan Hanna

1 page Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Script Stan Lee
Letters Typeset
Notes Stan's Soapbox. Miscellaneous Marvel items. Marvel Comics checklist for the week of June 24, 1998.

1 page letters page "Rap Sheet"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.