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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.