Publishers / Marvel / Machine Man (1978) / #17
17October 1980
$0.50

Machine Man #17

Marvel · October 1980

First appearance: Sunset BainFirst appearance: Madame Menace2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Machine Man (Marvel, 1978 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
October 1980
Key date
1980-10-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.50
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sunset Bain - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Madame Menace - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Madame Menace... She'll Tear You Apart!cover1pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Al Milgrom; letters: Joe RosenSunset Bain First, Machine Man, Madame Menace First, Aaron Stack
1Arms and the Robotcomic story17script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Nel Yomtov; letters: Peter KirchSunset Bain First, Machine Man, Madame Menace First, Aaron Stack
2-letters page1script: Tom DeFalco

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 0714860261310
Britishprice 0.15 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Machine Man by Kirby & Ditko: The Complete Collection #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7851-9577-1		2016On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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