The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #17 (1987) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series)
Issue: #17
Publication date: August 1987
Key date: 1987-08-00
On-sale date: 1987
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.50; 0.40 GBP; 2.00 CAD
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Book of the Dead Deluxe Edition Part 2	cover	2	pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Josef Rubinstein
1	Veracity Quotient	credits, title page	1	script: Mark Gruenwald; letters: Brenda Mings
2	Destiny I	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Javier Saltares; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Destiny [Paul Destine]
3	DeWolff, Jean	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mark Texeira; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Jean DeWolff
4	Dorcas, Dr. Lemuel	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Hector Collazo; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Dr. Lemuel Dorcas
5	Doctor Sun	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Marc McLaurin; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Doctor Sun
6	Dorma	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Buscema; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Dorma
7	Dracula	character profile	4	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Dracula [Vlad Dracula]
8	Drax The Destroyer	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Drax The Destroyer [Arthur Douglas]
9	Eel I	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Jim Lee; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Eel [Leopold Stryke]
10	Egghead	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Egghead [Elihas Starr]
11	Enforcer	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Rudy Nebres; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Enforcer [Charles Delazny Jr.]
12	Executioner	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Keith Pollard; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Executioner [Skurge]
13	Fafnir	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Walt Simonson; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Fafnir
14	Farouk, Amahl	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Marc Siry; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Amahl Farouk [The Shadow King]
15	Firebrand	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Steve Rude; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Firebrand [Gary Gilbert]
16	Foolkiller I	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kevin Nowlan; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Foolkiller
17	Fury, Jacob	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Jacob Fury [Scorpio]
18	Gamora	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Josef Rubinstein; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Gamora
19	Gargoyle I	character profile	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Rodney Ramos; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Gargoyle
20	Ghaur	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Brent Anderson; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Ghaur
21	Grand Director	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Fred Kida; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Grand Director
22	Green Goblin I	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Tom Morgan; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Green Goblin [Norman Osborn]
23	Grim Reaper	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ian Akin; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Grim Reaper [Eric Williams]
24	Guardian	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]
25	Hammer and Anvil	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Kevin Maguire; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Leroy Hammer; John Anvil
26	Hangman	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Hangman [Harlan Krueger]
27	Harker, Quincy	character profile	2	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Tom Palmer; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Quincy Harker
28	Harkness, Agatha	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Lee Weeks; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Agatha Harkness
29	Hate Monger	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Hate Monger [Adolf Hitler]; Hate Monger [the third Hate Monger, name unknown]
30	Hobgoblin I	character profile	3	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Josef Rubinstein, James Fry, Phil Lord, Rodney Ramos; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Brenda Mings	Hobgoblin [Edward Leeds; Ned Leeds]
31	Marvel Publications Alpha Flight Through Savage Tales	text article	1	script: Mark Gruenwald, Peter Sanderson; letters: Brenda Mings

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