CATALOG RECORD

Amazing Adventures #17

Marvel · Series began 1970 · March 1973

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Dates

Cover date: March 1973
On sale: December 12, 1972
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition20¢ cover
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UK pence edition0.06 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.06 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: Jim Starlin, Werner Rothinks: Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, John Verpoorten, John Tartaglioneletters: Gaspar Saladino, Denise Wohl, Irv Watanabe, Herb Cooper, Sam Rosen, Jean Simekscript: Steve Englehart, Arnold Drake, Stan Leeediting: Stan Lee

Stories

Birth of the Beast! · 2 pages
This Boy--This Bombshell! · 4 pages
The Lure of the Beast-Nappers! · 3 pages
The Crimes of the Conquistador! · 3 pages
Welcome to the Club, Beast! · 4 pages

Publisher’s description

Birth of the Beast. See how Hank McCoy went from man to mutant to...monster?

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierProfessor XErik LehnsherrMagnetoMarvel GirlAngelEdna McCoyNorton McCoyConquistadorChicoRobert McCoy

Reprinted in

X-Men: Mutations (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), Essential Classic X-Men (2006), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019)