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Issue: Amazing Adventures #17
Publication Date: March 1973
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Issues: #17 of 39 Issues (75 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/12/1972
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #91, November 1972.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.
reprinted 6 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Special #12 published November 1997 as Nascita della bestia [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagX-Men: Children of the Atom #[5] published January 2019
FlagX-Men Epic Collection #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2019
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Origin of the Beast!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagX-Men: Mutations #[nn] published December 1996
as Cover to Amazing Adventures #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The X-Men #7 [Regular Edition] published October 2008
as Origin of the Beast! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Classic X-Men #3 published January 2009
as Origin of the Beast! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Birth of the Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: You know what they say: "we can't go on meeting like this."
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Special #12 published November 1997
In Issue: FlagX-Men : l'intégrale #1972-1975 published November 2012
In Content Item: FlagX-Men: Mutations #[nn] published December 1996
as Birth of the Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pp. 1 & 20
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The X-Men #7 [Regular Edition] published October 2008
as Birth of the Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Classic X-Men #3 published January 2009
as Birth of the Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Single unified story composed out of edited versions of the back-up stories in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #49-53 with a new page at the beginning and end. This sequence is for the new framing pages (page 1 and page 20). Last Beast appearance in Amazing Adventures. Beast's next appearance in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #161. Jim Starlin's name is misspelled as "Starling" in credits.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Paul Martin (introduction); John
First Line: A Beast Is Born
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #49 published October 1968
was A Beast Is Born [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 2-5
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 12, origin of the Beast part 1, page 1 of the original story is not reprinted.
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This Boy--This Bombshell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Morty; Buddy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #50 published November 1968
was This Boy--This Bombshell! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 2-5
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 13, origin of the Beast part 2, page 1 of the original story is not reprinted.
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The Lure of the Beast-Nappers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #51 published December 1968
was The Lure of the Beast-Nappers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 3-5
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 14, origin of the Beast part 3, pages 1 and 2 of the original story are not reprinted.
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The Crimes of the Conquistador!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Joe; Tony
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #52 published January 1969
was The Crimes of the Conquistador! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 3-5
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 15, origin of the Beast part 4, pages 1 and 2 of the original story are not reprinted.
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Welcome to the Club, Beast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #53 published February 1969
was Welcome to the Club, Beast! [Story on Interior Page(s)]pages 2-5
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 16, origin of the Beast conclusion, page 1 of the original story is not reprinted.
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Four or Five Phenomenal Flashes, Fitfully Fashioned to Fight Lethargy! (Or: Those Wedding Bells Are Waking Up That Old Bullpen Gang of Mine!)

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan Lee's Soapbox; Items; Marvelous Marvel Mini-Items!; Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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