Doctor Fate #17 was published by DC Comics on May 1, 1990, as part of a series that began in 1988. J.M. DeMatteis writes, and art comes from Lovern Kindzierski, Richard Ory and Shawn McManus. This 36-page issue features Eric Strauss, Linda Strauss, Raina Di Bella, Eugene Di Bella and The Guide, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.