(November 1973)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.20 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Published 8 times a year.
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas
- Format:
- Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series
Break-Through! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Romita [as JR] (signed)
- Inks:
- John Romita [as JR] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor; Hulk
- Reprinted:
- in Avengers / Defenders War (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn] (March 2002)
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010)
Breakthrough! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Englehart
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema
- Inks:
- Frank Bolle
- Colors:
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Tom Orzechowski [as T. Orz]
- Job Number:
- 1600Z
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Hulk; Silver Surfer; Doctor Strange; Valkyrie]; Asti; Dormammu; Loki (flashback); Avengers [Thor; Mantis; Hawkeye; Black Panther; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Swordsman; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Captain America [Steve Rogers]]
- Synopsis:
- Thor battles Hulk and the Avengers and the Defenders unite to take on Dormammu and Loki.
- Reprinted:
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #49 (1975)
- in Avengers / Defenders War (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn] (March 2002)
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010)
- in Marvel Classic (Panini Comics (fr), 2011 Series) #4 (November 2011)
Indexer Notes
Chapters 9 and 10 of Defenders versus Avengers. Story continues next in Avengers #118.
["Dear Bullpen (maybe I should say "Everyone at Marvel"),"] (Table of Contents)
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Englehart
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Billy Kelly, Dennis O'Conner and Rick Feefe.
The Conqueror Is Dead! (Table of Contents)
King Kull / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Ploog
- Inks:
- Mike Ploog
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sword and sorcery
- Characters:
- King Kull
Indexer Notes
House ad, with cover art, for Kull the Destroyer #11 (November 1973), advertised as "Now On Sale".
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Breakthrough!
The Defenders -
2.
["Dear Bullpen (maybe I should say "Everyone at Marvel"),"]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
The Conqueror Is Dead!
King Kull
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- Patrick Lemaire
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Ramon Schenk
- Derek Reinhard
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- Bob Klein
- Robert Wood
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Gafford
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
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