Giant-Size Defenders #1

(July 1974)

The Way They Were! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tony Isabella

Pencils:

Jim Starlin

Inks:

Al Milgrom

Colors:

Jim Starlin; Petra Goldberg

Letters:

Dave Hunt

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie]; Clea; Wong; Mister Rasputin

Synopsis:

Valkyrie learns the origins of the Hulk, Namor and Dr. Strange and the Defenders stop Rasputin.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #1 (20 Marzo 1975) [in part]
• in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #2 (4 Aprile 1975) [in part]
• in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([December] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Valkyrie calls Dr. Strange's house Defenders' Headquarters; 9 new pages spread around 3 reprints of Hulk, Sub-Mariner and Dr. Strange, and a 2 page splash pin-up

Banished to Outer Space (Table of Contents)

Hulk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hulk [Bruce Banner] (Brief Origin); Thunderbolt Ross; Rick Jones

Synopsis:

The military captures Rick and Ross convinces him that they need the Hulk to test a new experimental rocket for national security; Rick tricks the jade giant into the capsule but once it is shot into space, he realizes that Ross deceived him to get rid of his foe; Rick overrides the programming and returns the rocket to earth but not before Banner (he transformed back to his human form when the rocket came into view of the sun) is doused with further radiation; The Hulk is now unable to revert to his human form and is under Rick's control but only while Rick remains awake.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series) #3 (September 1962)

Bird of Prey! (Table of Contents)

Sub-Mariner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sub-Mariner; Princess Fen

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1954 series) #41 (August 1955)

To Catch a Magician! (Table of Contents)

Dr. Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dennis O'Neil

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; occult

Characters:

Doctor Strange; Mr. Rasputin

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #145 (June 1966)

The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer (Table of Contents)

Silver Surfer / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Frank Giacoia

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Silver Surfer; Quasimodo

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (November 1967)

The Dynamic Defenders! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 ([December] 2010)