(September 1974)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Published 8 times a year.
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas
- Format:
- Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series
Panic at the Earth's Core! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema; John Romita (alterations)
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoa; Mike Esposito; John Romita (alterations)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Blob; Unus]
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Updated credits by Nick Caputo, Feb 2011; Marvel Comics index #3 lists Sal Buscema as penciler and inker.
Panic Beneath the Earth! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Len Wein
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)
- Inks:
- Klaus Janson
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- John Costanza
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Pennysworth; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Mastermind; Unus; Blob; Lorelei]; Avengers [Vision; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]] (in flasback); Alpha the Ultimate Mutant
- Synopsis:
- The Defenders battle against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. During the battle Magneto finishes his creation of Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010)
Indexer Notes
Nighthawk gets a new uniform; Comet Kohoutek upsets the balance of magnetic forces so Magneto freed himself
["Dear Roy, Stan, Sal, and Len, I have just..."] (Table of Contents)
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- {various} (illustrations)
- Inks:
- {various} (illustrations)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Mark Del Vecchio, Brian Richards, Ed Farbarik, Mike Cruden and Michael Verderosa.
Also contains a Marvel Value Stamp, Series A #8 (Captain America).
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Panic Beneath the Earth!
The Defenders -
2.
["Dear Roy, Stan, Sal, and Len, I have just..."]
Defenders Dialogue
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Derek Reinhard
- Mike Nielsen
- Patrick Lemaire
- Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Robert Wood
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Gafford
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
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