(January 1975)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.50 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- quarterly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- ISBN:
- ?
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Roy Thomas
- Format:
- Standard Modern US color comic; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
When the Grandmaster plays-- the prize is Earth!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Ron Wilson?
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie (Inset only)]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Grandmaster
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Possible Wilson cover penciler credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Marvel Comics Index #3 lists Gil Kane as penciler & Mike Esposito as inker.
Games Godlings Play!
The Defenders / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Gerber (script, plot); Jim Starlin (plot); Len Wein (plot)
- Pencils:
- Jim Starlin (layouts); Dan Adkins (finished art); Don Newton (finished art); Jim Mooney (finished art)
- Inks:
- Dan Adkins (pages 1-7, 10-11, 22-27, 43); Don Newton (pages 14-19, 31-36, 38); Jim Mooney (pages 8-9, 30, 37, 39, 44)
- Colors:
- Glynis Wein
- Letters:
- Charlotte Jetter
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Grandmaster; Kang (in flashback); Avengers [Goliath; Iron Man; Captain America; Thor] (in flashback); Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Dr. Spectrum; Whizzer; Nighthawk] (in flashback); Dr. Doom (in flashback); Nick Fury (in flashback); Prime Mover; Aragorn; Takkor; Grott, the Man-Slayer; Korvac
- Synopsis:
- The Grandmaster and the Prime Mover play a game for the fate of the Earth. The Grandmaster selects the Defenders for his "pieces" and the Prime Mover selects several alien "pieces" and combat begins.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Dean Mullaney and Mary Jo Duffy
The World Destroyers!
Sub-Mariner / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Everett
- Pencils:
- Bill Everett
- Inks:
- Bill Everett
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Bill Everett
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Sub-Mariner; Betty Dean
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Sub-Mariner Comics (Marvel, 1954 series) #38 (February 1955)
Indexer Notes
The GCD credits Bill Everett (pencils, inks, script) in the original.
The House of Shadows!
Dr. Strange / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Doctor Strange
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #120 (May 1964)
- in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #86/87 ([Novembre 1978])
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Games Godlings Play!
The Defenders -
2.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
The World Destroyers!
Sub-Mariner -
4.
The House of Shadows!
Dr. Strange
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Robert Wood
- Tony R. Rose
All portions of the Grand Comics Database that are subject to copyright are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.