(March 1975)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Len Wein
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was ongoing
Beware the Black Rain!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Klaus Janson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Anette Kawecki ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]
- Reprints:
-
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
-
Enter: The Headmen!
The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Gerber
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema
- Inks:
- Sal Trapani
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- John Costanza
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Thing [Ben Grimm] (Cameo); Headmen [Gorilla-Man [Arthur Nagan]; Jerold Morgan; Chondu the Mystic]; Mrs. Lafferty; Trixie Starr; Clea
- Synopsis:
- The Headmen unleash a wave of madness over the city to distract everyone while the commit jewel robberies.
- Reprints:
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
The Headmen are characters from three 1950s Marvel stories, further developed by Steve Gerber after those stories were reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #7 (December 1974).
Special Bullpen Note:
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Gerber (replies)
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers G. C. Hoover, Rick Vizachero, and Jana C. Hollingsworth.
Located between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beware the Black Rain!
The Defenders -
1.
Enter: The Headmen!
The Defenders -
2.
Special Bullpen Note:
Defenders Dialogue
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Nick Caputo
- Merlin Haas
- Dwayne Best
- Ramon Schenk
- Kauldi Gilibert
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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