(July 1975)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Len Wein
- Format:
- Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
Three Stand Beside Them! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia ?; Al Milgrom ?; Mike Esposito ?; John Romita (Hulk and Cage heads)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]]; Sons of the Serpent
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
Indexer Notes
Possible Milgrom credit by Nick Caputo, Jan 2011. Marvel Comics Index #3 lists Mike Esposito as inker.
The Serpent Sheds its Skin (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Steve Gerber
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema
- Inks:
- Jack Abel
- Colors:
- Petra Goldberg
- Letters:
- Ray Holloway
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Yellowjacket [Dr. Hank Pym]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Sons of the Serpent; Clea; Tom Pritchett; Linda Pritchett; Elf with a gun; J.C. Pennysworth; Jack Norriss
- Synopsis:
- Son of Satan and Power Man free the rest of the Defenders and follow the clues to find the person behind the Sons of the Serpent organization. The Elf with a gun kills Tom and Linda Pritchett.
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2
Indexer Notes
Serpents underwater headquarters leads to J. C. Pennysworth's office (Trustee of Kyle Richmond(Nighthawk))
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Merlin Haas
- 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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