The Defenders #28 [Regular Edition]
(October 1975)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1975-07-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #120 (July 1975).
This issue has variants:

Enter: Starhawk! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson (sourced)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Annette Kawecki ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Badoon; Starhawk
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My Mother, The Badoon! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (layouts, breakdowns); Frank Giacoia (credited) (finished art); John Tartaglione (credited as John Tartag) (finished art)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited); John Tartaglione (credited as John Tartag)
Colors
Al Wenzel (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Doctor Strange; Nighthawk; Valkyrie; Hulk]; Badoon; Guardians of the Galaxy [Martinex; Yondu; Vance Astro; Charlie-27; Starhawk]
Synopsis
Nighthawk, Charlie-27 and Martinex are captured by the Badoon. Starhawk helps Vance Astro and Valkyrie return to Earth. Hulk and Yondu are forced to enter the Super-Death Sweepstakes.
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Indexer Notes

First full appearance of Starhawk after a cameo in the previous issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Gerber (replies)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marvel People, The guest star bonanza...
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Mark Caldwell, Scott Jeffrey, Tom Bond, and "the snake".

Placed between pages 12 and 13 of the main sequence.

The King Is Back! 'Nuff Said! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter: Starhawk!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. My Mother, The Badoon!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. ["Dear Marvel People, The guest star bonanza..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. The King Is Back! 'Nuff Said!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
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