(March 1976)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.25 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Editing:
Marv Wolfman
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
Was ongoing

Havoc Is the Headmen! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Frank Giacoia ?; Mike Esposito ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Dan Crespi

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie]; Headmen [Gorilla Man [Arthur Nagan]; Dr. Jerold Morgan; Ruby]
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Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #3 lists Mike Esposito as inker.


Webbed Hands, Warm Heart! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Steve Gerber
Pencils:
Sal Buscema (layouts); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
Phil Rachelson [as Phil R.]
Letters:
Annette Kawecki [as Annette K.]
Job Number:
JV153

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Headmen [Chondu [Harvey Schlemerman]; Gorilla Man [Arthur Nagan]; Dr. Jerold Morgan; Ruby]; Hulk's baby deer; Jack Norriss; Cissy; Mitchell; George; Junie; Ludberdites of Zaar; Nebulon
Synopsis:
The Defenders fight the Headmen and manage to rescue Kyle Richmond's brain, only to have it fall into the hands of Nebulon.
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Indexer Notes

Jack Norriss in Nighthawk's body; Chondu in body of a fawn.


["Dear Everyone at 575 Madison Avenue, ..."] (Table of Contents)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Steve Gerber (replies)
Pencils:
Sal Buscema (illustrations)
Inks:
Vince Colletta (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Bruce Canwell, The Anonymous Letter-Writer, Mark Dooley, and John O'Neil.

Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

Two panels are reprinted from #29.

Page also contains Marvel Value Stamp Series B #41.

Second half of second page is a promotional advertisement for Crazy.


Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper (Table of Contents)

Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
Irving Watanabe

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Watson; Man Mountain Marko
Synopsis:
Peter uses the excuse of going out to get milk for his Hostess Cup Cakes so that he can capture Man Mountain Marko for the police.

Indexer Notes

Placed between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Havoc Is the Headmen!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Webbed Hands, Warm Heart!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. ["Dear Everyone at 575 Madison Avenue, ..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper
    Spider-Man; Hostess Cup Cakes
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Derek Reinhard
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Robert Wood
  • Tony R. Rose
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