([November] 1976)
Marvel,
1976 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- annually
- On-sale Date
- 1976-08-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [starburst]
- Barcode
- 0714860291865
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (editor)
In Final Battle!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Power Man [Luke Cage]]
- Reprints
-
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007) - in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #5 (2015) [Marvel Masterworks border trade dress], #5 (2015) [Original art printed.], #5 (2015)
- in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2023), #2 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover penciler credit provided 2011 by Al Milgrom.
World Gone Sane?
The Defenders / comic story / 35 pages
- Script
- Steve Gerber
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (finished art)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- Don Warfield
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- JV404
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Headmen [Gorilla Man [Arthur Nagan]; Ruby Thursday; Chondu the Mystic; Dr. Jerold Morgan]; Nebulon (Flashback); Jack Norriss; President Gerald Ford; Plantman [Sam Smithers] (Flashback; Cameo); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (Flashback; Cameo); Porcupine [Alex Gentry] (Flashback; Cameo); Ludberdites (Aliens)
- Synopsis
- Red Guardian and Nighthawk travel to France to stop Nebulon's Bozos and are captured by the Headmen. Power Man and Valkyrie travel to India to battle the Headmen and are captured and shrunken to inches tall. Jack Norriss confronts Ruby Thursday and is captured. The Headmen capture Dr. Strange and Nebulon. Hulk attacks the Headmen and rescues the rest of the Defenders and Nebulon gives up his quest to take over the Earth.
- Reprints
-
in Rampage Monthly (Marvel UK, 1978 series) #6, #7 (January 1979) [Pages 24-35] - in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #5 (2015)
- in The Defenders Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #2 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Valkyrie in gold costume
A Scintillating Soliloquy of Stunning Stories, Sagacious Sagas, and Senses-Shattering Super-Heroes!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Spider-Man! in the Spider-Man and the Fly!
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
In Final Battle!
The Defenders -
1.
World Gone Sane?
The Defenders -
2.
A Scintillating Soliloquy of Stunning Stories, Sagacious Sagas, and Senses-Shattering Super-Heroes!
Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
Spider-Man! in the Spider-Man and the Fly!
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Mark Boyer
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Matthew Thompson
- Steven Tice
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