The Defenders
#43
[Regular Edition]
(January 1977)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-10-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860215201
- Editing
- Gerry Conway (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #136.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Face it, Pilgrim-- This Is the Big One!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jim Novak ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts]
- Reprints
-
in I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1979 series) #7 (Novembre 1979) -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
-
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This World Is Mine!
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- Klaus Janson
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Job Number
- C-39
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts] (origin retold); Egghead; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Solarr [Silas King]; Red Rajah; Clea; Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); X-Men [Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Angel [Warren Worthington III]] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Egghead, Rhino and Solarr arrive in New York to take the Star of Capistan. The Defenders stop them and the Colbalt Man, but the Star of Capistan has taken over the body of Dr. Strange and become the Red Rajah.
- Reprints
-
in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #9 - Thor contre l'Etranger (2ème trimestre 1980) - in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #6 (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Red Rajah is Dr. Strange taken over by the Star of Capistan.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Byrne (illustration)
- Inks
- John Byrne (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Steve, Sal and Klaus, First of all ...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Valkyrie
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Melvin J. McCauley, Tim Ludlow, Gary Morgan, and Paul Butler.
Shows John Byrne's redesigned Valkyrie costume.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Spider-Man and Captain America Ricochet to Freedom!
Ricochet Racers / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Of Ugsome Usurpers, Utopic Uncos, and Unearthly Utterances!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Captain Marvel! and the Energy Crisis
Captain Marvel; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Face it, Pilgrim-- This Is the Big One!
The Defenders -
1.
This World Is Mine!
The Defenders -
2.
["Dear Steve, Sal and Klaus, First of all ..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
Spider-Man and Captain America Ricochet to Freedom!
Ricochet Racers -
4.
Of Ugsome Usurpers, Utopic Uncos, and Unearthly Utterances!
Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
Captain Marvel! and the Energy Crisis
Captain Marvel; Hostess Cup Cakes -
6.
Ricohet to Freedom!
Ricochet Racers
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- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
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