(May 1978)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.35 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Barcode:
0714860215205
Editing:
Archie Goodwin
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
Was ongoing

Tyranny and Mutation! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
George Perez
Inks:
Tony DeZuniga
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie]; Aragorn
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Cover blurb refers to the Blue Oyster Cult.


Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 2 Tyranny and Mutation (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
David Anthony Kraft [as David A. Kraft]; Ed Hannigan
Pencils:
Ed Hannigan
Inks:
Dan Green (finisher)
Colors:
David Anthony Kraft [as David A. Kraft]
Letters:
Joe Rosen

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Devil-Slayer [Eric Simon Payne]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]]; Ort-Beast; Belathauzer; Vera Gemeni; Harvester of Eyes cult; Aragorn; Fyodr (Scientist); Vladimer (Scientist); Dollar Bill
Synopsis:
Nighthawk test out his new jetpack. Dr. Strange is trapped in a demon dimension by the Harvester of Eyes cult.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

The title of this issue is taken from an album by the band Blue Oyster Cult. Many other BOC references are sprinkled throughout the story. This information 2005 by Steven Tice.

Credits also read: "Dedicated to Transmaniacon M.C.".


["From where we sit, it looks as if..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
David Anthony Kraft (replies)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers M. E. Robbins, Commander Quotey (and His Lost Marvel Madmen), Wallace L. Hopkins, and Alain Lapalme.

Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.


Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold (Table of Contents)

Thor; Hostess Twinkies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sal Buscema
Inks:
Joe Sinnott
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Rosen

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Thor; Sif; Gudrun the Golden

Indexer Notes

Located between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Tyranny and Mutation!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 2 Tyranny and Mutation
    The Defenders
  3. 2. ["From where we sit, it looks as if..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold
    Thor; Hostess Twinkies
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Derek Reinhard
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Robert Wood
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Carl Gafford
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Ramon Schenk