(August 1978)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Bob Hall (Editor); Mary Jo Duffy (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
UPC 0714860215208
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Romita Jr (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Layton (signed)
- Colors:
- ? [credited to Carl Gafford, see notes]
- Letters:
- Rick Parker (?)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Hercules; Dollar Bill
- Reprinted:
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4
- in Defenders: Tournament of Heroes (Marvel, 2012 series) #1
Membership Madness! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- David Anthony Kraft
- Pencils:
- Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)
- Inks:
- Jim Mooney
- Colors:
- Bob Sharen
- Letters:
- John Costanza
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Hercules; Nova [Richard Rider]; Marvel Man [Wendell Vaughn]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Prowler [Hobie Brown]; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Paladin; Captain Ultra [Griffin Gogol]; Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Tagak; Havok [Alex Summers]; White Tiger [Hector Ayala]; Aragorn; Dollar Bill; The Presence [Sergei Krylov]; Lunatik (cameo flashback); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis:
- After Dollar Bill reveals the existance of the Defenders to the world, many super-heroes arrive to try to join the Defenders.
- Reprinted:
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4
- in Defenders: Tournament of Heroes (Marvel, 2012 series) #1
Indexer Notes
Dollar Bill's Documentary Disaster Part 1. Star Wars reference
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Patrick Lemaire
- Derek Reinhard
- Merlin Haas
- Gregg Whitmore
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Robert Wood
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Gafford
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
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