(September 1978)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860215209
Editing
Bob Harras (editor); Jo Duffy (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letters column this issue.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Tournament of Heroes! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as Joe Sinnott)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Tagak
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Cover Thumbnail for The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #63 Cover Thumbnail for The Defenders (1972 series) #63 [Whitman]
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Deadlier by the Dozen! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
David Anthony Kraft
Pencils
Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
Roger Slifer (credited as R. Slifer)
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
C966
First Line of Dialogue or Text
So! Funny-dressed men attack Hulk!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Prowler [Hobie Brown]; Iron Fist [Danny Rand]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; White Tiger [Hector Ayala]; Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Paladin; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Captain Ultra [Griffin Gogol]; Tagak; Marvel Man [Wendell Vaughn]; Whirlwind [David Cannon]; Sagittarius; Porcupine [Alex Gentry]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Batroc the Leaper [Georges Batroc]; Blob [Fred J. Dukes]; Electro [Max Dillon]; Looter [Norton G. Fester]; Plantman [Sam Smithers]; The Presence [Sergei Krylov]; Aragorn
Synopsis
Groups of villains, claiming to be Defenders, have started looting New York City. The Defenders and the prospective Defenders team up to stop them.
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The Hulk! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hulk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Tournament of Heroes!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Deadlier by the Dozen!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. The Hulk!
    Hulk
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
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  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Gregg Whitmore
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