The Defenders
#40
[British]
(October 1976)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel All-Colour Comics
- Barcode
- 0714860215210
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #40 [Regular Edition].
Mask of the Assassin?
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Alterations on Hulk's face by Romita.
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Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin!
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Steve Gerber (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited) (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (credited) (finished art)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson (credited)
- Colors
- Klaus Janson (credited as K. Janson)
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (credited)
- Job Number
- JV362
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Jack Norriss; Matt Murdock; Clea; Wong; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Senator Winthrop; The Elf with a Gun; Committee for Free Emigration; Mrs. Rosenzweig
- Synopsis
- The charges agains Valkyrie are dismissed thanks to some help from Matt Murdock. Valkyrie gets a new gold costume, that is given to her by Clea. Red Guardian is attacked by an anti-communist organization.
- Reprints
-
in Namor (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #8 - Submariner contre Spider-Man (3ème trimestre 1980) -
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
Story concludes in The Defenders Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #1.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Steve Gerber (replies)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Steve, Marv, Sal, and Klaus: ...
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Steve Wasson, Ed Norton, David LaSalle, and The Brain Police.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
A Ragbag of Riotous Repartee for Our Resplendently Rarefied Readership!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (signed as
Stan) (Stan's Soapbox); ? - Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Your Game is Specialized
Spalding Sports Equipment / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- sports
Indexer Notes
Ad for Spalding baseball gloves on the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mask of the Assassin?
The Defenders -
1.
Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin!
The Defenders -
2.
["Dear Steve, Marv, Sal, and Klaus: ..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
A Ragbag of Riotous Repartee for Our Resplendently Rarefied Readership!
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox -
4.
Your Game is Specialized
Spalding Sports Equipment
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- Derek Reinhard
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