The Defenders
#44
[Whitman]
(February 1977)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 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
- 0714860215202
- Editing
- Gerry Conway
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #44 [Regular Edition].
There exist further variants:
The Secret of the Red Rajah!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as JK); Al Milgrom (sketch)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed as AM)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Red Rajah
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Al Milgrom writes per e-mail that he did the cover sketch Kirby based the pencils on.
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Rage of the Rajah!
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (plot); Roger Slifer (dialogue); David Anthony Kraft (dialogue)
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (finished art)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Jack Norriss; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich] (cameo); Solarr [Silas King] (cameo); Lt. Kris Keating; Omar Karindu; Moondragon (cameo, flashback); The Avengers [Vision; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Scarlet Witch; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Beast] (flashback, cameo); Red Rajah
- Synopsis
- The Red Rajah captures the Hulk, Power Man and Nighthawk. Hellcat comes to the Defenders for help.
- Reprints
-
in Gamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #12 - Entre le Marteau et l'Enclume ! (4ème trimestre 1980) -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
-
Indexer Notes
Red Rajah is Dr. Strange taken over by the Star of Capistan.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Owing to the most unfortunate events...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Pierre Watson and Wayne Sallee.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors!
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.
The Secret of the Red Rajah!
The Defenders -
1.
Rage of the Rajah!
The Defenders -
2.
["Owing to the most unfortunate events..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
Of Vainglorious Vampires, Vanquished Villains, and Valiant Victors!
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Captain Marvel! and the Energy Crisis
Captain Marvel; Hostess Cup Cakes -
5.
Spider-Man and Captain America Ricochet to Freedom!
Spider-Man; Captain America; Ricochet Racers
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- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
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