(2020 [June 2021])

Marvel, 2020 Series
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Volume
1
Price
100.00 USD; 125.00 CAD
Pages
776
On-sale Date
2021-04-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Brand
Marvel Omnibus
ISBN
978-1-302-92859-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781302928599 59999
Printer
İmak Offset, Esenyurt, Istanbul, Turkey
Editing
Cory Sedlmeier (credited) (collection editor)

Issue Notes

Collects stories from:
Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1968 series) #183
Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 series) #22, 34-35
Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #126
Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #1-3
The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #1-19
Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #1-2
The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #115-118
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jorge Molina (credited) (signed as JM [in box])
Inks
Jorge Molina (credited) (signed as JM [in box])
Colors
Jorge Molina (credited) (signed as JM [in box])

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 5 pages (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams; Gil Kane
Inks
Neal Adams; Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Squadron Sinister [Doctor Spectrum [Billy Roberts]; Hyperion; Whizzer [Jim Sanders]

Indexer Notes

Characters from the covers of Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 and The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #13.

Contents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]
Reprints
  • Characters from pin-up in The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #6.

The Non-Group Group (Table of Contents: 4)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (signed as Roy)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's an oft-quoted line from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin:
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dated 2008.

[Doctor Strange #183] (Table of Contents: 5)

Doctor Strange / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Reprints

They Walk by Night! (Table of Contents: 6)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Gene Colan (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Tom Palmer
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Neither titan nor tempest must keep me from my destination!
Feature Logo
Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Clea; Wong; Eternity (cameo); Kenneth Ward (death); Undying Ones (introduction)
Synopsis
Kenneth Ward, explorer and old friend of Strange, discovers an idol of the Undying Ones. Strange defeats 3 demons who want the idol. Ward dies of heart failure.
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[Sub-Mariner #22] (Table of Contents: 7)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marie Severin (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Feature Logo
Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
Reprints

The Monarch and the Mystic! (Table of Contents: 8)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Marie Severin (credited)
Inks
Johnny Craig (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the hour that I have longed for, these dark days past!
Feature Logo
Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dorma; Ikthon; Vashti; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nameless One (villain; introduction); Undying Ones; Joella Ward; Kenneth Ward (flashback)
Synopsis
While Namor is being cured of his inability to breath under water, Doctor Strange implants information in his unconscious mind that leads him to Boston and the Idol of the Undying Ones.
Reprints

[The Incredible Hulk #126] (Table of Contents: 9)

Hulk / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Herb Trimpe (signed as Trimpe)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (signed as Trimpe)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hulk is doomed! He'll never defeat... the Night-Crawler!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Night-Crawler; Undying Ones; Nameless One; Barbara
Reprints

...Where Stalks the Night-Crawler! (Table of Contents: 10)

Hulk / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
118
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bruce Banner lies, frail and fallen, upon a barren hillside...
Feature Logo
The Incredible Hulk!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Barbara; Betty Ross; Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Nameless One; Undying Ones; Night-Crawler (introduction); Jack Van Nyborg
Synopsis
Exhausted after his battle with the Absorbing Man, Bruce Banner is taken to a mysterious mansion where he becomes the target of an evil cult who desires to bring the Undying Ones to Earth. Banner is sent to another dimension where he turns into the Hulk and faces the Night-Crawler. Destroying the Night-Crawler's realm, Hulk and his foe are teleported to the realm of the Undying Ones where Night-Crawler fights his ancient foes while Hulk rescues a trapped Doctor Strange and the two return to Earth.
Reprints

[Sub-Mariner #34] (Table of Contents: 11)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
Reprints

Titans Three! (Table of Contents: 12)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
395-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hulk swam far--swam hard--to get here!
Feature Logo
Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Vashti; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Dorma; El General
Synopsis
Sub-Mariner, Silver Surfer and the Hulk help the citizens of a small Central American country overthrow El General.
Reprints

[Sub-Mariner #35] (Table of Contents: 13)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema; Herb Trimpe (see notes)
Inks
Sal Buscema; Herb Trimpe (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Goliath [Clint Barton]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Trimpe redrew the Hulk's face. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2011.

Confrontation! (Table of Contents: 14)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tell Hulk again--why we're all three here!
Feature Logo
Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision; Thor [Donald Blake]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (flashback); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (flashback)]; Dorma; Ikthon; Colonel Willis
Synopsis
Sub-Mariner, Hulk and Silver Surfer band together to try to stop a military weather-control experiment from being tested. The military calls for the Avengers.
Reprints

[Marvel Feature #1] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
Reprints

The Day of the Defenders! (Table of Contents: 16)

The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And there shall come a day...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]] (introduction, origin); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Wong; Yandroth (death); Omegatron (introduction)
Synopsis
The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron.
Reprints
Keywords
astral form; Cloak of Levitation; Eye of Agamotto; Greenwich Village; Maine; Point Promontory; Sanctum Sanctorum

The Return! (Table of Contents: 17)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The time is a night, not many weeks ago:...
Feature Logo
Dr. Strange Master of the Mystic Arts!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange); Wong; Ancient One; Baron Mordo
Synopsis
Stephen Strange becomes Doctor Strange again to stop Baron Mordo.
Reprints
Keywords
astral form; Cloak of Levitation; Eye of Agamotto; Greenwich Village; occult; Sanctum Sanctorum

[Marvel Feature #2] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Dormammu
Reprints

Indexer Notes

John Buscema pencils and Romita alterations on Sub-Mariner's face per Nick Caputo, August 2012.

Nightmare on Bald Mountain! (Table of Contents: 19)

The Defenders / comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
750 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They call it Bald Mountain--yet it resembles nothing so much as a great slouching monster...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Ancient One (illusion); Wong; Clea; Roy Thomas; Jeanie Thomas; Tom Fagan; Dormammu
Synopsis
Doctor Strange, Hulk and Namor travel to Rutland, Vermont to stop a cult from releasing Dormammu into our dimension.
Reprints

[Marvel Feature #3] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Ralph Reese
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Xemnu
Reprints

A Titan Walks Among Us! (Table of Contents: 21)

The Defenders / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
8222
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Space capsule Castor-and-Pollux I hit the earth's tainted atmosphere...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Jim Wilson; Thunderbolt Ross; Calvin Beame; Richmond Wagner; Xemnu
Synopsis
Alien conqueror Xemnu uses his mental powers, broadcast through a kids' television show, to try and enslave mankind. The combined forces of the Defenders must rise to stop him.
Reprints

[The Defenders #1] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Necrodamus; Nameless One
Reprints

I Slay by the Stars! (Table of Contents: 23)

The Defenders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
943Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Star spangled: covered with stars--like the heavens on this mild New Jersey eve.
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Necrodamus (introduction); Nameless One; Omegatron (cameo)
Synopsis
Necrodamus attempts to sacrifice Namor to the Nameless One. Omegatron starts it's countdown again.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charles Meyerson, Frank Balazs, and Charles A. Grabert.

[The Defenders #2] (Table of Contents: 25)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Calizuma
Reprints

The Secret of the Silver Surfer! (Table of Contents: 26)

The Defenders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
John Verpoorten (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
793Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It has been two months, Sub-Mariner.
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Calizuma (introduction); Warrior Wizards; Omegatron (cameo)
Synopsis
Doctor Strange, Namor and Hulk travel to Asia to find out why Silver Surfer attacked Namor.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Roger Payton, Rick Keefe and Bob Rozakis.

[The Defenders #3] (Table of Contents: 28)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane; John Buscema (see notes)
Inks
Gil Kane; Sal Buscema (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Barbara; Nameless One
Reprints

Indexer Notes

John Buscema and Sal Buscema drew the Silver Surfer figure.

Four Against the Gods (Table of Contents: 29)

The Defenders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Jim Mooney (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark, the vacant intersetllar spaces, the vacant into the vacant...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Warrior Wizards; Barbara; Nameless One
Synopsis
The Defenders try to help Silver Surfer leave the Earth by taking him to another dimension. They encounter the Nameless One and free Barbara.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Tim Pouncey, Lawrence Schick, and Dolores Temble.

[The Defenders #4] (Table of Contents: 31)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema; Jim Starlin (layouts)
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jim Starlin confirmed that he produced the cover rough for John Buscema.

The New Defender! (Table of Contents: 32)

The Defenders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1135Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere in the British Isles, there are brutish snarls this nippy November night...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Valkyrie [Barbara] (introduction); Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Aragorn; Executioner [Skurge]; Enchantress [Amora]; Fragon (introduction); Casiolena; Omegatron (cameo)
Synopsis
Enchantress transforms Barbara into the Valkyrie and turns the Black Knight to stone. Valkyrie takes Aragorn as her horse. Omegatron down to 89 hundredths of a second.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Robert A. Gillis, Steve Clement, and Thor Gerlach.

[The Defenders #5] (Table of Contents: 34)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
John Verpoorten
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Omegatron
Reprints

World Without End? (Table of Contents: 35)

The Defenders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Charlotte Jetter (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1250Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who is she? As this lithe lady strides the streets of New York's Greenwich Village...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Betty Prentiss; Namorita; Omegatron
Synopsis
The Defenders stop Omegatron from destroying the Earth.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lawrence Ross, Mark Gervais, Ted Pairabeis, Mike Shonk, and Gary W. Crealy.

[The Defenders #6] (Table of Contents: 37)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Morrie Kuramoto

First Line of Dialogue or Text
`
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Cyrus Black
Reprints

The Dreams of Death! (Table of Contents: 38)

The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Dave Hunt (credited as David Hunt)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Cyrus Black (introduction); Nebuchadnezzar (introduction)
Synopsis
Cyrus Black attacks Doctor Strange and is forced to deal with the Defenders.
Reprints

The Dynamic Defenders! (Table of Contents: 39)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (signed as Steve)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed as Sal)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here it is! For those of you who claimed our dazzling Defenders pin-up a few months back...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Thomas J. Chambers and Giacinto Santacroce.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for Monsters Unleashed! (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 on sale March 20th.

The Keys to the Most Fun Ride on the Planet (Table of Contents: 42)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited) (signed as Steve Englehart)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Marvel asked me to write an afterword for this one hundredth Masterworks...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dated 2008.

What's a "War" Among Friends? (Table of Contents: 43)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited) (signed as Steve Englehart)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Around my time with them, the Defenders went through a number of distinct phases.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dated 2010.

[The Defenders #7] (Table of Contents: 44)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita ?; Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Attuma
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Romita pencils and Romita or Esposito inks per Nick Caputo, September 2012. Marvel Comics Index #3 credits Marie Severin as penciler and John Verpoorten as inker.

War Below the Waves! (Table of Contents: 45)

The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited) (plot, pages 1-7); Len Wein (credited) (pages 8-19)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank Bolle (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
June Braverman (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1449Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Uhhh! Namor! Look!
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Aragorn; Wong; Clea; Attuma; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
Synopsis
Hawkeye and the Defenders try to stop an attack on Atlantic City by Attuma and end up captured by Attuma and the Red Ghost.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Brian Earl Brown, Sgt. Dave Hull, and Curtis Collins.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Conan
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House Ad for Savage Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #2 on sale June 26.

[The Defenders #8] (Table of Contents: 48)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
Reprints

...If Atlantis Should Fall! (Table of Contents: 49)

The Defenders / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1513Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My will is your will, Sub-Mariner--and I order you: kill the Defenders!
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Clea; Wong; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]; Attuma
Synopsis
Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer and Hulk free the rest of the Defenders and Hawkeye from Attuma and the Red Ghost.
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Prologue: Alliance Most Foul! (Table of Contents: 50)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Bob Brown (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The frantic godling hurtles directly toward massive jagged boulders...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Loki; Dormammu
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 1: Deception!! (Table of Contents: 51)

The Defenders / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Charlotte Jetter (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have brought the Defenders here-- and you, too, Hawkeye...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Dormammu; Loki
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Robert Lowrey, Christopher Coleman and Mark H. Kernes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita; John Buscema
Inks
John Romita; Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Twin triumphs from Mighty Marvel!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House Ad for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #9 and Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #10.

[The Avengers #116] (Table of Contents: 54)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 2: Betrayal! (Table of Contents: 55)

The Avengers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Bob Brown (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1568Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Odin's Blood! I did but place my hand 'pon the latch to Dr. Strange's abode...
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Mantis; Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Wong; Dormammu; Loki; Prester John [Johann] (flashback); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback); Wyatt Wingfoot (flashback); Aragorn
Synopsis
Silver Surfer battles Vision and the Scarlet Witch atop a volcano for a piece of the weapon called the Evil Eye.
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 56)

The Avengers / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
John Costanza
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is all very odd!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Chapter 3 Defenders crossover. Continues in The Defenders (Marvel 1972 series) #9.

[The Defenders #9] (Table of Contents: 57)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]]
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 4: Divide... and Conquer (Table of Contents: 58)

The Defenders / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1545 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dr. Strange! Dr. Strange!!
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Vision]; Mantis; Loki
Synopsis
Iron Man fights Hawkeye and Doctor Strange fights Black Panther and Mantis.
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 5 (Table of Contents: 59)

The Defenders / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There it is, Valkyrie: Monterrey, Mexico!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Martin Figueras
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 6 (Table of Contents: 60)

The Defenders / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Job Number
1545 Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere in this field of corn lies a piece of the Evil Eye!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]]; Mantis
Reprints

A Personal Plea from Your Blushin' Bullpen: (Table of Contents: 61)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He, amigo-- Wanna have your name eternally stored in our might Marvel time capsule?
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Survey.

[The Avengers #117] (Table of Contents: 62)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Defenders [Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War, Interlude] Holocaust (Table of Contents: 63)

The Avengers / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Bob Brown (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); June Braverman (credited) (page 2)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1642Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is this?
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Mantis; Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Dormammu; Loki
Synopsis
The Swordsman fights Valkrie and Captain America fights the Sub-Mariner. Captain America and Sub-Mariner begin to realize that the two teams have been set up to fight each other by someone else.
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 7 (Table of Contents: 64)

The Avengers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
June Braverman
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At last-- the jungles of Bolivia!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]]; Defenders [Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 8 (Table of Contents: 65)

The Avengers / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Frank McLaughlin (see notes)
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
June Braverman
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

Job Number
1642Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meanwhile, half a world away, in downtown Osaka, Japan...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]]; Defenders [Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters page from The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #13 mentions that inker credit for Frank McLaughlin was accidentally left out.

[The Defenders #10] (Table of Contents: 66)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita (signed as JR)
Inks
John Romita (signed as JR)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake]
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 9: Breakthrough! (Table of Contents: 67)

The Defenders / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank Bolle (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Tom Orzechowski (credited as T. Orz) (pages 2-10)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

Job Number
1600Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Run! It's the Hulk!
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Mantis
Synopsis
Thor battles Hulk and the Avengers and the Defenders unite to take on Dormammu and Loki.
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 10: United We Stand! (Table of Contents: 68)

The Defenders / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Bolle
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Four pieces of the Evil Eye!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Mantis; Asti; Dormammu; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida] (flashback); Loki (flashback)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Chapters 10 of Defenders versus Avengers. Story continues next in Avengers #118.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 69)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Billy Kelly, Dennis O'Conner and Rick Feefe.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 70)

Kull / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Ploog
Inks
Mike Ploog
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Conqueror is dead!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Kull
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad, with cover art, for Kull the Destroyer #11 (November 1973), advertised as "Now On Sale".

[The Avengers #118] (Table of Contents: 71)

The Avengers / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Dormammu; Loki
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 11] To the Death! (Table of Contents: 72)

The Avengers / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Bob Brown (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited); Frank Giacoia (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (pages 2-19)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hold the creatures back, but don't injure them!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Avengers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]; Mantis; Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Watcher (Uatu); Dormammu; Loki; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Inhumans [Black Bolt; Gorgon; Karnak] (cameo); Power Man [Luke Cage] (cameo); Ka-Zar (cameo); Zabu (cameo); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (cameo); Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (cameo); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo); Dracula (cameo); Adam Warlock (cameo); Thanos (cameo)
Synopsis
The Avengers and the Defenders stop Dormammu's plan to invade their dimension. Vision malfunctions.
Reprints

[The Defenders #11] (Table of Contents: 73)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Chandu
Reprints

[Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 12] A Dark and Stormy Knight (Table of Contents: 74)

The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank Bolle (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Tom Orzechowski (credited as Tom Orz) (pages 2-19)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We've done it-- at last!
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Mantis; Nick Fury; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Prester John [Johann]; King Richard; Prince John; Modred; Chandu; Temax
Synopsis
The Defenders help restore the Black Knight to life after Enchantress turned him to stone. They travel to the 12th century and the Black Knight decides to stay there.
Reprints

[The Defenders #12] (Table of Contents: 75)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Xemnu
Reprints

The Titan Strikes Back! (Table of Contents: 76)

The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Jack Abel (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter (credited) (pages 2-19)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
To look at him, you would not think that the Emerald Behemoth who lumbers this day thru the great amearican heartland...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Wong; Xemnu; Sub-Mariner [Namor] (flashback); Enchantress [Amora] (flashback)
Synopsis
Xemnu the Titan returns and takes over a small town before being stopped by the Defenders.
Reprints

[Giant-Size Defenders #1] (Table of Contents: 77)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Silver Surfer figure added by John Romita.

The Way They Were! [Prologue] (Table of Contents: 78)

The Defenders / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Jim Starlin (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors
Jim Starlin (credited as Jim S.); Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra G.)
Letters
Dave Hunt (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dawn: the sun flashes its light to stir the sleepy Greenwich people to life...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Clea; Wong
Synopsis
Valkyrie learns the origins of the Hulk, Namor and Doctor Strange and the Defenders stop Rasputin.
Reprints

[The Way They Were] Part 1: Banished to Outer Space (Table of Contents: 79)

Hulk / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hulk is just beginning to learn what it is to be so hated...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (origin); Rick Jones; Thunderbolt Ross
Synopsis
The military captures Rick and Ross convinces him that they need the Hulk to test a new experimental rocket for national security. Rick tricks the jade giant into the capsule but once it is shot into space, he realizes that Ross deceived him to get rid of his foe. Rick overrides the programming and returns the rocket to earth but not before Banner (he transformed back to his human form when the rocket came into view of the sun) is doused with further radiation. The Hulk is now unable to revert to his human form and is under Rick's control but only while Rick remains awake.
Reprints

[The Way They Were!, Interlude 1] (Table of Contents: 80)

The Defenders / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Jim Starlin; Petra Goldberg
Letters
Dave Hunt
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That was amazing Clea.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Clea; Wong
Reprints

[The Way They Were] Part 2: Bird of Prey! (Table of Contents: 81)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Everett (credited)
Pencils
Bill Everett (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Everett
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
--and though not yet Monarch, still was Namor a warrior born!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Fen
Reprints

[The Way They Were!, Interlude 2] (Table of Contents: 82)

The Defenders / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Jim Starlin; Petra Goldberg
Letters
Dave Hunt
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
His words and mannerisms are so different from the Namor I know, Clea.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Clea; Wong
Reprints

[The Way They Were] Part 3, To Catch a Magician! (Table of Contents: 83)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Denny O'Neil (credited); Steve Ditko (plot)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You see Dr. Strange following a desperate battle in the Twilight Dimension.
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Mister Rasputin (introduction)
Reprints

[The Way They Were] Part 4: The Once and Again Dooms (Table of Contents: 84)

The Defenders / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Jim Starlin
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Jim Starlin; Petra Goldberg
Letters
Dave Hunt
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Witness: the effects of Clea's miscast spell...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Clea; Wong; Mister Rasputin
Reprints

Good Evening! This is the Eleventh-Hour Bullpen! (Table of Contents: 85)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've probably been all thru this movie before.
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Editorial which includes an image from the cover of Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 86)

The Avengers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Mighty Avengers! The fabled All-Winners Squad!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Vision]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for Giant Size Avengers (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 including characters from the cover on sale May 14.

The Dynamic Defenders! (Table of Contents: 87)

The Defenders / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Englehart
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here it is! For those of you who claimed our dazzling Defenders pin-up a few months back...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]
Reprints

[The Defenders #13] (Table of Contents: 88)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer [Jim Sanders]; Doctor Spectrum [Billy Roberts]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Joe Sinnott's records indicate he inked this cover, but Nick Caputo believes that is an error. Marvel Comics Index #3 lists Frank Giacoia as inker, as did the original indexer.

For Sale: One Planet--Slightly Used! (Table of Contents: 89)

The Defenders / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greenwich Village: the neighborhood's gained quite a reputation over the years.
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Squadron Sinister [Doctor Spectrum [Billy Roberts]; Hyperion; Whizzer [Jim Sanders]; Nebulon (introduction); Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]] (flashback)
Synopsis
After deciding to go straight, Nighthawk comes to the Defenders for assistance in helping stop the Squadron Sinister from destroying the planet for Nebulon.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 90)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers Mike Fanning, Hugh P. Simons Jr., K. J. Robbins, T. E. Pouncey, and Rob Bain.
Marvel Value Stamp Series A #86 (Baron Zemo).

[The Defenders #14] (Table of Contents: 91)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Nebulon
Reprints

And Who Shall Inherit the Earth? (Table of Contents: 92)

The Defenders / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Attention! The planet Sol-III (called Earth), having been duly purchased by one Nebulon...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Squadron Sinister [Doctor Spectrum [Billy Roberts]; Hyperion; Whizzer [Jim Sanders]; Nebulon; Thor [Donald Blake] (flashback)
Synopsis
The Defenders stop the Squadron Sinister and Nebulon from destroying the Earth.
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Indexer Notes

Nighthawk becomes a Defender.

[The Defenders #15] (Table of Contents: 93)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Blob [Fred Duke]; Unus [Gunther Bain]]
Reprints

Panic Beneath the Earth! (Table of Contents: 94)

The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pastime for a rainy afternoon: a personally-guided tour of the fabulous Sanctum Sanctorum...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; J. C. Pennysworth (introduction); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Blob [Fred Duke]; Lorelei; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Unus [Gunther Bain]]; Alpha (introduction)
Synopsis
The Defenders battle against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. During the battle Magneto finishes his creation of Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 95)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mark Del Vecchio, Brian Richards, Ed Farbarik, Mike Cruden and Michael Verderosa.
Marvel Value Stamp Series A #8 (Captain America).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 96)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Marvel Age of Kung Fu thrill!
Genre
superhero; martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) on sale June 25.

[The Defenders #16] (Table of Contents: 97)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Frank Giacoia; John Romita (alterations)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Blob [Fred Duke]]; Alpha
Reprints

Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant! (Table of Contents: 98)

The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter (credited) (pages 2-18)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Defenders, you've pursued me here, deep into the Carlsbad Caverns...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Blob [Fred Duke]; Lorelei; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Unus [Gunther Bain]]; Alpha
Synopsis
Magneto creates Alpha the Ultimate Mutant. Alpha turns the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants into infants.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 99)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1.17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Chuck Lane, Dave Stevens and Tom Melchiorre.
Marvel Value Stamp Series A #44 (Absorbing Man).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 100)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Subscription advertisement for Marvel comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 101)

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Summertime is Spider-Man time...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 on sale June 18.

But--What? Me Worry? (Table of Contents: 102)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited) (signed as Roy)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In 1970-71, with considerable help from editor/mentor Stan Lee and artists Ross Andru and Bill Everett...
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Indexer Notes

Dated 2012.

[Giant-Size Defenders #2] (Table of Contents: 103)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (see notes)
Inks
Klaus Janson; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Satannish
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Romita alterations on Hulk's face.

H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust! [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 104)

The Defenders / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Dave Hunt (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fifteen short minutes ago, the Hulk was going home!
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Laurox
Synopsis
The Defenders, with the help of the Son of Satan stop Asmodeus and Satannish.
Reprints

[H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!] Chapter 2: Satanspawn! (Table of Contents: 105)

The Defenders / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Dave Hunt
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Saint Louis, Missouri--a few brief seconds later...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Asmodeus [Charles Benton]
Synopsis
The Defenders, with the help of the Son of Satan, stop Asmodeus and Satannish.
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[H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!] Chapter 3: Soulgame! (Table of Contents: 106)

The Defenders / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Dave Hunt
Editing
Roy Thomas (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hell: to Doctor Stephen Strange, it is overwhelming guilt...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Asmodeus [Charles Benton]; Satannish; Laurox
Synopsis
The Defenders, with the help of the Son of Satan stop Asmodeus and Satannish.
Reprints

[The Defenders #17] (Table of Contents: 107)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Al Milgrom ?
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Power Man [Luke Cage]
Reprints

Power Play! (Table of Contents: 108)

The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Annette Kawecki (credited) (pages 2-18)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The scene: Long Island-- a secluded riding academy on the Nassau/Suffolk border...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; J. C. Pennysworth; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Walter; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Bulldozer [Henry Camp] (introduction); Piledriver [Brian Calusky] (introduction); Thunderball [Eliot Franklin] (introduction)] (introduction)
Synopsis
Valkyrie leaves the team to learn more about Barbara, the girl the Enchantress bonded with her. Hulk, upset that Val left the team, also leaves. The remaining Defenders, Doctor Strange and Nighthawk, along with Power Man who was hired by Pennyworth, try to stop the Wrecking Crew from destroying a skyscraper that is owned by Kyle Richmond.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 109)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1.17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bob Warner, Chad B. Goyette, Tom Long, Robert Hewko, and Steve Humphreys.
Marvel Value Stamp #20 (Brother Voodoo).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 110)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Subscription advertisement for Marvel comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 111)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Marvel's most dramatic double-featiure!
Characters
Frankenstein Monster; Gullivar Jones
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 on sale now.

[The Defenders #18] (Table of Contents: 112)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Dave Cockrum
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Bulldozer [Henry Camp]; Piledriver [Brian Calusky]; Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]]
Reprints

Rampage! (Table of Contents: 113)

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

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Dave Hunt (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the finest tradition of Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and , of course, the Rawhide Kid...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Valkyrie [Barbara]; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Bulldozer [Henry Camp]; Piledriver [Brian Calusky]; Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]] (origin)
Synopsis
The Defenders, with Hulk rejoining them, and Power Man battle the Wrecking Crew. The villains are actually looking for Thunderball's "gizmo". Valkyrie is in Cobbler's Roost, Vermont looking for information on Barbara.
Reprints

[The Defenders #19] (Table of Contents: 114)

The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Bulldozer [Henry Camp]; Piledriver [Brian Calusky]; Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]]
Reprints

Doomball! (Table of Contents: 115)

The Defenders / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited) (plot); Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Freeze-frame: a moment ago, these eight men were locked in mortal combat.
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Joey; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Bulldozer [Henry Camp]; Piledriver [Brian Calusky]; Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]]; J. C. Pennysworth (flashback)
Synopsis
After taking Thunderball's Gamma Bomb from the Wrecking Crew the Defenders have to figure out how to defuse it.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 116)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1.17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Carl Cummins, T. E. Pouncey, Gary L. Guinn, and Barbara Golman.
Marvel Value Stamp Series A #98 (Puppet Master).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 117)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Subscription advertisement for Marvel comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 118)

Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You wanted more... you've got it!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

House ad for Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 on sale September 17.

October 1971 (Table of Contents: 119)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While the cat's awa, the Bullpen will play!
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

[Marvel Feature #1 House Ads from October 1971 Titles.] (Table of Contents: 120)

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

Pencils
Neal Adams; Jack Kirby
Inks
Neal Adams; Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Thor [Donald Blake]

Indexer Notes

House ads for Marvel Feature (Marvel,1971 series) #1 and Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 with covers.

[Marvel Feature #1 House Ads from October 1971 Titles.] (Table of Contents: 121)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith; Neal Adams
Inks
Barry Windsor-Smith; Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now it begins! Double-Size dynamite from Magnificent Marvel!
Characters
Conan; Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

Indexer Notes

House ad for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #10 and Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #1, both on sale July 20.

[The Avengers #116 "Avengers/Defenders War" House Ad from October 1973 Titles.] (Table of Contents: 122)

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Romita
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's Avenger vs. Defender--all summer long!!
Characters
Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Vision]; Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]

Indexer Notes

House ad for The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #116 with characters from the cover.

[Giant-Size Defenders #1 House Ad from July 1974 Titles.] (Table of Contents: 123)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
More Giant-Size Dynamite from the House of Ideas!
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

Indexer Notes

House ad for Giant-Size Defenders (Marvel, 1974 series) #1 on sale April 23.

[The Defenders #17 House Ad from November 1974 Titles] (Table of Contents: 124)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hulk! Dr. Strange! Nighthawk! Valkyrie!
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; Power Man [Luke Cage]

Indexer Notes

House ad for The Defenders (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 on sale August 20.

[Marvel Feature #1, Page 10 Original Art by Ross Andru & Bill Everett] (Table of Contents: 125)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Something...someone pushed Hulk!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]

[Marvel Feature #1, Page 19 Original Art by Ross Andru & Bill Everett] (Table of Contents: 126)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Save this world--this jewl--this blessed Terra--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

[Marvel Feature #3, Page 17 Original Art by Ross Andru & Bill Everett] (Table of Contents: 127)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As, in the shadow of the great space-rocket itself...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Jim Wilson; Xemnu

[The Defenders #4 Cover Original Art by John Buscema & Frank Giacoia] (Table of Contents: 128)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn

[The Defenders #8 Cover Original Art by Sal Bucema] (Table of Contents: 129)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]

[The Defenders #9 Cover Original Art by Sal Bucema] (Table of Contents: 130)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Sal Buscema
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]]

[The Defenders #10 Cover Original Art by John Romita] (Table of Contents: 131)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake]

[Giant-Size Defenders #1 Cover Original Art by Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia with Alterations by John Romita] (Table of Contents: 132)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (credited); John Romita (credited) (see notes)
Inks
Frank Giacoia (credited); John Romita (credited) (see notes)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

Indexer Notes

Silver Surfer figure added by John Romita.

[Giant-Size Defenders #1, Page 32 Original Art by Jim Starlin & Al Milgrom] (Table of Contents: 133)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella
Pencils
Jim Starlin (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Unngh! Deprived of strength-giving water, I cannot fight these demons from my past!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]

[Avengers / Defenders War TPB (2002) Cover by Carlos Pacheco, Jesus Merino & UDON's Ang Tsang] (Table of Contents: 134)

The Avengers; The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carlos Pacheco (credited) (signed as Pacheco [scratch])
Inks
Jesús Merino (credited) (signed as Merino)
Colors
Angelo Tsang (credited) (signed as Ang Tsang); Udon Studios (credited as Udon) (signed as udOn)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]]; Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Dormammu; Loki
Reprints

[Avengers/Defenders War Premiere Classic HC (2007) Cover by John Romita and Richard Isanove] (Table of Contents: 135)

The Avengers; The Defenders / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita (credited) (signed as JR)
Inks
John Romita (credited) (signed as JR)
Colors
Richard Isanove (credited) (signed as Isanove)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake]

[The Defenders Omnibus Vol. 1 (2021) Cover by Jorge Molina] (Table of Contents: 136)

The Defenders / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jorge Molina (credited) (signed as JM [in box])
Inks
Jorge Molina (credited) (signed as JM [in box])
Colors
Jorge Molina (credited) (signed as JM [in box])

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
  3. 3. Contents
  4. 4. The Non-Group Group
  5. 5. [Doctor Strange #183]
    Doctor Strange
  6. 6. They Walk by Night!
    Doctor Strange
  7. 7. [Sub-Mariner #22]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  8. 8. The Monarch and the Mystic!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  9. 9. [The Incredible Hulk #126]
    Hulk
  10. 10. ...Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!
    Hulk
  11. 11. [Sub-Mariner #34]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  12. 12. Titans Three!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  13. 13. [Sub-Mariner #35]
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  14. 14. Confrontation!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  15. 15. [Marvel Feature #1]
    The Defenders
  16. 16. The Day of the Defenders!
    The Defenders
  17. 17. The Return!
    Doctor Strange
  18. 18. [Marvel Feature #2]
    The Defenders
  19. 19. Nightmare on Bald Mountain!
    The Defenders
  20. 20. [Marvel Feature #3]
    The Defenders
  21. 21. A Titan Walks Among Us!
    The Defenders
  22. 22. [The Defenders #1]
    The Defenders
  23. 23. I Slay by the Stars!
    The Defenders
  24. 24. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  25. 25. [The Defenders #2]
    The Defenders
  26. 26. The Secret of the Silver Surfer!
    The Defenders
  27. 27. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  28. 28. [The Defenders #3]
    The Defenders
  29. 29. Four Against the Gods
    The Defenders
  30. 30. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  31. 31. [The Defenders #4]
    The Defenders
  32. 32. The New Defender!
    The Defenders
  33. 33. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  34. 34. [The Defenders #5]
    The Defenders
  35. 35. World Without End?
    The Defenders
  36. 36. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  37. 37. [The Defenders #6]
    The Defenders
  38. 38. The Dreams of Death!
    The Defenders
  39. 39. The Dynamic Defenders!
    The Defenders
  40. 40. [no title indexed]
  41. 41. [no title indexed]
  42. 42. The Keys to the Most Fun Ride on the Planet
  43. 43. What's a "War" Among Friends?
  44. 44. [The Defenders #7]
    The Defenders
  45. 45. War Below the Waves!
    The Defenders
  46. 46. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  47. 47. [no title indexed]
  48. 48. [The Defenders #8]
  49. 49. ...If Atlantis Should Fall!
    The Defenders
  50. 50. [Avengers / Defenders War] Prologue: Alliance Most Foul!
  51. 51. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 1: Deception!!
    The Defenders
  52. 52. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  53. 53. ["Twin triumphs from Mighty Marvel!"]
  54. 54. [The Avengers #116]
    The Avengers
  55. 55. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 2: Betrayal!
    The Avengers
  56. 56. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 3
    The Avengers
  57. 57. [The Defenders #9]
    The Defenders
  58. 58. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 4: Divide... and Conquer
    The Defenders
  59. 59. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 5
    The Defenders
  60. 60. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 6
    The Defenders
  61. 61. A Personal Plea from Your Blushin' Bullpen:
  62. 62. [The Avengers #117]
    The Avengers
  63. 63. [Avengers / Defenders War, Interlude] Holocaust
    The Avengers
  64. 64. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 7
    The Avengers
  65. 65. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 8
    The Avengers
  66. 66. [The Defenders #10]
    The Defenders
  67. 67. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 9: Breakthrough!
    The Defenders
  68. 68. [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 10: United We Stand!
    The Defenders
  69. 69. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  70. 70. ["The Conqueror is dead!"]
    Kull
  71. 71. [The Avengers #118]
    The Avengers
  72. 72. [Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 11] To the Death!
    The Avengers
  73. 73. [The Defenders #11]
    The Defenders
  74. 74. [Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 12] A Dark and Stormy Knight
    The Defenders
  75. 75. [The Defenders #12]
    The Defenders
  76. 76. The Titan Strikes Back!
    The Defenders
  77. 77. [Giant-Size Defenders #1]
    The Defenders
  78. 78. The Way They Were! [Prologue]
    The Defenders
  79. 79. [The Way They Were] Part 1: Banished to Outer Space
    Hulk
  80. 80. [The Way They Were!, Interlude 1]
    The Defenders
  81. 81. [The Way They Were] Part 2: Bird of Prey!
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  82. 82. [The Way They Were!, Interlude 2]
    The Defenders
  83. 83. [The Way They Were] Part 3, To Catch a Magician!
    Doctor Strange
  84. 84. [The Way They Were] Part 4: The Once and Again Dooms
    The Defenders
  85. 85. Good Evening! This is the Eleventh-Hour Bullpen!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  86. 86. ["The Mighty Avengers! The fabled All-Winners Squad!"]
    The Avengers
  87. 87. The Dynamic Defenders!
    The Defenders
  88. 88. [The Defenders #13]
    The Defenders
  89. 89. For Sale: One Planet--Slightly Used!
    The Defenders
  90. 90. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  91. 91. [The Defenders #14]
    The Defenders
  92. 92. And Who Shall Inherit the Earth?
    The Defenders
  93. 93. [The Defenders #15]
    The Defenders
  94. 94. Panic Beneath the Earth!
    The Defenders
  95. 95. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  96. 96. ["The Marvel Age of Kung Fu thrill!"]
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  97. 97. [The Defenders #16]
    The Defenders
  98. 98. Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!
    The Defenders
  99. 99. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  100. 100. ["Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!"]
  101. 101. ["Summertime is Spider-Man time..."]
    Spider-Man
  102. 102. But--What? Me Worry?
  103. 103. [Giant-Size Defenders #2]
    The Defenders
  104. 104. H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust! [Chapter 1]
    The Defenders
  105. 105. [H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!] Chapter 2: Satanspawn!
    The Defenders
  106. 106. [H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!] Chapter 3: Soulgame!
    The Defenders
  107. 107. [The Defenders #17]
    The Defenders
  108. 108. Power Play!
    The Defenders
  109. 109. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  110. 110. ["Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!"]
  111. 111. ["Marvel's most dramatic double-featiure!"]
  112. 112. [The Defenders #18]
    The Defenders
  113. 113. Rampage!
    The Defenders
  114. 114. [The Defenders #19]
    The Defenders
  115. 115. Doomball!
    The Defenders
  116. 116. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  117. 117. ["Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!"]
  118. 118. ["You wanted more... you've got it!"]
    Fantastic Four
  119. 119. October 1971
    Bullpen Bulletins
  120. 120. [Marvel Feature #1 House Ads from October 1971 Titles.]
  121. 121. [Marvel Feature #1 House Ads from October 1971 Titles.]
  122. 122. [The Avengers #116 "Avengers/Defenders War" House Ad from October 1973 Titles.]
  123. 123. [Giant-Size Defenders #1 House Ad from July 1974 Titles.]
  124. 124. [The Defenders #17 House Ad from November 1974 Titles]
  125. 125. [Marvel Feature #1, Page 10 Original Art by Ross Andru & Bill Everett]
    The Defenders
  126. 126. [Marvel Feature #1, Page 19 Original Art by Ross Andru & Bill Everett]
    The Defenders
  127. 127. [Marvel Feature #3, Page 17 Original Art by Ross Andru & Bill Everett]
    The Defenders
  128. 128. [The Defenders #4 Cover Original Art by John Buscema & Frank Giacoia]
    The Defenders
  129. 129. [The Defenders #8 Cover Original Art by Sal Bucema]
    The Defenders
  130. 130. [The Defenders #9 Cover Original Art by Sal Bucema]
    The Defenders
  131. 131. [The Defenders #10 Cover Original Art by John Romita]
    The Defenders
  132. 132. [Giant-Size Defenders #1 Cover Original Art by Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia with Alterations by John Romita]
    The Defenders
  133. 133. [Giant-Size Defenders #1, Page 32 Original Art by Jim Starlin & Al Milgrom]
    The Defenders
  134. 134. [Avengers / Defenders War TPB (2002) Cover by Carlos Pacheco, Jesus Merino & UDON's Ang Tsang]
    The Avengers; The Defenders
  135. 135. [Avengers/Defenders War Premiere Classic HC (2007) Cover by John Romita and Richard Isanove]
    The Avengers; The Defenders
  136. 136. [The Defenders Omnibus Vol. 1 (2021) Cover by Jorge Molina]
    The Defenders
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