(December 1972)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1972-09-19
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #88 August 1972.

Four Against the Gods! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Silver Surfer figure likely a stat taken from an issue of the 1968 series.

Four Against the Gods (Table of Contents: 1)

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)

Job Number
?
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; Clea (mental image); Lady Dorma (mental image); Jarella (mental image); Shalla Bal (mental image)
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

Indexer Notes

The job number is illegible.

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

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

Script
Steve Englehart ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Stan, Steve, and Sal, ...
Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

How I Got the Tip of My Life (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Universal Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Four Against the Gods!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Four Against the Gods
    The Defenders
  3. 2. ["Dear Stan, Steve, and Sal, ..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. How I Got the Tip of My Life
    Universal Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Kauldi Gilibert
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk