(October 1974)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
8 times a year
On-sale Date
1974-07-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norriss]
Alpha; Blob [Frederick Dukes]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Giacoia and Esposito inks and Romita touch-ups per Nick Caputo, September 2012. Marvel Comics Index #3 incorrectly credited Gil Kane on inks.

Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited as M. Esposito)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter (credited as C. Jetter)

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
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Blob [Frederick Dukes] (turned into a baby); Lorelei [Lani Ubanu] (turned into a baby); Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde] (turned into a baby); Unus [Gunther Bain] (turned into a baby)
Defenders: Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norriss]
Alpha; Aragorn; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (turned into a baby); Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Magneto creates Alpha the Ultimate Mutant. Alpha turns the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants into infants.
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marvel, Defenders #13 was well worth...
Feature Logo
Defenders Dialogue
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Chuck Lane, Dave Stevens and Tom Melchiorre; Marvel Value Stamp Series A #44 (Absorbing Man). Page divided over two pages, otherwise filled with promotional advertisements. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Wonderously Witty Words from a Woomful of Wombats! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. ["Dear Marvel, Defenders #13 was well worth..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. ["Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!"]
  5. 4. ["Summertime is Spider-Man time..."]
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. Wonderously Witty Words from a Woomful of Wombats!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Kauldi Gilibert
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steffen Nyeland
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice