(October 1974)

Marvel, 1974 Series
Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1974-07-09
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.

From Hell It Came-- To Seek Out the Son of Satan! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane; John Romita (alterations)
Inks
Klaus Janson; John Romita (alterations)
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 per Nick Caputo, Jan 2011

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

The Defenders / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Gil Kane (credited) (layouts/breakdowns); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks
Klaus Janson (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Dave Hunt (credited)

Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
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 the Lecherous; Mechanoid (robot soldier)
Synopsis
The Defenders, with the help of the Son of Satan, stop Asmodeus and Satannish.
Reprints

Wonderously Witty Words From A Woomful of Wombats! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Sub-Mariner (Table of Contents: 3)

Namor the Sub-Mariner / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
D-456
First Line of Dialogue or Text
People jump - or fall - into warer, and disappear... completely!
Feature Logo
Sub-Mariner
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Betty Dean
Reprints

Black Knight (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Knight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Kida
Inks
Fred Kida
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
G960
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A plea had come to King Arthur Pendragon...
Feature Logo
Black Knight
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural; historical
Characters
Black Knight [Sir Percy]; King Arthur Pendragon; Sir Guy Wanderell; Lady Rosamund
Reprints

Beyond the Purple Veil! (Table of Contents: 5)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wong; Aggamon
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. From Hell It Came-- To Seek Out the Son of Satan!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. Wonderously Witty Words From A Woomful of Wombats!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Sub-Mariner
    Namor the Sub-Mariner
  5. 4. Black Knight
    Black Knight
  6. 5. Beyond the Purple Veil!
    Doctor Strange
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore