(February 1975)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Barcode
?
Editing
Len Wein
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was ongoing

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane ?
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Nameless Ones
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Indexer Notes

GCD Editor Tony Rose challenges the original indexer's pencil credit for Gil Kane (19 April 2006). Marvel Comics Index #3 lists Gil Kane as penciler, John Romita as inker and possibly Mike Esposito as inker.

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The Woman She Was...! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Sal Buscema (layouts); Vince Colletta (finished art)
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Petra Goldberg
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Executioner; Enchantress [Amora]; Alvin Denton; Clea (in flashback); Van Nyborg; Sister Celestia [Celestia Denton]; Nameless Ones
Synopsis
The Thing and the Defenders battle the Nameless Ones and Van Nyborg.
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Indexer Notes

Continues from Marvel Two-In-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #7

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

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

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from M. Charles Boatner, Jim Canepa, Janice A. Meixner. Also includes Marvel Value Stamp #31 MODOK.

Paeans and Self-Plaudits From the Pundits of Pandemonium! (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. The Woman She Was...!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. Paeans and Self-Plaudits From the Pundits of Pandemonium!
    Bullpen Bulletins
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