The Defenders
#58
(April 1978)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860215204
- Editing
- Steve Gerber (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Day of the Devil-Slayer!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan (signed)
- Inks
- Klaus Janson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Devil-Slayer [Eric Simon Payne]]; Dollar Bill
- Reprints
-
in I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1979 series) #15 (Luglio 1980) -
in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #19 (janvier 1982) [Image inversée [Mirrored image]] which is reprinted - in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #17 (janvier 1982)
- in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #20 (mars 1982)
-
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
-
Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 1 Agents of Fortune
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Anthony Kraft
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan
- Inks
- Klaus Janson (pages 1-3); Dan Green (pages 6-31)
- Colors
- Phil Rachelson
- Letters
- Joe Rosen
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Devil-Slayer [Eric Simon Payne]]; Ledge; Dollar Bill; Wong; Vera Gemeni; Jack Norriss; The Avengers [Beast [Hank McCoy] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo)] (cameo); Marc; Sharon; Harvester of Eyes cult
- Synopsis
- The Eye of Agamotto is stolen from Dr. Strange by a cult of demon worshippers. Valkyrie and Hulk encounter Devil-Slayer and a fight begins.
- Reprints
- in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #19 (janvier 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
-
Indexer Notes
"Dedicated to Eric Bloom and BOC!" The title of this story and various other elements are references to the band Blue Oyster Cult. Additional information 2005 by Steven Tice.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gentlemen: Oh yes, the parallels...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Malcolm Deeley, Christy Marx, Tony La Roche, Richard E. Robinson, and Robert Harris.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Day of the Devil-Slayer!
The Defenders -
1.
Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 1 Agents of Fortune
The Defenders -
2.
["Gentlemen: Oh yes, the parallels..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Spoils a Snatch
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
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