The Defenders
#73
[British]
(July 1979)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel All-Colour Comics
- Editing
- Al Milgrom (Editor); Mary Jo Duffy (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #73 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
Shadow of the Wizard King!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse); Arisen Tyrk
- Reprints
-
in De Verdedigers (Juniorpress, 1980 series) #3 (1980) -
in Captain America (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #19 (July 1, 1981) -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
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Of Wizards, Shadows & Kings
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Ed Hannigan
- Pencils
- Herb Trimpe
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- John Costanza (page one); Clem Robins
- Job Number
- LG439
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Clea; Lunatik; Professor Turk; Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse); Xhoohx; The Unnamed; Dollar Bill; Ledge; Foolkiller [Greg Salinger]
- Synopsis
- With the help of the wizard Xhoohx, the Defenders return the various Lunatiks and Professor Turk into Arisen Tyrk. Arisen Tyrk then challenges The Unnamed, but the Defenders trap him in another dimension.
- Reprints
- in De Verdedigers (Juniorpress, 1980 series) #3 (1980)
-
in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #29 (septembre 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2008)
-
Pete Rose Batting Practice
Turco; Batting Practice / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Pete Rose
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for Batting Practice from Turco Manufacturing Company.
The Thing and the Ultimate Weapon!
Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Automic Hydraulo-Press has the power to push through a planet.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thing [Ben Grimm]; Torgo
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #38 (July 1979)
-
- Keywords
- "Automic" Hydraulo-Press
Defenders Progress Report
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letter from Matt Levin
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Shadow of the Wizard King!
The Defenders -
1.
Of Wizards, Shadows & Kings
The Defenders -
2.
Pete Rose Batting Practice
Turco; Batting Practice -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
The Thing and the Ultimate Weapon!
Hostess Fruit Pies; The Thing -
5.
Defenders Progress Report
Defenders Dialogue
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- ge.org.e
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Derek Reinhard
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