The Defenders
#50
[Whitman]
(August 1977)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 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
- 0714860215208
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #50.
There exist further variants:
War Against the Zodiac!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]]; Zodiac [Aries; Leo; Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Aquarius; Taurus]
- Reprints
-
in De Verdedigers (Juniorpress, 1980 series) #26 -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007) [black and white] - in Moon Knight Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Bad Moon Rising (2014)
- in Moon Knight Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed in The Comic Reader 143, May 1977.
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Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three Scorpio Must Die!
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Anthony Kraft (credited as David Kraft)
- Pencils
- Keith Giffen (credited)
- Inks
- Keith Giffen (credited); Mike Royer (credited) (art assist); John Tartaglione (credited) (art assist); Dave Cockrum (credited) (art assist)
- Colors
- Don Warfield (credited)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (page one); John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hulk remembers you!
- Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]]; Nick Fury L.M.D.; Zodiac [Scorpio [Jacob Fury] (death); Leo; Sagittarius; Aquarius; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Aries; Libra; Pisces; Capricorn; Virgo]; Jack Norris
- Synopsis
- Scorpio kills himself after his Zodiac is defeated by the Defenders.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #16 (1978) [1 p.], #16 (1978) [2 pp.]
-
in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #2 - Chaos (2ème trimestre 1981) - in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007) [black and white]
- in Moon Knight Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Bad Moon Rising (2014)
- in Moon Knight Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
"Art assist" credits appear on page 31.
The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out
The Defenders / character profile / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Howard the Duck; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Silver Surfer; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]; Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Aragorn
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #2 - Chaos (2ème trimestre 1981)
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007) [black and white]
- in Moon Knight Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Bad Moon Rising (2014)
- in Moon Knight Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Page of The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out with cameo head of all previous Defenders.
Located between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Spider-Man and Madam Web!
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone thinks I'm to blame.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Madam Web
- Synopsis
- Spider-Man captures the love-crazed fiend Madam Web.
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #18 (July 1977 - August 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.
Street Ball
Spalding; Dr. J; Rick Barry / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Dr. J; Rick Barry
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for Spalding basketballs on the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
War Against the Zodiac!
The Defenders -
1.
Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three Scorpio Must Die!
The Defenders -
2.
The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out
The Defenders -
3.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Spider-Man and Madam Web!
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man -
5.
Street Ball
Spalding; Dr. J; Rick Barry
This issue was modified by
- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
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