The Order
#1 (13)
(April 2002)
Marvel,
2002 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.25 USD; 3.65 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 2002-02-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- PG
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [connected to the UPC box]
- Barcode
- 759606052509 00111
- Editing
- Tom Brevoort (credited) (editor); Jeff Youngquist (credited) (assistant editor); Marc Sumerak (credited) (assistant editor); Joe Quesada (credited) (editor in chief); Bill Jemas (credited) (president)
Issue Notes
The story continues from Defenders #12 (Marvel, 2001), as well as the issue number count (faintly seen on the cover).
[no title indexed]
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Carlos Pacheco (signed as
Pacheco [scratch]) - Inks
- Jesús Merino (signed as Merino)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Order [Dr. Strange; the Silver Surfer; The Hulk [Mr. Fixit]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner]
The Best Defense…
The Defenders / comic story / 23 pages
- Script
- Jo Duffy (credited); Kurt Busiek (credited)
- Pencils
- Matt Haley (credited)
- Inks
- Dan Panosian (credited)
- Colors
- Gregory Wright (credited); Tom Smith of Color Arts (credited as Tom Smith's Color Arts)
- Letters
- Randolph Gentile (credited as Randy Gentile)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Order [Dr. Strange; the Silver Surfer; The Hulk [Mr. Fixit]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner]; the Defenders [Valkyrie [Samantha Parrington]; Hellcat; Nighthawk]; Reginald and Malicia Parrington (Samantha's parents); Springthorpe (the Parringtons' butler); Papa Hagg; Gaea [Mother Earth] (flashback cameo)
- Synopsis
- The Order attacks several places on Earth, intending on bring world peace through force if necessary. The attacks include Murtakesh, the capital of Halwan, and a United States Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia. The Defenders try to stop them but are easily defeated.
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