Comic Book: Defenders (1972 series)
Description:
First volume from the team that is not a team. Original members were Doctor Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Incredible Hulk, with the addition of the Silver Surfer soon after. Yet many other super heroes were in and out of this team.
Data Sheet:
Aug 1972 to Feb 1986
1972
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Hulk(Robert Bruce Banner)
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Indexed Comics:
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August 1975"Savage Time!"
Script: Steve GerberStory
continues from GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #5.
At
the Palisades, Jack Norriss will still not accept the fact that Valkyrie is not
his wife Barbara but a new person inhabiting Barbara’s body. He even forces a
kiss on her which she highly resents. [...]
September 1975"Three Worlds To Conquer!"
Script: Steve GerberThe
U.S.S Captain America arrives in orbit around Earth in 3015 and is
detected by the Badoon overlords. Lordsire Droom wants the ship seized
undamaged so his plan is to deal with the occupants when they try to teleport
down to the planet…. [...]
October 1975"My Mother, The Badoon!"
Script: Steve GerberThe
Badoon with a band of human zombie soldiers have invaded the USS Captain
America in search of the new power source they have detected, which is
Doctor Strange’s mind hooked up to the ship’s computer. Martinex, Nighthawk,
and Charlie-27 put up a fight but are eventually captured. [...]
November 1975"Let My Planet Go!"
Script: Steve GerberValkyrie
and Vance Astro are teleported back to Earth where they find their comrades, Martinex,
Nighthawk, and Charlie-27, about to be executed by a Badoon firing squad. The
two heroes unleash their powers, defeat the Badoon, and free their associates. [...]
December 1975"Gold Diggers Of Fear!"
Script: Bill MantloNighthawk has been kidnapped by Tapping Tommy, a lunatic theater performer, who sends a rescue note to Doctor Strange with some low-payed goons. The wizard gets the message and while Wong takes care of the visitors, Valkyrie and the Hulk are contacted for help. [...]
January 1976"Nighthawk's Brain!"
Script: Steve GerberNighthawk
is having a nightmare, involving women’s arms clutching at him, upheavals of
nature, and the appearance of Trish Starr, mourning her missing arm. He crashes
into a tree, having zoned out while in flight and a mystery villain shoots him
with a tranquilizer gun, knocking him out…. [...]
February 1976"Musical Minds!"
Script: Steve GerberTo expel who's possessing Nighthawk's body, Son of Satan tries exorcism, Doctor Strange magic spells. But both techniques don't work. So Stephen uses his Eye of Agamotto to view the one behind all this. [...]
March 1976"Webbed Hands, Warm Heart!"
Script: Steve GerberAngry
Bambi (the fawn with the mind of Chondu the Mystic transferred into it) seeks
to escape the Sanctum Sanctorum while the Defenders are absent…. [...]
April 1976"I Think We're All Bozos In This Book!"
Script: Steve GerberNebulon, The Celestial Man, explains how he met the Ludberdites to Nighthawk, apparently unaware that Nighthawk's body is inhabited by the mind of Jack Norriss. [...]
May 1976"Bring Back My Body To Me, To Me...!"
Script: Steve GerberMoscow:
the female Red Guardian swoops down to rescue a woman from a knife-wielding
robber but when the police arrive it is she who has to flee as she is the one
without official sanction. Red Guardian returns to her apartment to answer a
telephone call for her alter ego, neurosurgeon Dr. [...]
June 1976"A Garden Of Earthly Demise!"
Script: Steve GerberAs
Kyle Richmond’s brain is transplanted back into its rightful cranium, his mind
reviews the incidents of his extraordinary life. He awakens to find Dr. Tania
Belinsky over him, checking on his progress. [...]
July 1976"Evil In Bloom!"
Script: Steve GerberA
group of volunteers move Aragorn indoors so the veterinarian can tend to his
injuries—but Hulk believes the horse is dying and throws a major fit in the
street. [...]
August 1976"Exile To Oblivion!"
Script: Steve GerberNebulon
deposits Doctor Strange, Red Guardian, and Luke Cage on a remote, storm-wracked
world to get them out of his hair. He again reminds them that his mission on
Earth is to bring salvation to the inhabitants and then he leaves. Strange
tries some magic but learns it attracts lightning. [...]
September 1976"Riot In Cellblock 12!"
Script: Steve GerberWhile
Doctor Strange is lost in meditation for hours, Clea tries to calm the
impatient Defenders downstairs. Wong admits the agitated Jack Norriss who is
worried that Valkyrie (whom he wrongly considers his wife) is missing. Nighthawk
sets up a plan to search for her. [...]
October 1976"Love, Anarchy And, Oh Yes... The Assassin!"
Script: Steve GerberWith
the aid of lawyer Matt Murdock, Valkyrie is cleared of all charges and she goes
home with Nighthawk, Red Guardian, and Luke Cage. They are admitted by Wong,
and greeted by Clea, who has a present for Val. [...]
November 1976"Intruder In The Sand!"
Script: Steve GerberStephen
Strange and Kyle Richmond arrive at the “Dune People” commune in the Nevada
desert, summoned by the group leader to find Trish Starr. Kyle’s ex had come to
the commune and impressed everyone with her ability to organize and solve
problems. [...]
December 1976"And In This Corner: The New Emissaries Of Evil!"
Script: Gerry ConwayAs
the Defenders are hanging around the Sanctum Sanctorum, suddenly Nighthawk
bursts into flame; as Valkyrie tends to his injuries, which don’t leave a mark,
Hulk and Luke Cage go outside to find out who is responsible, followed by
Doctor Strange. [...]
January 1977"This World Is Mine!"
Script: Gerry ConwayAs
the villainous Egghead watches from his space station, the Defenders (Hulk,
Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Luke Cage) stand by helplessly as Cobalt Man melts down,
heading for a nuclear explosion. Hulk wants to smash but Luke can’t hold him
back. [...]
February 1977"Rage Of The Rajah!"
Script: Roger SliferHulk breaks in the Sanctum Santorum looking for Doctor Strange. Power Man and Nighthawk try calming him down with violence. But it's Valkyrie and her subtle way who persuades Jade Jaws to cool down. The Asgardian girl tells Hulk that Strange should be back soon. [...]
March 1977"We Must Free The Defenders!"
Script: David KraftVillainous
cult leader the Red Rajah has captured the minds of Nighthawk, Hulk, and
Luke Cage, along with a sizable chunk of the population of Manhattan, leaving
Valkyrie, Red Guardian, and Hellcat left to face him. [...]
April 1977"Who Remembers Scorpio? (Prelude)"
Script:
Doctor Strange has dropped a bombshell on his teammates: he is leaving the Defenders.
Believing his powers are waning because he is adventuring more than studying,
he has no choice but to resume his older way of life. [...]
May 1977"Night Moves!"
Script: John WarnerValkyrie
and Hellcat leave the Defenders’ HQ at the Riding academy to attend to some
personal matters. Hulk gets tired of Nighthawk talking and bounces off for some
alone time. Nighthawk takes a bubble bath to revel in being millionaire Kyle
Richmond for a while…. [...]
June 1977"Who Remembers Scorpio? Part 1: Sinister Savior!"
Script: David KraftThe embittered Scorpio, feeling his 52 years, has spent the last 7 years building the "Zodiac Chamber" with his brother Nick Fury. This chamber will be the "Salvation of the World". But to keep this project going, he needs more money. [...]
July 1977"Rampage: Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Two"
Script: David Kraft
Moon Knight is on his way to find the Defenders so they can rescue Nighthawk from the
villain Scorpio…
…who
at that moment is recounting his complicated origin to the captive Kyle and
innocent bystander Jack Norriss. [...]
August 1977"Scorpio Must Die! Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three"
Script: David KraftHulk
has crashed into the lair of Scorpio, who unleashes his newly created Zodiac on
him. Scorpio introduces eight of them and realizes three are missing (remember,
he’s the twelfth) just as Hulk lays into them. [...]
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