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:
125
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
September 1977"A Round With The Ringer!"
Script: David KraftSHIELD
is cleaning up Scorpio’s lair while Nick Fury asks his LMD (later known as
Max Fury) about the circumstances of the death of his brother Scorpio; Max declines
to provide details. Jack Norriss airs his grievances against Fury who responds
by offering Norriss a job with the company. [...]
October 1977"Defender Of The Realm"
Script: David KraftPrince
Namor, the Sub-Mariner, strides down Park Avenue in New York, causing great
consternation among the police, the media, and the citizenry. No one knows his
intentions. Hulk spies him from the top of a nearby building and leaps down to offer
his help to his old pal. [...]
November 1977"The Power Principle, Part 1: The Prince And The Presence!"
Script: David KraftPrince
Namor, the Sub-Mariner, takes his fellow Defenders, Hulk, Hellcat, and
Nighthawk, to Atlantis where a banquet is held in their honor. But Namor
impatiently cuts it short to address the important matter before them. [...]
December 1977"A Study in Survival! The Power Principle Part Two"
Script: David KraftCodename:
Sergei has detonated a nuclear bomb in Russia, sending shock waves throughout
the world, even underwater as Namor’s Atlantean ship breaks up. Namor and the
Defenders seek to save themselves and the crew; back in Russia, Sergei and Dr.
Tania Belinsky undergo transmogrification…. [...]
January 1978"Emotion, Ego... and Empty Expectations"
Script: David KraftStranded
on a small island, the Defenders (Hulk, Hellcat, Nighthawk with Namor the Sub-Mariner)
face the newly transmogrified Presence and Red Guardian, floating, godlike, in
the air. [...]
February 1978"Val's New York Adventure"
Script: David KraftIn
an alley near the university, Valkyrie is defending her pal Ledge from the mad
Lunatik. The villain takes her on with his staff while spouting pop song lyrics
and TV commercial references. [...]
March 1978"And Along Came... Ms. Marvel!"
Script: Chris ClaremontSeveral
months ago, Hulk had a vision of Ms. Marvel in the Orb of Agamotto at the Sanctum
Sanctorum and became violent, recalling his encounter with the similarly
costumed Captain Marvel. It took the combined powers of Doctor Strange and
Valkyrie to calm Hulk down. [...]
April 1978"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 1 Agents of Fortune"
Script: David KraftOn
a quiet night in Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange has dozed off though even
Wong feels the night is too quiet. Suddenly the Eye of Agamotto awakens him,
warning of an attack. A flashily-dressed, beaked figure, an Agent of Fortune,
bursts in and starts a fight with Strange. [...]
May 1978"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 2 Tyranny and Mutation"
Script: David Kraft [...]
June 1978"The Revenge of Vera Gemini! Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 3"
Script: David KraftHaving
been told by Dollar Bill that Doctor Strange is dead, the Defenders rush in to
see for themselves but Wong explains that he only appears so because his astral
form has left his body. [...]
July 1978"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lunatik"
Script: David KraftAt
Defenders HQ, Hellcat is putting on a show with the magical Shadow Cloak she
picked up last issue. But during the finale, she pulls an Ort-Beast out of her
cape, Hulk remembers the monster from issue #59 and nearly tears the cape (and
the room) apart trying to find it. [...]
August 1978"Membership Madness! Dollar Bill’s Documentary Disaster Part 1!"
Script: David KraftThe
Defenders are on their lawn playing Frisbee, though Hulk doesn’t quite
understand the rules and the disc becomes a deadly weapon in his hands,
knocking Valkyrie flat. Dollar Bill rushes out of the house to tell them that
the documentary film he made about them is on television. [...]
September 1978"Deadlier by the Dozen!"
Script: David KraftA
couple of dozen heroes have shown up at the Defenders HQ at the riding academy,
expecting to join the non-team. A handful of them have decided it is their duty
to capture Hulk and are now coming to regret messing with the green giant. [...]
October 1978"D-Day!"
Script: David Kraft [...]
November 1978"Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas"
Script: David KraftIn
the wake of the disaster in the subway tunnel, Police Lieutenant Kris Keating
is yelling at Hellcat as various Defenders for a Day skulk off and the cops
apprehend several villains. [...]
December 1978"War of the Dead! Val in Valhalla Part One"
Script: David KraftThe Valkyrie speaks with Heimdall as she rides the Rainbow bridge to Asgard. Odin reads some scrolls, and the Valkyrie speaks with the Norns/Fates (revealed in THOR #197 to be the same beings). Later, the Valkyrie travels to Valhalla, where she meets Tyr and his sea reavers and Harokin. [...]
January 1979"We, The Unliving..."
Script: Ed HanniganIn the woods of Oregon, the Hulk faces some soldiers. Suddenly, while mid-way leaping in the air, his heart suddenly stops beating. He lands in a ravine. In Valhalla, the warrior Harokin watches as the would-be death god Ollerus (who seeks to replace Hela) moves his magical mountain around. [...]
February 1979"Valhalla Can Wait! Val in Valhalla Part Three"
Script: Ed HanniganIn Valhalla, the warrior Harokin confers with Hela as the battle with Ollerus is about to begin. Valkyrie goes off to Ollerus' mountain as the Hulk, serving in Ollerus' army, battles Harokin's soldiers. In Asgard, Hela confers with Odin. [...]
March 1979"The Anything Man"
Script: Mary Jo DuffyDoctor Strange and Nighthawk go to Maine to investigate the falling of Strange's "Mystic Shields" that concealed the remains of the Omegatron (The Defenders destroyed it in issue #5.) They find that the machine has just been dormant all this time. [...]
April 1979"Catch a Falling Lunatik!"
Script: Ed HanniganThe
Defenders return for their trip to Maine (last issue), Valkyrie drops off
Doctor Strange and Bruce Banner at the Sanctum Sanctorum where Strange asks for
Bruce’s help. Val, Hellcat, and Nighthawk go on to the Riding Academy where
they see they have unwanted visitors. [...]
May 1979"Stranger and Stranger in a Strange Land"
Script: Ed HanniganIn
a classroom at the University, Defenders Valkyrie, Hellcat, and Nighthawk plus
Dollar Bill and Ledge sit as a grand jury on three copies of the insane Lunatik
as Professor Harrison Turk, the self-proclaimed Lunatik, explains the bizarre
situation. [...]
June 1979"Up From The Sky"
Script: Ed HanniganIn
Tunnelworld, Valkyrie pursues Professor Turk and the three Lunatiks who have
kidnapped Hellcat while the other Defenders are occupied elsewhere. The native
Sputs are helping Doctor Strange and company find their way. [...]
July 1979"Of Wizards, Shadows and Kings"
Script: Ed HanniganOn the other side of a tunnel world, the Defenders, with a captured Lunatik, seek refuge in the city-fortress of the master magician Xhoohx, from an unrelenting evil dubbed by Doctor Strange as "The Unnameable". [...]
August 1979"Fools Rush In"
Script: Ed HanniganThe Foolkiller seeking to "purge the world of human trash" (in other words, Professor Turk a.k.a. Lunatik) runs into his students Ledge and Dollar Bill, who after hearing the Foolkiller's quest to become a hero, tell him to try joining the Defenders, who captured Lunatik. [...]
September 1979"Poetic Justice"
Script: Ed HanniganAt
Defenders HQ, Foolkiller II has shot Valkyrie’s sword out of her hand, pronouncing
the non-team fools he intends to kill. He holds at bay Val, Hellcat, Clea,
their friends Dollar Bill and Ledge, and his own friends Richard Rory and
Amber Grant. [...]
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