Comic Book: Defenders (1972 series)
What This Comic Book is About:
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)
Plus: Jack Norriss (
Jackson Norriss).
Comics Index
Page: 4 of 5
Total Indexed Comics:
125
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
October 1979"Little Triggers!"
Script: Steven GrantNow
that the Defenders have broken up (last issue), Hellcat calls on her friend Wasp
to pick up her and Valkyrie in an Avengers Quinjet so they can search for the
runaway James-Michael Starling as a favor to the latter’s friends Ruth Hart,
Amber Grant, and Richard Rory. [...]
November 1979"Waiting For The End Of The World!"
Script: Steven GrantIn an attempt to obtain Omega's powers, Ruby held the hero's corpse. But suddenly the body vanished and a boy named James-Michael Starling appeared in its place. Ruby and her goon, Dibbuk, waited for the young man's answers. But Starling didn't know how he show up in Las Vegas! [...]
December 1979"The Return of the Original Defenders!"
Script: Ed HanniganDoctor Strange summons the Hulk and Sub-Mariner to his home to enlist them in a
mission to save Tunnelworld from the growing threat of the Unnameable, which
could spread to our world if not stopped. Hulk dislikes being out in the rain
so he heads to the Sanctum Sanctorum just to get dry. [...]
January 1980"Chains of Love!"
Script: Ed HanniganIn
Tunnelworld, Aeroika leads the disguised Doctor Strange, Hulk, and Sub-Mariner
to a peaceful glade where they are protected by the Nya (benevolent spirits).
There they can drop their disguises and sleep. [...]
February 1980"Once A Defender"
Script: Ed HanniganNighthawk
arrives near Colorado in response to the SOS from Wasp (last issue); he thanks
his tech flying support for their help, rejecting their advice to test his
systems more thoroughly before heading into action. He zooms out in search of
his endangered Defenders teammates…. [...]
March 1980"War in Ogeon"
Script: Ed HanniganOn
Tunnelworld to stop the spread of the Unnameable’s influence, the Defenders
(Hulk, Doctor Strange, Sub-Mariner) have been guided by the escaped slave Aeroika
to the outskirts of Ogeon, citadel of the evil Buzzard-King Ytitnedion. [...]
April 1980"Wizard-Death!"
Script: Ed Hannigan [...]
May 1980"End Of The Tunnel"
Script: Ed HanniganIn
Tunnelworld, Doctor Strange returns to his physical body hidden in the palace
sewers and returns to the throne room to rescue his captive wizard pal Xhoohx.
Alas, he discovers his friend is dead, slain by Ytitnedion after the failed
rescue last issue. [...]
June 1980"Battle Royal!"
Script: Ed HanniganAfter
their return from Tunnelworld, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner hosts
Doctor Strange in Atlantis. Both men are concerned about the Hulk having his brain
taken over by the Unnameable; he is receiving Atlantis’ finest medical care. [...]
July 1980"Like a Proud Black Panther…"
Script: Ed HanniganHellcat
watches the Wakandan Embassy from the roof across the street, observing
anti-war protestors and the Embassy guards at odds while awaiting the return of
their King T’Challa so she can report on the villainous Mandrill. [...]
August 1980"The Left Hand of Silence!"
Script: Ed HanniganValkyrie
has been flying around the city with a Vibranium detector but she can find no
sign of the Defenders’ quarry, the Mandrill. She and Aragorn alight on a
rooftop to watch the sunrise and ponder her place in the heroic team…. [...]
September 1980"Inquest"
Script: Ed HanniganA
mysterious tribunal holds an inquest on the Defenders and their recent
activities.
An
agent reports how his surveillance team saw Valkyrie and Hellcat arrive at the
devastated Riding Academy in their search for the Hulk. [...]
October 1980"Lord of the Whales"
Script: Ed HanniganAt Nighthawk's Long Island factory Valkyrie hold the Defenders air-car aloft while workmen repair it from its recent ordeals. Hellcat flirts with one of the workers and nearly causes an accident but is saved by Nighthawk in his civilian attire. [...]
November 1980"A Death in the Family!"
Script: Ed HanniganHellcat
and Valkyrie, the latter bearing the unconscious form of Bruce Banner, arrive
at Kyle Richmond’s penthouse apartment to find his lawyer Milton Rosenblum
arguing with IRS Agents planning to seize Kyle’s property. [...]
December 1980"Mind Over Mandrill!"
Script: Ed HanniganThe Mandrill is preparing to leave Central America to return to New York City to gain revenge on his father and, by extension, all of humanity for ostracizing him for being different. [...]
January 1981"Defiance"
Script: Ed HanniganHellcat, Hulk, Daredevil, and Nighthawk have returned to the courtroom that was the site of Kyle Richmond's arraignment hearing last issue. Following up on her promise, the still Mandrill-influenced judge orders Nighthawk into custody. [...]
February 1981"Eternity... Humanity... Oblivion!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAt the Sanctum
Sanctorum, Doctor Strange and Clea watch their houseguest Hulk play with toys
like a child. Nighthawk arrives and Strange can tell he is upset. [...]
March 1981"The Woman Behind the Man!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAfter
the events of the previous issue, Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner relaxes by
playing with some dolphins, when he is summoned by Lady Dorma, his long dead love…. [...]
April 1981"Beware... The Six-Fingered Hand!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn response to a
panicked call for help from Patsy Walker while they were in London, Doctor Strange,
Valkyrie, and Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan,
dash to her home in Montclair, New Jersey, in their most spectacular
fashion, terrifying the neighbors. [...]
May 1981"The Vampire Strikes Back!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisThe Defenders (Doctor Strange, Hellcat, Valkyrie,
Son of Satan, Gargoyle) return to
the Sanctum
Sanctorum to find the door unlocked. A mystery with no aura of evil leads them
to enter slowly and a mysterious figure swoops down to scatter them. [...]
June 1981"The Rock and Roll Conspiracy!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn Detroit, Asmodeus Jones, “King of
Devil-Rock” excites a stadium full of youthful fans by ending a song with the
appearance of the demon Fashima, hypnotizing them along with his manager Felix
Palmer. Roadie Johnny Blaze is concerned…. [...]
July 1981"Slouching Toward Bethlehem"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAt the home of Asmodeus
Jones, Doctor Strange enters into a trance for five hours while the other
Defenders (Hellcat,
Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Son of Satan, Gargoyle) await the results. [...]
August 1981"The Hand Closes!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAt the Sanctum
Sanctorum, Wong takes a phone call for Doctor Strange just as the Defenders
(Strange, Valkyrie,
Hellcat, Nighthawk, Son of Satan, Gargoyle, Devil-Slayer) teleport in from
their visit to Israel. Strange picks up the phone to find Captain America on
the other end. [...]
September 1981"The Final Conflict?"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisThe Defenders are joined by Hulk, Namor, Silver Surfer and Clea, who show up in the hellish dimension trapped in life essence capsules. The host demon introduces himself as Maya and laughs at the Defenders since their situation seems to worse every second! [...]
October 1981"Hell on Earth!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
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