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. With issue #125, the title changes to THE NEW DEFENDERS with a new lineup.
Data Sheet:
Aug 1972 to Oct 1983
1972
N/A
Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Hulk(Robert Bruce Banner)
Comics Index
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Indexed Comics:
124
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
November 1981"Renewal"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisThe Savage Hulk is the only one happy for obtaining a victory against the hordes of Hell. But everybody is sad for the high price they payed in return: the loss of Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, into the hands of his father. [...]
December 1981"Mind Games"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAt
the Sanctum Sanctorum, the paralyzed Kyle “Nighthawk” Richmond is undergoing
mystic rites at the hands of Clea and Gargoyle. Downstairs, Kyle’s nurse Luann
Bloom asks Wong about this, being skeptical and suspicious of such cultish
activity. [...]
January 1982"The Haunting of Christianboro"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisA
bitter and dejected Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) walks the streets on a dark and
rainy October evening. He is accosted by a pair of hoods who intend to rob him;
one stabs him but the knife bends. They whip his scarf away, revealing his
terrifying face and Isaac tells them to leave him alone. [...]
February 1982"Yesterday Never Dies!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn
a filthy apartment in Greenwich Village, Devil-Slayer/Eric Payne continues his
attempts to rescue Ira “Sunshine” Gross from his drug addiction; he has done
what he could to repair the damage drugs have done to Ira’s brain but Ira must
work to defeat his physical dependence on heroin. [...]
March 1982"... Rising..."
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Doctor Strange joins Beast and Reed Richards in examining the case of Vera Cantor,
Beast’s girlfriend who is suspended in a state of non-life because of an
encounter with the Resurrection Stone, now shattered. [...]
April 1982"The War to End All Wars"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisStory continues from CAPTAIN AMERICA #268Dr Strange receives a staggeringly powerful warning that DefendersGargoyle, Hellcat, Nighthawk and Valkyrie are in danger, and Captain America is in it with them. After a reviving tea from Wong he sends out an astral call for help. [...]
May 1982"On Death and Dying..."
Script: J. M. DeMatteisCaptain America and Daredevil are standing with Defenders Beast, Dr Strange, Gargoyle, Hellcat, Son of Satan and Valkyrie outside the Mt Charteris base of August Masters that has just blown up. [...]
June 1982"The Wasteland!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAt a séance to contact the murdered Valkyrie's spirit, the Enchantress appears to inform the Defenders that Val is not dead: her soul is locked within her sword Dragonfang, and her body is a prisoner in Niffleheim. [...]
July 1982"Vengeance! Cries the Valkyrie"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisThe Valkyrie and the Defenders defeat the Enchantress. Then, the Valkyrie travels to Asgard to speak with Odin. Odin and the Valkyrie make peace with one another. Elsewhere, the Hulk, Namor, and Son of Satan are whisked along in interdimensional space. [...]
August 1982"... Hunger..."
Script: J. M. DeMatteisDevil-Slayer
a/k/a Eric Simon Payne is on a tiny rock in the Negative Zone, his only
companion is the corpse of Ira “Sunshine” Gross whose death he blames himself
for. But he doesn’t want to die—so Ira’s ghost suggests they leave. [...]
September 1982"Fathers and Daughters"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisWe are taken through the pages of Patsy Walker's (Hellcat's) diary; specifically, her search for her father. She has been told that Satan is her father and she needs to know the truth. She tracks her father to a small town where she meets Nicholis Eblis. [...]
October 1982"Strange Visitor From Another Planet!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisAt
the brownstone purchased by Kyle Richmond as a headquarters for the Defenders,
a party is in progress. [...]
November 1982"Moon Madness!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn
the parallel world where President Kyle Richmond and the Over-Mind have joined
forces and conquered the world, they have the Squadron Supreme constructing
rockets to extend their dominion to the stars…. [...]
December 1982"Dance of Darkness, Dance of Light"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn
the parallel world Null the Living Darkness has emerged from the corpse of
President Kyle Richmond to terrify the Defenders and the Squadron Supreme. [...]
January 1983"A Very Wrong Turn"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisIn
the alternate universe, the Defenders and the Squadron Supreme witness as Kyle
Richmond discovers he is not the Nighthawk of the Defenders but Nighthawk of
the Squadron Supreme. But his memories are scrambled so he cries out for
understanding. [...]
February 1983"Two By Two"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Doctor Strange is brooding about the recent departure of Clea when he is approached by
Over-Mind who, being the fusion of multiple telepathic minds known as the
Chorus, tells him that he understands. [...]
March 1983"The Gift"
Script: J. M. DeMatteisThe
Defenders (Doctor Strange, Valkyrie, Hellcat, Gargoyle, Over-Mind) assemble in
a glade in upstate New York where Strange reveals a hidden mystic flame,
designed as a memorial to their deceased compatriot Nighthawk/Kyle Richmond.
Strange speaks a brief eulogy. [...]
April 1983"The Double"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
May 1983"Ashes, Ashes... We All Fall Down"
Script: Steven Grant [...]
June 1983"Sanctuary"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
July 1983"Savior"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
August 1983"Things To Come"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
September 1983"Of Elves And Androids"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
October 1983"Darkness On The Edge Of Time"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis [...]
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