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Comic Book: Defenders, The (1972 series)

What This 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:
Dates
Aug 1972 to Feb 1986
1972
N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Hulk
Hulk

(Bruce Banner)
Valkyrie
Valkyrie

(Brunnhilda)
Nighthawk
Nighthawk

(Kyle Richmond)
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange

(Stephen Strange)
Hellcat
Hellcat

(Patsy Walker)
Red Guardian
Red Guardian

(Tania Belinsky)
Plus: Defenders, Jack Norriss (Jackson Norriss).
Defenders, The #1
Defenders, The #1

(Aug 1972)

Comics Index

Page: 3 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.

Defenders, The #51
4 stars

Defenders, The #51

September 1977
"A Round With The Ringer!"
Script: David Kraft
SHIELD 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. [...]
Defenders, The #52
4 stars

Defenders, The #52

October 1977
"Defender Of The Realm"
Script: David Kraft
Prince 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. [...]
Defenders, The #53
4 stars

Defenders, The #53

November 1977
"The Power Principle, Part 1: The Prince And The Presence!"
Script: David Kraft
Prince 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. [...]
Defenders, The #54
4.5 stars

Defenders, The #54

December 1977
"A Study in Survival! The Power Principle Part Two"
Script: David Kraft
Codename: 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…. [...]
Defenders, The #55
4.5 stars

Defenders, The #55

January 1978
"Emotion, Ego... and Empty Expectations"
Script: David Kraft
Stranded 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. [...]
Defenders, The #56
4 stars

Defenders, The #56

February 1978
"Val's New York Adventure"
Script: David Kraft
In 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. [...]
Defenders, The #57
4 stars

Defenders, The #57

March 1978
"And Along Came... Ms. Marvel!"
Script: Chris Claremont
Several 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. [...]
Defenders, The #58
4 stars

Defenders, The #58

April 1978
"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 1 Agents of Fortune"
Script: David Kraft
On 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. [...]
Defenders, The #59
4 stars

Defenders, The #59

May 1978
"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 2 Tyranny and Mutation"
Script: David Kraft
[...]
Defenders, The #60
4 stars

Defenders, The #60

June 1978
"The Revenge of Vera Gemini! Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 3"
Script: David Kraft
Having 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. [...]
Defenders, The #61
4 stars

Defenders, The #61

July 1978
"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lunatik"
Script: David Kraft
At 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. [...]
Defenders, The #62
4 stars

Defenders, The #62

August 1978
"Membership Madness! Dollar Bill’s Documentary Disaster Part 1!"
Script: David Kraft
The 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. [...]
Defenders, The #63
4 stars

Defenders, The #63

September 1978
"Deadlier by the Dozen!"
Script: David Kraft
A 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. [...]
Defenders, The #64
4 stars

Defenders, The #64

October 1978
"D-Day!"
Script: David Kraft
[...]
Defenders, The #65
4 stars

Defenders, The #65

November 1978
"Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas"
Script: David Kraft
In 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. [...]
Defenders, The #66
3 stars

Defenders, The #66

December 1978
"War of the Dead! Val in Valhalla Part One"
Script: David Kraft
The 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. [...]
Defenders, The #67
3 stars

Defenders, The #67

January 1979
"We, The Unliving..."
Script: Ed Hannigan
In 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. [...]
Defenders, The #68
4 stars

Defenders, The #68

February 1979
"Valhalla Can Wait! Val in Valhalla Part Three"
Script: Ed Hannigan
In 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. [...]
Defenders, The #69
2 stars

Defenders, The #69

March 1979
"The Anything Man"
Script: Mary Jo Duffy
Doctor 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. [...]
Defenders, The #70
4 stars

Defenders, The #70

April 1979
"Catch a Falling Lunatik!"
Script: Ed Hannigan
The 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. [...]
Defenders, The #71
4 stars

Defenders, The #71

May 1979
"Stranger and Stranger in a Strange Land"
Script: Ed Hannigan
In 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. [...]
Defenders, The #72
3 stars

Defenders, The #72

June 1979
"Up From The Sky"
Script: Ed Hannigan
In 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. [...]
Defenders, The #73
3 stars

Defenders, The #73

July 1979
"Of Wizards, Shadows and Kings"
Script: Ed Hannigan
On 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". [...]
Defenders, The #74
3 stars

Defenders, The #74

August 1979
"Fools Rush In"
Script: Ed Hannigan
The 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. [...]
Defenders, The #75
4 stars

Defenders, The #75

September 1979
"Poetic Justice"
Script: Ed Hannigan
At 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. [...]