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Issue: The Secret Defenders #1

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Publication Date: March 1993

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Issues: #1 of 25 Issues (35 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07148602265703

Price: $3.15 CAD
$2.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Mike Rockwitz; Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

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Variants3

The Secret Defenders #1 [Direct]

The Secret Defenders #1 [Australian]

The Secret Defenders #1 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Andre Coates

Inker(s): Don Hudson

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Secret Defenders

Character(s): Secret Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wolverine [Logan]; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Darkhawk [Chris Powell]]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Foil enhanced cover.

A Gathering of Heroes

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Andre Coates

Inker(s): Don Hudson

Colorist(s): John Kalisz

Letterer(s): Clem Robins

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Secret Defenders

Character(s): Secret Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wolverine [Logan]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Darkhawk [Chris Powell]]; Decimator; Tokamak; Dreadlox (Cameo, Introduction); Rachel Carpenter (Cameo); Defenders [Hulk; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Valkyrie] (Flashback)

Synopsis: Dr. Strange gathers a group of four heroes to Phoenix, Arizona and forms the first team of Secret Defenders. The new Defenders foil a bank robbery but are flummoxed when one of the robbers ages and dies in his cell. Trying to unravel the mystery, Wolvie and Spider-Woman come up against the super powered villains, Decimator and Tokamak, and are able to handily beat them until Dreadlox enters the fray.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Dr. Strange uses Tarot cards to select team members.

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee; Barry Dutter; ?

Penciller(s): Rick Parker

Inker(s): Rick Parker

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset; ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

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Pages: 1

Notes: Stan's Soapbox; The Bull's Eye; Hypeline: On Sale This Week

Defend to the Death...

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Roy Thomas

Penciller(s): Andre Coates (illustration)

Inker(s): Don Hudson (illustration)

Colorist(s): John Kalisz

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Secret Defenders

Character(s): Wolverine

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Pages: 1

Notes: Roy Thomas talks about the new floating roster concept of the Secret Defenders.
Includes a panel of art from next issue's story.