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Issue: The Defenders #42

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Publication Date: December 1976

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Issues: #42 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860215212

Price: £0.10 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Gerry Conway

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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 series

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The Defenders #42 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Defenders #42 [UK Cover Price]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (5 total)

Emissaries of Evil!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; John Romita (alterations)

Inker(s): Klaus Janson; John Romita (alterations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Dan Crespi

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Solarr [Silas King]

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Pages: 1

And in This Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): Klaus Janson

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Solarr [Silas King]; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Egghead; Omar Karindu; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts]

Synopsis: Egghead sends Solar and Rhino to steal the Star of Capistan from Dr. Strange. When the Defenders stop them Egghead sends the Cobalt Man to New York, hoping Cobalt Man will explode and destroy the Defenders.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Notes: Valkyrie in old outfit.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway (replies)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Defenders Dialogue

First Line: Paens and Platitudes from a Punchy...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letter of comment from reader Mark Ernst.

Also contains a Howard the Duck presidential campaign update #3.

Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

A Testament to Tapestries Tempestuous, Tales Titanic, and Tableaux Treasured!

Text Article on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

Character(s): Spider-Man; Tarantula

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Pages: 1

The Spider-Man and the Fly!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fly

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Pages: 1

Notes: Placed between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.