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Issue: Marvel Feature #1
Publication Date: December 1971
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/27/1971
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#1, 2); saddle-stitched (#3 - 12)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
Reprinting
FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #16 [unnamed variant] published May 1978
as Defenders Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Dr. Strange #2 published January 2005
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 (100) [Limited Variant Edition] published July 2008
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2008
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2008
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2010
as The Awesome Origin of the Defenders [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Classic #8 published October 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Marie Severin did the preliminary cover sketch which Adams followed: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1816808
Classified Advertisements

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
Classified advertisements on various pages throughout the issue.
The Day of the Defenders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Defenders [Hulk; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]] (introduction, origin); Wong; Yandroth (villain, death); Omegatron (introduction); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Ezra; Sarey
And there shall come a day...
The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Classic #8 published October 2012
FlagHulk E I Difensori #1 published March 1975
as Le origini dei Difensori! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #16 [unnamed variant] published May 1978
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Super Adventure Winter Special #[nn] published January 1980
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDay of the Defenders #1 published March 2001
as Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2008
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
19
Previous adventures involving the characters together in Dr. Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22 and Incredible Hulk #126 and Sub-Mariner #34-35 are mentioned. Strange states that he also meant to recruit Thor.
As noted inside, the story takes place after the Dr. Strange feature at the end.
Strange invokes the Hosts of Hoggoth, the Vishanti, the Omnipotent Oshtur, the Vipers of Valtorr, the Demons of Denak, the Supreme Satannish.
This story establishes the Hulk's ability to see astral forms.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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typeset
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Subject Matter
Frankenstein's Monster; Boney
Monster size monsters
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Sold by Honor House Products.
Between pages 8-9 of first story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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?
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typeset
?
Subject Matter
Hey fellow! Which would you rather have...
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Advertisement for the GRIT Publishing Co.
Between ages 8-9 of first story.
Out Cold!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
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Subject Matter
Jack Lewis; Nancy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Between pages 14-15 of first story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photography)
? (photography)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo)
Secret muscle building "tools"
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products.
Between pages 14-15 of first story.
While the Cat's Away, the Bullpen Will Play!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Baron Mordo (disguised as Doctor Strange)
Roy’s Rostrum, Items, illustration. At end of first story.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Polaris nuclear sub
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad for a toy submarine, from Honor House Products.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photograph)
? (photograph)
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
These 3 big drafting kits given to you!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Tha-Korr; Byrrah; Kalo
Sub-Mariner, and then Prince Byrrah, both attack U.S. surface ships in the arctic, but when a warning from the U.S. expedition allows the Atlanteans to evacuate their kingdom just before a cataclysmic explosion levels it, the two sides are able to come to a peaceful understanding.
Reprinting
FlagSub-Mariner #40 published June 1955
was The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Graduate
Now you can finish high school at home
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Ad, with order coupon, for information from Academy For Home Study.
Between pages 6-7 of second story.
The Return!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Doctor Strange (also as Stephen Sanders, becomes Stephen Strange again); Wong; the Ancient One; Baron Mordo (villain, posing as the masked Dr. Strange)
The time is a night, not many weeks ago...
Stephen Strange becomes Doctor Strange again to stop Baron Mordo.
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Superheroes and the Occult Winter Special #[nn] published November 1980
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagEssential Dr. Strange #2 published January 2005
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2010
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Last appearance of the character in Incredible Hulk #126.
The feature is spelled "Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts!" The feature was last seen in Dr. Strange #183 and is next seen in Marvel Premiere #3 after appearances of Dr. Strange in Marvel Feature #1-3 with the Defenders and in Amazing Spider-Man #109.
With the Ancient One's restoration of the Stephen Strange identity, the superhero phase of the character when he operated masked under a secret identity comes to an end.
The Mystic Moons of Munnopor are invoked in incantation, the Vishanti invoked in praise.
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
With two ads: Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (December 1971) and Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (December 1971).
Between pages 2-3 of story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Famous name prizes or cash the easy way!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Olympic Sales Club, Inc. ad seeking sellers of their greeting cards.
Between pages 8-9 of third story.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (photo)
? (photo)
typeset
?
Subject Matter
We'd like to test your art talent before somebody messes it up.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
On the last interior page.
Amazing Kit-a-Month Program

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?
?
?
typeset
?
Subject Matter
Do you need extra money?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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