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Issue: Marvel Feature #1
Publication Date: December 1971
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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
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)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from retailer's stamp or markings as visible on cover or back 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
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In Issue: FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #16 [unnamed variant] published May 1978
as Defenders Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #2 published January 2005
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 (100) [Limited Variant Edition] published July 2008
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2008
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2008
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: 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)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as Marvel Feature #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Classic #8 published October 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Marie Severin did the preliminary cover sketch which Adams followed: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1816808
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Classified Advertisements

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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Classified advertisements on various pages throughout the issue.
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The Day of the Defenders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Defenders [Hulk; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]] (introduction, origin); Wong; Yandroth (villain, death); Omegatron (introduction); Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Ezra; Sarey
First Line: And there shall come a day...
Synopsis: The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron.
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In Issue: FlagMarvel Classic #8 published October 2012
In Content Item: FlagHulk E I Difensori #1 published March 1975
as Le origini dei Difensori! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #16 [unnamed variant] published May 1978
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Super Adventure Winter Special #[nn] published January 1980
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDay of the Defenders #1 published March 2001
as Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2008
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #1 published January 2011
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as The Day of the Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Frankenstein's Monster; Boney
First Line: Monster size monsters
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Between pages 8-9 of first story.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Hey fellow! Which would you rather have...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the GRIT Publishing Co.
Between ages 8-9 of first story.
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Out Cold!

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jack Lewis; Nancy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 14-15 of first story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photography)
Inker(s): ? (photography)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Chuck Sipes (photo); Dave Draper (photo)
First Line: Secret muscle building "tools"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products.
Between pages 14-15 of first story.
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While the Cat's Away, the Bullpen Will Play!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Baron Mordo (disguised as Doctor Strange)
Synopsis: Roy’s Rostrum, Items, illustration. At end of first story.
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
First Line: Polaris nuclear sub
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for a toy submarine, from Honor House Products.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: These 3 big drafting kits given to you!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Namora; Tha-Korr; Byrrah; Kalo
Synopsis: 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
From Content Item: FlagSub-Mariner #40 published June 1955
was The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: G61
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Graduate
First Line: Now you can finish high school at home
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for information from Academy For Home Study.
Between pages 6-7 of second story.
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The Return!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Doctor Strange (also as Stephen Sanders, becomes Stephen Strange again); Wong; the Ancient One; Baron Mordo (villain, posing as the masked Dr. Strange)
First Line: The time is a night, not many weeks ago...
Synopsis: Stephen Strange becomes Doctor Strange again to stop Baron Mordo.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Superheroes and the Occult Winter Special #[nn] published November 1980
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #1 published January 2005
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Dr. Strange #2 published January 2005
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange #4 [Regular Edition] published January 2010
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDefenders: The Coming of the Defenders #1 published February 2012
as The Return! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: 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.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Famous name prizes or cash the easy way!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Olympic Sales Club, Inc. ad seeking sellers of their greeting cards.
Between pages 8-9 of third story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: We'd like to test your art talent before somebody messes it up.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the last interior page.
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Amazing Kit-a-Month Program

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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First Line: America's greatest values in science labs and courses!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Do you need extra money?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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