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Issue: Giant-Size Defenders #4
Publication Date: April 1975
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Once More... The Squadron Sinister!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer; Dr. Spectrum]; Yellowjacket [Dr. Hank Pym]
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Giant-Size Defenders #4 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Too Cold a Night For Dying!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber (plot, script); Don McGregor; Roger Slifer (plot assist)
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Dave Hunt
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Trixie Starr [also as Trish Starr]; Dr. James Wynter; Yellowjacket [Dr. Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Egghead; Aragorn; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer; Dr. Spectrum]
Synopsis: The Defenders and Yellowjacket are on the trail of Egghead, who planted a bomb in the car of Kyle Richmond and injured both Richmond and Trixie Starr.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Too Cold a Night for Dying! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 30
Disclose Notes: Trish Starr loses her left arm. McGregor and Slifer credits from the letters page to Giant-Size Defenders #5.
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Another Assortment of Action-Packed Ad-Libs and Astonishing Addendums!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber
Penciller(s): Jim Starlin (illustration)
Inker(s): Jim Starlin; Dan Adkins (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Defenders Dialogue
Character(s): Sub-Mariner; Hulk; Dr. Strange; Nighthawk; Daredevil
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: includes letters from Mark Dooley, Thomas Spink, Mark Gist, Richard Nathan and Beth Rubin
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Namor, now emperor of the sub-sea, again ventures out to battle-----

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Everett
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Editor(s): Joe Simon (original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Sub-Mariner
Character(s): Sub-Mariner
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Human Torch #4 (3) published January 1941
was The Serum Must Get Through! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: In the comic, the story is misidentified as coming from Human Torch (1940 series) #4.
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Witchcraft in the Wax Museum!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Artie Simek
Editor(s): Stan Lee (original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Strange
Character(s): Doctor Strange; Baron Mordo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCapitaine America #66 published February 1977
as "Sorcellerie au musée de cire!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #121 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1964
was Witchcraft in the Wax Museum! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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