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Issue: The Defenders #40
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Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 07/20/1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860215210
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #132.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Mask of the Assassin?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]
Reprinting
FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Alterations on Hulk's face by Romita.
Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Jack Norriss; Matt Murdock; Clea; Wong; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Senator Winthrop; The Elf with a Gun; Committee for Free Emigration; Mrs. Rosenzweig
The charges agains Valkyrie are dismissed thanks to some help from Matt Murdock. Valkyrie gets a new gold costume, that is given to her by Clea. Red Guardian is attacked by an anti-communist organization.
Reprinting
FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
17
JV362
Story concludes in The Defenders Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #1.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Dear Steve, Marv, Sal, and Klaus: ...
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters of comment from readers Steve Wasson, Ed Norton, David LaSalle, and The Brain Police.

Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
A Ragbag of Riotous Repartee for Our Resplendently Rarefied Readership!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Your Game is Specialized

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
sports
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Ad for Spalding baseball gloves on the back cover.

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