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Issue: The Secret Defenders #1
Publication Date: March 1993
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Issues: #1 of 25 Issues (44 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 01/12/1993
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.15 CAD
£1.65 GBP
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagDoctor Strange and the Secret Defenders #[nn] published January 2016
FlagDoctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme Omnibus #2 published January 2018
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Secret Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wolverine [Logan]; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Darkhawk [Chris Powell]]
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In Content Item: FlagDottor Strange #2 published June 1995
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Foil enhanced cover.
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A Gathering of Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Secret Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Wolverine [Logan]; Spider-Woman [Julia Carpenter]; Nomad [Jack Monroe]; Darkhawk [Chris Powell]]; Decimator; Tokamak; Dreadlox (Cameo, Introduction); Rachel Carpenter (Cameo); Defenders [Hulk; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Valkyrie] (Flashback)
Synopsis: Dr. Strange gathers a group of four heroes to Phoenix, Arizona and forms the first team of Secret Defenders. The new Defenders foil a bank robbery but are flummoxed when one of the robbers ages and dies in his cell. Trying to unravel the mystery, Wolverine and Spider-Woman come up against the super powered villains, Decimator and Tokamak, and are able to handily beat them until Dreadlox enters the fray.
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In Content Item: FlagDottor Strange #2 published June 1995
as Adunata d'eroi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
Disclose Notes: Dr. Strange uses Tarot cards to select team members.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset; ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan's Soapbox; The Bull's Eye; Hypeline: On Sale This Week
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Defend to the Death...

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Wolverine
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Roy Thomas talks about the new floating roster concept of the Secret Defenders.
Includes a panel of art from next issue's story.

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