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Issue: The Defenders #50
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Title:
Is Variant Variant: 35¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/17/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860215208
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No letters column. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #143, May 1977. A test market variant, with 35¢ cover price of a general distribution issue with 30¢ cover price.
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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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War Against the Zodiac!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]]; Zodiac [Aries; Leo; Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Aquarius; Taurus]
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Cover art credits confirmed in The Comic Reader 143, May 1977.
Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three Scorpio Must Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]]; Nick Fury L.M.D.; Zodiac [Scorpio [Jacob Fury] (death); Leo; Sagittarius; Aquarius; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Aries; Libra; Pisces; Capricorn; Virgo]; Jack Norris
Hulk remembers you!
Scorpio kills himself after his Zodiac is defeated by the Defenders.
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Miscellaneous
17
"Art assist" credits appear on page 31.
The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Howard the Duck; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Silver Surfer; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]; Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Aragorn
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Page of The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out with cameo head of all previous Defenders.

Located between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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? (illustration)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
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Spider-Man and Madam Web!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Madam Web
Everyone thinks I'm to blame.
Spider-Man captures the love-crazed fiend Madam Web.
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Between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.
Street Ball

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
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Subject Matter
sports
Spalding; Dr. J; Rick Barry
Dr. J; Rick Barry
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Comic ad for Spalding basketballs on the back cover.

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