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Issue: The Defenders #23
Publication Date: May 1975
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Issues: #23 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Len Wein
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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
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...And the Snakes Shall Inherit the Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as GK] (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Janson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Danny Crespi ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Defenders #23 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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..the Snakes Shall Inherit the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Don Warfield [as Don W.]
Letterer(s): June Braverman [as Junie B.]; Gaspar Saladino (page 3); typeset (page 9)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Elena; Elena's baby; Sons of the Serpent; Aragorn; Yellowjacket [Dr. Hank Pym]; Wong; Clea; Jack Norriss; Harold Holliman
Synopsis: Sons of the Serpent reveal their agenda and battle the Defenders, capturing Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, Yellowjacket and Nighthawk.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as ...the Snakes Shall Inherit the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Jack Norris name changed to Jack Norriss in this and all subsequent issues.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber (replies)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Defenders Dialogue
First Line: Dear Marvel, Defenders #20, coupled with...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Dean Mullaney and Mary McGeehan.

Placed between pages 12 and 13 of the main sequence.

Also contains Marvel Value Stamp Series A #78 (the Owl).
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A Bacchanalian Bunch of the Brightest and Battiest Bullpen Bulletins Yet!

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

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Mike Esposito ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): Spider-Man
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Placed between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.

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