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Issue: The Defenders #28
Publication Date: October 1975
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Issues: #28 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: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marv Wolfman
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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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In9
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Cover, Front
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Enter: Starhawk!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ron Wilson
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dan Crespi
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Badoon; Starhawk
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Defenders #28 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGuardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2009
as Earth Shall Overcome [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagGuardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2009
as Enter: Starhawk! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGuardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Guardianes de la Galaxia: Vengadores Cósmicos #[nn] published July 2014
as Enter: Starhawk! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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My Mother, The Badoon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Steve Gerber
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema (layouts, breakdowns); Frank Giacoia (Finished Art); John Tartaglione [as John Tartag] (Finished Art)
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia; John Tartaglione [as John Tartag]
Colorist(s): Al Wenzel
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Doctor Strange; Nighthawk; Valkyrie; Hulk]; Badoon; Guardians of the Galaxy [Martinex; Yondu; Vance Astro; Charlie-27; Starhawk]
Synopsis: Nighthawk, Charlie-27 and Martinex are captured by the Badoon. Starhawk helps Vance Astro and Valkyrie return to Earth. Hulk and Yondu are forced to enter the Super-Death Sweepstakes.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGuardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Avengers #1 published December 2012
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as My Mother, the Badoon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGuardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2009
as My Mother, The Badoon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Gold. Guardianes de la Galaxia: Vengadores Cósmicos #[nn] published July 2014
as ¡Mi Madre, la Badoon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: First full appearance of Starhawk after a cameo in the previous issue.
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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 People, The guest star bonanza...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Mark Caldwell, Scott Jeffrey, Tom Bond, and "the snake".

Placed between pages 12 and 13 of the main sequence.
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The King Is Back! 'Nuff Said!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; the Thing
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Pages: 1

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