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Issue: The Defenders #40

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Publication Date: October 1976

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Issues: #40 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)

Title:

Variant: U.S. Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

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): Archie Goodwin

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Format

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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Variants2

The Defenders #40 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Defenders #40 [UK Cover Price]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Mask of the Assassin? [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

Mask of the Assassin?

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Gil Kane

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): John Costanza; Dan Crespi ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Essential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Gerber

Penciller(s): Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (finished art)

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): Klaus Janson

Letterer(s): Joe Rosen

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): 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

Synopsis: 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

In Content Item: Flag

Essential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Job Number: JV362

Notes: Story concludes in The Defenders Annual (Marvel, 1976 series) #1.

[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 Steve, Marv, Sal, and Klaus: ...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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!

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Your Game is Specialized

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: sports

Feature(s): Spalding

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Spalding baseball gloves on the back cover.