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Issue: The Defenders #42

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Publication Date: December 1976

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Issues: #42 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: 0714860215212

Price: $0.30 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Gerry Conway

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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 #42 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Defenders #42 [UK Cover Price]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Emissaries of Evil! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- And in This Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

Emissaries of Evil!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby; John Romita (alterations)

Inker(s): Klaus Janson; John Romita (alterations)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Dan Crespi

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Solarr [Silas King]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Essential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #42 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

And in This Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway

Penciller(s): Keith Giffen (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): Klaus Janson

Letterer(s): John Costanza

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Solarr [Silas King]; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Egghead; Omar Karindu; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts]

Synopsis: Egghead sends Solar and Rhino to steal the Star of Capistan from Dr. Strange. When the Defenders stop them Egghead sends the Cobalt Man to New York, hoping Cobalt Man will explode and destroy the Defenders.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Essential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as And in this Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Notes: Valkyrie in old outfit.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gerry Conway (replies)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Defenders Dialogue

First Line: Paens and Platitudes from a Punchy...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letter of comment from reader Mark Ernst.

Also contains a Howard the Duck presidential campaign update #3.

Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

A Testament to Tapestries Tempestuous, Tales Titanic, and Tableaux Treasured!

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

Character(s): Spider-Man; Tarantula

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Spider-Man and the Fly!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Fly

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Placed between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.