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Issue: The Defenders #50
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #50 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 30¢ 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: 0714860215208
Price: $0.35 USD
$0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin
Disclose Notes: No letters column this issue.
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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 In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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War Against the Zodiac!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Milgrom
Inker(s): Al Milgrom
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]]; Zodiac [Aries; Leo; Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Aquarius; Taurus]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #50 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits confirmed in The Comic Reader 143, May 1977.
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Scorpio Must Die! Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft [as David Kraft]
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): Keith Giffen; Mike Royer (art assist); John Tartaglione (art assist); Dave Cockrum (art assist)
Colorist(s): Don Warfield
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino (page one); John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]]; Nick Fury L.M.D.; Zodiac [Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Leo; Sagittarius; Aquarius; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Aries; Libra; Pisces; Capricorn; Virgo]; Jack Norriss
Synopsis: Scorpio kills himself after his Zodiac is defeated by the Defenders.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMoon Knight Epic Collection #1 published October 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #16 [Regular] published January 1978
as Pin-up [Story on Interior Page(s)]2 pp.
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Treasury Edition #16 [Regular] published January 1978
as The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]1 p.
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as Who Remembers Scorpio Part Three Scorpio Must Die! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: "Art assist" credits appear on page 31.
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The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft ?
Penciller(s): Keith Giffen
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): John Costanza
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): 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; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Aragorn
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out [Filler on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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.
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[untitled]

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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Spider-Man and Madam Web!

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]; Madam Web
Synopsis: Spider-Man captures the love-crazed fiend Madam Web.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.
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Street Ball

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Spalding; Dr. J; Rick Barry
Character(s): Dr. J; Rick Barry
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for Spalding basketballs on the back cover.

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