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Issue: The Defenders #17
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #17 of 152 Issues (373 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/20/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
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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 series
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The One, the Only Power Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Power Man [Luke Cage]
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Defenders #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Back Cover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Power Play!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie [Barbara]]; Aragorn; J. C. Pennysworth; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Walter; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]; Bulldozer [Henry Camp] (introduction); Piledriver [Brian Calusky] (introduction); Thunderball [Eliot Franklin] (introduction)] (introduction)
First Line: The scene: Long Island-- a secluded riding academy on the Nassau/Suffolk border...
Synopsis: Valkyrie leaves the team to learn more about Barbara, the girl the Enchantress bonded with her. Hulk, upset that Val left the team, also leaves. The remaining Defenders, Dr. Strange and Nighthawk, along with Power Man who was hired by Pennyworth, try to stop the Wrecking Crew from destroying a skyscraper that is owned by Kyle Richmond.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #2 published January 2006
as Power Play! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Hulk's story continues in Marvel Team-up (Marvel, 1972 series) #27
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.17
Disclose Notes: Letters from Bob Warner, Chad B. Goyette, Tom Long, Robert Hewko, Steve Humphreys. Also includes Marvel Value Stamp #20 Brother Voodoo.
Split between 1/2 page on page 19 and 2/3 page on page 32.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Be a Mighty Marvel salesperson!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Subscription advertisement for Marvel comics.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Frankenstein Monster; Gullivar Jones
First Line: Marvel's most dramatic double-featiure!
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ad for Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 on sale now.
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Sumptuous Scoops About Summer, Spidey - And Softball!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Power Man; Iron Fist; Shang-Chi
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Pages: 2

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