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Issue: The Defenders #48
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Title:
Variant: 30¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 03/15/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860215206
Price: $0.35 USD
$0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #141, March 1977.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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What Is the Secret of Scorpio?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]; Scorpio [Jacob Fury]
Reprinting
FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #48 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
 
Miscellaneous
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Severin alterations on Scorpio and Valkyrie observed from original art.
Who Remembers Scorpio? Part One Sinister Savior!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders [Valkyrie [Barbara Norris]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Moon Knight [Steven Grant; Jake Lockley; Marc Spector]; Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Nick Fury L.M.D.; Wonder Man; Jack Norriss; Aragorn
Today has been a distinct disappointment.
Scorpio captures Jack Norriss and asks the Defenders for $500,000 in ransom. The ransom is delivered by Nighthawk, whom Scorpio captures.
Reprinting
FlagMoon Knight Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as Who Remembers Scorpio? Part One Sinister Savior! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
 
Miscellaneous
17
Script credit confirmed by Don McGregor in The Comics Journal #39.
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Dear Archie & his Defending buddies: With new writing and...
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Billy Matheny, Jeff Hayward, Mitch Paul, Bob Rodi.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Zounds! A Zealful Zetetic of Zestful Zanies to Zap the Zeitgeist!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Godzilla
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Miscellaneous
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Captain America and Sore Sir's Apprentices

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
superhero
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sore Sir's Apprentices
Captain America defeats Sore Sir's Apprentices with the help of a Hostess Cupcake.
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