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Issue: The Defenders #48
Publication Date: June 1977
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Issues: #48 of 152 Issues (373 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: 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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What Is the Secret of Scorpio?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #48 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Severin alterations on Scorpio and Valkyrie observed from original art.
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Who Remembers Scorpio? Part One Sinister Savior!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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
First Line: Today has been a distinct disappointment.
Synopsis: Scorpio captures Jack Norriss and asks the Defenders for $500,000 in ransom. The ransom is delivered by Nighthawk, whom Scorpio captures.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMoon Knight Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as Who Remembers Scorpio? Part One Sinister Savior! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Script credit confirmed by Don McGregor in The Comics Journal #39.
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[untitled]

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

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Godzilla
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Pages: 1
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Captain America and Sore Sir's Apprentices

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sore Sir's Apprentices
Synopsis: Captain America defeats Sore Sir's Apprentices with the help of a Hostess Cupcake.
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Pages: 1

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