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Issue: Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 (100)
Publication Date: July 2008
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Volume: 1
Pages: 254
ISBN: 9780785130451
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Price: $57.75 CAD
$54.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
34 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Reprints Sub-Mariner (Marvel, 1968 Series) #34-35, Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 Series) #1-3 and The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 Series) #1-6. Volume 100 in the Marvel Masterworks Library.

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Color: color
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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[untitled]

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Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
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FlagMarvel Feature #1 published December 1971
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Variant dustjacket with printing limited to 1400.
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Credits

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Defenders Pinup

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Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
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Contents

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Introduction by Roy Thomas

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Sub-Mariner #34

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Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
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Titans Three!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Vashti; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Lady Dorma; El General
Sub-Mariner, Silver Surfer and the Hulk help the citizens of a small Central American country overthrow El General.
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Sub-Mariner #35

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Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Goliath [Clint Barton]]
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Confrontation!

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Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Avengers [Thor; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Black Panther (flashback); Captain America (flashback); Vision (flashback); Scarlet Witch (flashback); Quicksilver (flashback); Wasp (flashback); Giant-Man [Dr. Hank Pym] (flashback)]; Lady Dorma; Ikthon; Colonel Willis
Sub-Mariner, Hulk and Silver Surfer band together to try to stop a military weather-control experiment from being tested. The military calls for the Avengers.
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Marvel Feature #1

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
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The Day of the Defenders!

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Defenders
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Wong; Yandroth (Villain; Death); Omegatron (Intro); Silver Surfer
The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron.
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Marvel Feature #2

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Dormammu
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Nightmare on Bald Mountain!

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Dormammu; Ancient One (illusion); Wong; Clea; Roy Thomas; Jeanie Thomas; Tom Fagan; Dormammu Cultists (Intro)
Dr. Strange, Hulk and Namor travel to Rutland, VT, to stop a cult from releasing Dormammu into our dimension.
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Marvel Feature #3

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Xemnu the Titan
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A Titan Walks Among Us!

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Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Xemnu the Titan; Jim Wilson; Thunderbolt Ross; Colonel Calvin Beame; Colonel Richmond Wagner
Alien conqueror Xemnu uses his mental powers, broadcast through a kids' television show, to try and enslave mankind. The combined forces of the Defenders must rise to stop him.
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[Defenders #1]; I Slay by the Stars!

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Necrodamus; The Nameless One
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I Slay by the Stars!

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Necrodamus; Kenneth Ward (in flashback); Nameless One (in flashback); Night-Crawler (in flashback); Omegatron (Cameo)
Necrodamus attempts to sacrifice Namor to The Nameless One. Omegatron starts it's countdown again.
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[Defenders #2]; The Search for the Silver Surfer!

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Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Calizuma
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The Secret of the Silver Surfer!

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Necrodamus (in flashback); Calizuma; Warrior Wizards; Wong (Cameo); Omegatron (Cameo)
Dr. Strange, Namor and Hulk travel to Asia to find out why Silver Surfer attacked Namor.
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[Defenders #3]; Four Against the Gods!

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Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Nameless One; Barbara Norris
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Four Against the Gods

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Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Warrior Wizards; Barbara Norris; Clea (Mental Image); Lady Dorma (Mental Image); Jarella (Mental Image); Shalla Bal (Mental Image); Nameless One
The Defenders try to help Silver Surfer leave the Earth by taking him to another dimension. They encounter the Nameless One and free Barbara Norris.
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[Defenders #4]; Valkyrie Rides Again!

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie]; Aragorn
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The New Defender!

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie]; Barbara Norris; Executioner; Fragon; Enchantress [Amora]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Zeus (flashback; Cameo); Aragorn; Casiolena; Omegatron
Enchantress transforms Barbara into the Valkyrie and turns the Black Knight to stone. Valkyrie takes Aragorn as her horse. Omegatron is down to 89 hundredths.
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[Defenders #5]; Cry: Yandroth!

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Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Omegatron
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World Without End?

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Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Clea; Aragorn; Betty Prentiss; Namorita; Omegatron
The Defenders stop Omegatron from destroying the Earth.
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[Defenders #6]; Dream Death!

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Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie]; Cyrus Black
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The Dreams of Death!

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Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Cyrus Black; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Aragorn; Nebuchadnezzar (rat)
Cyrus Black attacks Dr. Strange and is forced to deal with the Defenders.
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The Dynamic Defenders!

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Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie]
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Afterword by Steve Englehart

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Sub-Mariner #34 Original Cover Copy

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Sub-Mariner #34 cover with original cover copy.
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Marvel Feature #1 House Ad

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Thor; Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
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House ads for Thor Annual #4 and Marvel Feature #1.
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Biographies

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biography, informational
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Biographies for Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema and Ross Andru.
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The Marvel Masterworks Library

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Cover Gallery

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Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Goliath [Clint Barton]]; Dormammu; Xemnu the Titan; Calizuma; Nameless One; Barbara Norris; Aragorn; Omegatron; Cyrus Black
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