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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published December 1976
Cover Price 0.30
Pages 36
Editing Gerry Conway
Notes Letters page replies by Gerry Conway.

Cover Details - "Emissaries of Evil!"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Solarr [Silas King]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Klaus Janson
Letters Dan Crespi
Notes Letters page replies by Gerry Conway.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

17 page Defenders, The story "And in this Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil!"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Solarr [Silas King]; Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]; Egghead; Omar Karindu; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts]
Synopsis Egghead sends Solar and Rhino to steal the Star of Capistan from Dr. Strange. When the Defenders stop them Egghead sends the Cobalt Man to New York, hoping Cobalt Man will explode and destroy the Defenders.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Keith Giffen (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Klaus Janson
Letters John Costanza
Notes Valkyrie in old outfit
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3