Essential Defenders TPB (2005-2013 Marvel) comic books

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Doctor Strange (1968-1969 1st Series) #183, Sub-Mariner (1968-74) #22 and 34-35, Incredible Hulk (1962-1999 1st series) #126, Marvel Feature (1971-73 1st Series) #1-3, Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #1-14, and Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #115-118.

Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, STEVE ENGLEHART and LEN WEIN. Art by by GENE COLAN, ROSS ANDRU, SAL BUSCEMA, JACK ABEL, MARIE SEVERIN, BOB BROWN and HERB TRIMPE. Cover by NEAL ADAMS.

Dr. Strange. Namor. The Hulk. The Silver Surfer. Set apart from others by nature and choice, this team of Marvel's mightiest loners embarked on a string of strange adventures rarely equaled since - joined by some of the most off-kilter heroes of their time.

Sorcery! Super-science! The war of the super heroes! Learn how the "non-team" got its non-start in this multi-title compilation!

Softcover, 544 pages, B&W.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #40-60 and Annual 1.

Written by LEN WEIN, CHRIS CLAREMONT, STEVE GERBER, BILL MANTLO, MARY SKRENES, TONY ISABELLA, JIM STARLIN, DON MCGREGOR, ROGER SLIFER, GERRY CONWAY, and SCOTT EDELMAN. Art by SAL BUSCEMA, KLAUS JANSON, VINCE COLLETTA,MIKE ESPOSITO, FRANK GIACOIA, JOHN TARTAGLIONE, SAM GRAINGER, JIM MOONEY, GIL KANE, JIM STARLIN, DAN ADKINS, DON NEWTON, and DON HECK. Cover by ED HANNIGAN.

There's nothing the non-team can't handle when mutants, gods, demons and miscreants of the 1950s all get their crack at the sensational super heroes of the seventies! With Luke Cage! The Guardians of the Galaxy! The Son of Satan vs. the Sons of the Serpent!

Brain transplants, foreign intrigue and the tumultuous terror of Tapping Tommy! Daredevil, Yellowjacket, Bambi! And introducing...an Elf!? Featuring the first appearance of the ever-reliable Wrecking Crew!

Softcover, 592 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

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Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Defenders (1972-1986 1st Series) #107-125, Avengers Annual #11 and Marvel Team-Up (1972-1985 1st Series) #119.

Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS, MARK GRUENWALD, STEVEN GRANT and DON PERLIN. Art by DON PERLIN, SAL BUSCEMA, AL MILGROM and KERRY GAMMILL. Cover by SANDY PLUNKETT.

The Hulk! Dr. Strange! Namor! The Silver Surfer! The Beast! Valkyrie! Gargoyle!

Along with their offbeat allies Daimon Hellstrom, Hellcat, Overmind, Iceman and Moondragon, they are Defenders all - but which heroes will stay, and which ones will go? And why? Witness the dynamic non-team's amazing adventures in Asgard, against all-powerful aliens, in Hell and in a dimension of rhyming aliens!

Plus: the secret origins of Valkyrie and the truth behind the Elf with a Gun!

Softcover, 498 pages, B&W.

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