The Defenders  DEFM   (Marvel, 1972-1986) ™ and ©1974 Marvel Entertainment Group

Originally, the Defenders were Doctor Strange, the Sub-Mariner, and the Incredible Hulk. Soon, however, this star-crossed super-group began what would have been a never-ending series of personnel replacements. Nighthawk, the Cat, Valkyrie, Moondragon, the Gargoyle, and countless others at one point called themselves Defenders.

The list of their foes was equally long. Most distinguished among them was Greg Salinger, a murderous psychopath who called himself “FoolKiller.” Although the Defenders were eventually able to bring him to justice, his ideas inspired yet another person to take up the role of the FoolKiller, and the carnage continued. (The story of the new FoolKiller is told in the powerful FoolKiller mini-series.)

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		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#1 Date: 8/1/1972 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $190.00 13 copies available from $15.00		Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#2 Date: 10/1/1972 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $61.00 11 copies available from $7.50		Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#3 Date: 12/1/1972 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $41.00 11 copies available from $5.00		Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#4 Date: 2/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $36.00 12 copies available from $7.50		Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#5 Date: 4/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $42.00 18 copies available from $3.75	Death of Omegatron	Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#6 Date: 6/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $31.00 17 copies available from $4.50		Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#7 Date: 8/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $25.00 14 copies available from $1.95	Hawkeye	Steve Englehart, Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#8 Date: 9/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $30.00 18 copies available from $1.00	Versus Loki; Versus Dormammu; Continued from Avengers #115, continues in Avengers #116	Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#8 (2nd printing) Date: 9/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $1.00 No copies available	Included with Marvel Universe Silver Surfer & Doctor Strange comic 2-pack	Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#9 Date: 10/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $34.00 12 copies available from $3.50	Avengers/Defenders War, Part 4; Continues in Avengers #117	Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#10 Date: 11/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $83.00 7 copies available from $17.00	Avengers/Defenders War, Part 6; Continues in Avengers #118	Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#11 Date: 12/1/1973 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $31.00 18 copies available from $1.95	Avengers and Defenders vs. Loki and Dormammu, part 8; Story continued from Avengers #118; Hawkeye, Silver Surfer and Sub-Mariner leave the Defenders	Steve Englehart	Sal Buscema
	#12 Date: 2/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.20 NM Guide: $16.00 13 copies available from $2.25	Versus Xemnu the Titan	Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#13 Date: 5/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $12.00 11 copies available from $0.25	1st Appearance of Nebulon	Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#14 Date: 7/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $14.50 19 copies available from $1.99		Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#15 Date: 9/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $14.00 14 copies available from $0.90	1st Appearance of Alpha; Marvel Value Stamp #8: Captain America	Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#16 Date: 10/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $16.00 9 copies available from $1.40	Marvel Value Stamp #44: Absorbing Man	Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#17 Date: 11/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $11.50 12 copies available from $1.00	1st Appearance of Wrecking Crew; 1st Appearance of Thunderball; 1st Appearance of Bulldozer; 1st Appearance of Piledriver	Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#18 Date: 12/1/1974 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $9.00 16 copies available from $1.23		Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#19 Date: 1/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $9.50 16 copies available from $0.99	Marvel Value Stamp #98: Puppet Master	Chris Claremont, Len Wein	Sal Buscema
	#20 Date: 2/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $7.00 12 copies available from $1.05	Origin of Valkyrie	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#21 Date: 3/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $8.50 16 copies available from $1.00	1st Appearance of Headmen	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#22 Date: 4/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 9 copies available from $1.20	Versus Sons of the Serpent	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#23 Date: 5/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $5.50 16 copies available from $0.84	Marvel Value Stamp #78: Owl	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#24 Date: 6/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 13 copies available from $0.99	Luke Cage, Daredevil, Daimon Hellstorm, Yellowjacket	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#25 Date: 7/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.00 16 copies available from $0.63		Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#26 Date: 8/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 5 copies available from $0.25	Continued from Giant-Size Defenders #5	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#27 Date: 9/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $5.00 2 copies available from $0.75	1st Appearance of Starhawk	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#28 Date: 10/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 7 copies available from $1.05		Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#29 Date: 11/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 13 copies available from $1.25	Ralph Macchio L.O.C.	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#30 Date: 12/1/1975 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 19 copies available from $0.80		Bill Mantlo	Sam Grainger
	#31 Date: 1/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $5.75 17 copies available from $0.80	Versus Headmen; Marvel Value Stamp Series B #12	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#32 Date: 2/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $4.75 16 copies available from $0.25	Origin of Nighthawk II (Kyle Richmond); Versus Headmen; Marvel Value Stamp Series B #26; Jo Duffy L.O.C.	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#33 Date: 3/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $5.25 24 copies available from $0.65	Versus Headmen	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#34 Date: 4/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $6.50 17 copies available from $0.90	Versus Nebulon	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#34 Variation A Date: 4/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $20.00 No copies available	30 cent cover; Versus Nebulon	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#35 Date: 5/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $5.25 20 copies available from $0.65	1st Appearance of Red Guardian II (Doctor Tanja Belinskya)	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#35 Variation A Date: 5/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $20.00 No copies available	30 cent cover; 1st Appearance of Red Guardian II (Doctor Tanja Belinskya)	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#36 Date: 6/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $4.75 21 copies available from $1.00	Versus Plant Man	Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes	Sal Buscema
	#36 Variation A Date: 6/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $20.00 No copies available	30 cent cover; Versus Plant Man	Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes	Sal Buscema
	#37 Date: 7/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $3.75 24 copies available from $0.56	Versus Plant Man	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#37 Variation A Date: 7/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $20.00 No copies available	30 cent cover	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#38 Date: 8/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $5.00 22 copies available from $0.99	Versus Nebulon; Versus Eel; Versus Porcupine	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#38 Variation A Date: 8/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $20.00 No copies available	30 cent cover; Versus Nebulon; Versus Eel; Versus Porcupine	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#39 Date: 9/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.25 26 copies available from $0.70		Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#40 Date: 10/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.75 24 copies available from $0.60	Continued in Defenders Annual #1	Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#41 Date: 11/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.50 22 copies available from $0.55		Steve Gerber	Sal Buscema
	#42 Date: 12/1/1976 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.50 22 copies available from $0.55	1st appearance of Star of Capistan	Gerry Conway	Keith Giffen
	#43 Date: 1/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.00 23 copies available from $0.80		Gerry Conway	Keith Giffen
	#44 Date: 2/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.25 21 copies available from $0.80		Roger Slifer, David Anthony Kraft, Gerry Conway	Keith Giffen
	#45 Date: 3/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $5.00 23 copies available from $0.77	Versus Red Rajah	Roger Slifer, David Anthony Kraft, Gerry Conway	Keith Giffen
	#46 Date: 4/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.75 22 copies available from $0.60		Roger Slifer, David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#47 Date: 5/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.25 19 copies available from $0.49		Roger Slifer, David Anthony Kraft, John Warner	Keith Giffen
	#48 Date: 6/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $5.50 23 copies available from $0.70	Origin of Zodiac II	David Anthony Kraft, Don McGregor	Keith Giffen
	#48 Variation A Date: 6/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $15.00 No copies available	35 cent cover; Origin of Zodiac II	David Anthony Kraft, Don McGregor	Keith Giffen
	#49 Date: 7/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $8.00 19 copies available from $1.00	Origin of Zodiac II; Peter Sanderson L.O.C.	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#49 Variation A Date: 7/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $15.00 No copies available	35 cent cover; Origin of Zodiac II; Peter Sanderson L.O.C.	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#50 Date: 8/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.00 23 copies available from $0.63	Origin of Zodiac II	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#50 Variation A Date: 8/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $15.00 No copies available	35 cent cover; Origin of Zodiac II	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#50 Variation B Date: 8/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.00 No copies available	Whitman edition	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#51 Date: 9/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $5.00 20 copies available from $0.70	1st Appearance of Ringer; 1st Appearance of Dollar Bill	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#51 Variation A Date: 9/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $15.00 No copies available	35 cent cover; 1st appearance of Ringer I (Anthony Davis)	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#51 Variation B Date: 9/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.00 No copies available	Whitman Edition; 1st appearance of Ringer I (Anthony Davis)	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#52 Date: 10/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.30 NM Guide: $4.25 22 copies available from $0.55	1st Appearance of Presence; Origin of Presence; Versus Sub-Mariner	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#52 Variation A Date: 10/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $29.00 No copies available	35 cent cover; 1st Appearance of Presence; Origin of Presence; Versus Sub-Mariner	David Anthony Kraft	Keith Giffen
	#53 Date: 11/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.00 26 copies available from $0.63	1st Appearance of Lunatik; Versus Lunatik	David Anthony Kraft, Naomi Basner	Dave Cockrum, Keith Giffen, Michael Golden, Sandy Plunkett
	#53 Variation A Date: 11/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.00 No copies available	Whitman Edition; 1st Appearance of Lunatik	David Anthony Kraft, Naomi Basner	Michael Golden, Keith Giffen, Dave Cockrum, Sandy Plunkett
	#54 Date: 12/1/1977 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.50 22 copies available from $0.78	Peter Gillis L.O.C.	David Anthony Kraft, Scott Edelman	Keith Giffen, Michael Golden, Juan Ortiz
	#55 Date: 1/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.75 20 copies available from $0.80	Origin of Red Guardian II (Doctor Tanja Belinskya); Versus the Presence	David Anthony Kraft	Carmine Infantino
	#56 Date: 2/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 24 copies available from $0.88	Versus Lunatik	David Anthony Kraft	Carmine Infantino
	#57 Date: 3/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.00 19 copies available from $0.80		Gerry Conway, Chris Claremont	George Tuska, Dave Cockrum
	#58 Date: 4/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 20 copies available from $0.50		David Anthony Kraft	Ed Hannigan
	#59 Date: 5/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 19 copies available from $0.70	1st appearance of Belathauzer	David Anthony Kraft	Ed Hannigan
	#60 Date: 6/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.00 25 copies available from $0.50		David Anthony Kraft	Ed Hannigan
	#61 Date: 7/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.25 21 copies available from $0.88	Versus Lunatik; Peter Sanderson L.O.C.	David Anthony Kraft	Ed Hannigan
	#62 Date: 8/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.25 21 copies available from $1.00		David Anthony Kraft	Sal Buscema
	#63 Date: 9/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.25 21 copies available from $1.00	Versus Sagittarius; Versus Whirlwind; Versus Beetle; Versus Blob; Versus Porcupine; Versus Batroc; Versus Electro; Versus Plant-Man	David Anthony Kraft	Sal Buscema
	#64 Date: 10/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.50 20 copies available from $0.78	Versus Blob; Versus Sagittarius; Versus Batroc; Versus Plant-Man; Versus Beetle; Versus Whirldwind; Versus Shocker; Versus Boomerang; Versus Leapfrog; Versus Melter; Versus Libra; Versus Toad; Versus the Looter; Versus the Porcupine; Versus Electro; Versus Joe the Gorilla; Versus Pecos	David Anthony Kraft	Sal Buscema
	#65 Date: 11/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $4.00 26 copies available from $0.76		David Anthony Kraft	Don Perlin
	#66 Date: 12/1/1978 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 17 copies available from $1.00		David Anthony Kraft	Ed Hannigan
	#67 Date: 1/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 18 copies available from $0.75		David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan	Ed Hannigan
	#68 Date: 2/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 20 copies available from $0.88		David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#69 Date: 3/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.25 20 copies available from $0.88	Kurt Busiek L.O.C.	Jim Shooter, Mary Jo Duffy	Herb Trimpe
	#70 Date: 4/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.35 NM Guide: $3.50 21 copies available from $0.52	Versus Lunatik	Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#71 Date: 5/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.25 19 copies available from $0.65	Origin of Lunatik	Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#72 Date: 6/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.50 17 copies available from $0.88		Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#73 Date: 7/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.00 18 copies available from $0.65		Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#74 Date: 8/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.50 15 copies available from $1.50	Versus Foolkiller (Greg Salinger)	Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#75 Date: 9/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.25 16 copies available from $0.40	Versus Foolkiller II (Greg Salinger)	Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#76 Date: 10/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.50 19 copies available from $0.88	Origin of Omega the Unknown	Steven Grant	Herb Trimpe
	#77 Date: 11/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.00 23 copies available from $0.49	Death of James-Michael Starling	Steven Grant	Herb Trimpe
	#78 Date: 12/1/1979 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.75 25 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#79 Date: 1/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.50 22 copies available from $0.75		Ed Hannigan	Ed Hannigan, Herb Trimpe
	#80 Date: 2/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.50 22 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#81 Date: 3/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.25 18 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Herb Trimpe
	#82 Date: 4/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.50 19 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Don Perlin
	#83 Date: 5/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.00 19 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Don Perlin
	#84 Date: 6/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.25 19 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Don Perlin
	#85 Date: 7/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.25 15 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Don Perlin
	#86 Date: 8/1/1980 Cover Price: $0.40 NM Guide: $3.00 17 copies available from $0.49		Ed Hannigan	Don Perlin
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