Defenders Vol 1 (1972–1985)

Publisher: Marvel Comics Type: Ongoing Series

Status: Finished Publication Date: August, 1972—January, 1985

Issues 1 - 50 (1972 - 1977)

Defenders #1
"I Slay by the Stars!"
(August, 1972)

Defenders #2
"The Secret of the Silver Surfer!"
(October, 1972)

Defenders #3
"Four Against the Gods"
(December, 1972)

Defenders #4
"The New Defender!"
(February, 1973)

Defenders #5
"World Without End?"
(April, 1973)

Defenders #6
"The Dreams of Death!"
(June, 1973)

Defenders #7
"War Below the Waves!"
(August, 1973)

Defenders #8
"...If Atlantis Should Fall!"
(September, 1973)

Defenders #9
"The Avengers Vs. The Defenders Chapter 4: Divide... and Conquer"
(October, 1973)

Defenders #10
""The Avengers Vs. The Defenders Chapter 9: Breakthrough! The Incredible Hulk Vs. The Mighty Thor""
(November, 1973)

Defenders #11
"A Dark and Stormy Knight"
(December, 1973)

Defenders #12
"The Titan Strikes Back!"
(February, 1974)

Defenders #13
"For Sale: One Planet -- Slightly Used!"
(May, 1974)

Defenders #14
""And Who Shall Inherit the Earth?""
(July, 1974)

Defenders #15
""Panic Beneath the Earth!""
(September, 1974)

Defenders #16
"Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!"
(October, 1974)

Defenders #17
"Power Play!"
(November, 1974)

Defenders #18
"Rampage!"
(December, 1974)

Defenders #19
"Doomball!"
(January, 1975)

Defenders #20
""The Woman She Was...!""
(February, 1975)

Defenders #21
"Enter: The Headmen!"
(March, 1975)

Defenders #22
"Fangs of Fire and Blood!"
(April, 1975)

Defenders #23
""...The Snakes Shall Inherit the Earth!""
(May, 1975)

Defenders #24
"-- In the Jaws of the Serpent!"
(June, 1975)

Defenders #25
"The Serpent Sheds Its Skin"
(July, 1975)

Defenders #26
"Savage Time!"
(August, 1975)

Defenders #27
"Three Worlds to Conquer!"
(September, 1975)

Defenders #28
"My Mother, the Badoon!"
(October, 1975)

Defenders #29
"Let My Planet Go!"
(November, 1975)

Defenders #30
"Gold Diggers of Fear!"
(December, 1975)

Defenders #31
"Nighthawk's Brain!"
(January, 1976)

Defenders #32
"Musical Minds!"
(February, 1976)

Defenders #33
"Webbed Hands, Warm Heart!"
(March, 1976)

Defenders #34
"I Think We're All Bozos in This Book!"
(April, 1976)

Defenders #35
"Bring Back My Body to Me, to Me...!"
(May, 1976)

Defenders #36
"A Garden of Earthly Demise!"
(June, 1976)

Defenders #37
"Evil in Bloom!"
(July, 1976)

Defenders #38
"Exile to Oblivion!"
(August, 1976)

Defenders #39
"Riot in Cellblock 12!"
(September, 1976)

Defenders #40
"Love, Anarchy, and Oh Yes... the Assassin!"
(October, 1976)

Defenders #41
"Intruder in the Sand!"
(November, 1976)

Defenders #42
""And in This Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil!""
(December, 1976)

Defenders #43
"This World Is Mine!"
(January, 1977)

Defenders #44
"Rage of the Rajah!"
(February, 1977)

Defenders #45
"We Must Free the Defenders!"
(March, 1977)

Defenders #46
"Who Remembers Scorpio?"
(April, 1977)

Defenders #47
"Night Moves!"
(May, 1977)

Defenders #48
"Who Remembers Scorpio? Part One: Sinister Savior!"
(June, 1977)

Defenders #49
"Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Two: Rampage"
(July, 1977)

Defenders #50
"Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three: Scorpio Must Die!"
(August, 1977)

Issues 51 - 100 (1977 - 1981)

Defenders #51
"A Round with the Ringer!"
(September, 1977)

Defenders #52
"Defender of the Realm!"
(October, 1977)

Defenders #53
"The Power Principle Part One: The Prince and the Presence!"
(November, 1977)

Defenders #54
"The Power Principle Part Two: A Study in Survival!"
(December, 1977)

Defenders #55
"The Power Principle Part 3: Emotion, Ego... and Empty Expectations!"
(January, 1978)

Defenders #56
""Val's New York Adventure!""
(February, 1978)

Defenders #57
"And Along Came... Ms. Marvel!"
(March, 1978)

Defenders #58
"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 1: Agents of Fortune"
(April, 1978)

Defenders #59
"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 2: Tyranny and Mutation"
(May, 1978)

Defenders #60
"Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 3: The Revenge of Vera Gemini!"
(June, 1978)

Defenders #61
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Lunatik!"
(July, 1978)

Defenders #62
"Dollar Bill's Documentary Disaster Part 1: Membership Madness!"
(August, 1978)

Defenders #63
"Deadlier by the Dozen!"
(September, 1978)

Defenders #64
"D-Day!"
(October, 1978)

Defenders #65
"Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas"
(November, 1978)

Defenders #66
"Val in Valhalla Part One: War of the Dead!"
(December, 1978)

Defenders #67
"Val in Valhalla Part Two: We, the Unliving..."
(January, 1979)

Defenders #68
"Val in Valhalla Part Three: Valhalla Can Wait!"
(February, 1979)

Defenders #69
""The Anything Man!""
(March, 1979)

Defenders #70
"Catch a Falling Lunatik!"
(April, 1979)

Defenders #71
"Stranger & Stranger in a Strange Land"
(May, 1979)

Defenders #72
""Up from the Sky!""
(June, 1979)

Defenders #73
""Of Wizards, Shadows & Kings""
(July, 1979)

Defenders #74
"Fools Rush in!"
(August, 1979)

Defenders #75
""Poetic Justice""
(September, 1979)

Defenders #76
""Little Triggers!""
(October, 1979)

Defenders #77
"Waiting for the End of the World!"
(November, 1979)

Defenders #78
""The Return of the Original Defenders!""
(December, 1979)

Defenders #79
"Chains of Love!"
(January, 1980)

Defenders #80
""Once a Defender""
(February, 1980)

Defenders #81
""Battle in Ogeon!""
(March, 1980)

Defenders #82
""Wizard-Death!""
(April, 1980)

Defenders #83
""End of the Tunnel""
(May, 1980)

Defenders #84
"Battle Royal!"
(June, 1980)

Defenders #85
""Like a Proud Black Panther...""
(July, 1980)

Defenders #86
"The Left Hand of Silence!"
(August, 1980)

Defenders #87
"Inquest"
(September, 1980)

Defenders #88
""Lord of the Whales""
(October, 1980)

Defenders #89
"A Death in the Family!"
(November, 1980)

Defenders #90
""Mind Over Mandrill!""
(December, 1980)

Defenders #91
""Defiance""
(January, 1981)

Defenders #92
"Eternity... Humanity... Oblivion!"
(February, 1981)

Defenders #93
"The Woman Behind the Man!"
(March, 1981)

Defenders #94
"Beware -- the Six-Fingered Hand!"
(April, 1981)

Defenders #95
"The Vampire Strikes Back!"
(May, 1981)

Defenders #96
"The Rock and Roll Conspiracy!"
(June, 1981)

Defenders #97
"Slouching Toward Bethlehem"
(July, 1981)

Defenders #98
"The Hand Closes!"
(August, 1981)

Defenders #99
"The Final Conflict?"
(September, 1981)

Defenders #100
"Hell on Earth! / Chapter 2: Hulk Dr. Strange Sub-Mariner / Interlude One / Chapter 3: Nighthawk, Gargoyle, and Devil Slayer! / Interlude Two / Chapter 4: Silver Surfer Valkyrie Clea / Chapter 5"
(October, 1981)

Issues 100 - 152 (1981 - 1986)

Defenders #101
"Renewal!"
(November, 1981)

Defenders #102
"Mind Games!"
(December, 1981)

Defenders #103
"The Haunting of Christiansboro!"
(January, 1982)

Defenders #104
"Yesterday Never Dies!"
(February, 1982)

Defenders #105
"...Rising..."
(March, 1982)

Defenders #106
"The War to End All Wars!"
(April, 1982)

Defenders #107
"On Death and Dying..."
(May, 1982)

Defenders #108
"The Wasteland"
(June, 1982)

Defenders #109
"Vengeance! Cries the Valkyrie!"
(July, 1982)

Defenders #110
"...Hunger..."
(August, 1982)

Defenders #111
"Fathers and Daughters"
(September, 1982)

Defenders #112
"Strange Visitor from Another Planet!"
(October, 1982)

Defenders #113
"Moon Madness!"
(November, 1982)

Defenders #114
"Dance of Darkness/Dance of Light!"
(December, 1982)

Defenders #115
"A Very Wrong Turn!"
(January, 1983)

Defenders #116
"Two by Two"
(February, 1983)

Defenders #117
"The Gift"
(March, 1983)

Defenders #118
"The Double!"
(April, 1983)

Defenders #119
"Ashes, Ashes... We All Fall Down"
(May, 1983)

Defenders #120
"Sanctuary!"
(June, 1983)

Defenders #121
"Savior!"
(July, 1983)

Defenders #122
"Things to Come"
(August, 1983)

Defenders #123
"Of Elves and Androids!"
(September, 1983)

Defenders #124
"Darkness on the Edge of Time!"
(October, 1983)

Defenders #125
"Hello, I Must Be Going. (or... Mad Dogs and Elvishmen!)"
(November, 1983)

Defenders #126
"State of the Union!"
(December, 1983)

Defenders #127
"Cloud Hidden!"
(January, 1984)

Defenders #128
"Assault on the Empire!"
(February, 1984)

Defenders #129
"Countdown!"
(March, 1984)

Defenders #130
"And in the End!"
(April, 1984)

Defenders #131
"If This Be Walrus...!"
(May, 1984)

Defenders #132
"The Phantom of Gamma-Ray Flats!"
(June, 1984)

Defenders #133
"The Pajusnaya Consignment!"
(July, 1984)

Defenders #134
"Manslaughter!"
(August, 1984)

Defenders #135
"The Fire at Heaven's Gate!"
(September, 1984)

Defenders #136
"Bodies and Souls!"
(October, 1984)

Defenders #137
"Hearts and Minds!"
(November, 1984)

Defenders #138
"Three Women"
(December, 1984)

Defenders #139
"Hungry Like the Wolf!"
(January, 1985)

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Defenders #140
"The Heartbreak Kid!"
(February, 1985)

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Defenders #141
"All Flesh Is Grass!"
(March, 1985)

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Defenders #142
"M.O.N.S.T.E.R.!"
(April, 1985)

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Defenders #143
"Another Runner..."
(May, 1985)

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Defenders #144
"Dragon Midnight"
(June, 1985)

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Defenders #145
"Five Woman"
(July, 1985)

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Defenders #146
"Fun!"
(August, 1985)

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Defenders #147
"...And Games!"
(September, 1985)

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Defenders #148
"The Kickshaws Consignment"
(October, 1985)

Defenders #149
"Lonely as a Cloud--!"
(November, 1985)

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Defenders #150
"The Stars in Their Courses!"
(December, 1985)

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Defenders #151
"Second Degree Manslaughter!"
(January, 1986)

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Defenders #152
"The End of All Songs"
(February, 1986)