ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS TP (2025)

"Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, STEVE ENGLEHART & LEN WEIN Penciled by GENE COLAN, ROSS ANDRU, SAL BUSCEMA, JACK ABEL, MARIE SEVERIN, BOB BROWN & 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! Collects DR. STRANGE #183, SUB-MARINER #22 and 34-35, INCREDIBLE HULK #126, MARVEL FEATURE #1-3, DEFENDERS #1-14, and AVENGERS #115-118."

"Written by LEN WEIN, CHRIS CLAREMONT, STEVE GERBER, BILL MANTLO, MARY SKRENES, TONY ISABELLA, JIM STARLIN, DON MCGREGOR, ROGER SLIFER, GERRY CONWAY & SCOTT EDELMAN Penciled 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, DON HECK Cover by GIL KANE 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! Collects DEFENDERS #15-39 and GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #1-5. 616 PGS./Rated T+ ...$16.99 "

"Written by LEN WEIN, CHRIS CLAREMONT, STEVE GERBER, BILL MANTLO, MARY SKRENES, TONY ISABELLA, JIM STARLIN, DON MCGREGOR, ROGER SLIFER, GERRY CONWAY & SCOTT EDELMAN Penciled 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 & 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! Collecting31-60, and Annual 1 592 PGS./Rated A $16.99 ISBN: 0-7851-2696-1 These ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS TRADE PAPERBACKS STILL AVAILABLE! ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS VOL. 1 $16.99 (ISBN: 0-7851-1547-1) ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS VOL. 2 $16.99 (ISBN: 0-7851-2150-1)"

"Written by DAVID KRAFT, ED HANNIGAN, JIM SHOOTER, MARY JO DUFFY, STEVEN GRANT & MARK GRUENWALD Penciled by ED HANNIGAN, BOB LUBBERS, SAL BUSCEMA, JIM MOONEY, DON PERLIN, BRUCE D. PATTERSON, HERB TRIMPE, JACK ABEL, JOE SINNOTT, TEX BLAISDELL & PABLO MARCOS Cover by HERB TRIMPE Havok, Nova, Captain Ultra...Shocker, Plantman, Batroc the Leaper - not the Defenders, but TWO incredible simulations! But the debacle of the dozens of 'Defenders for a Day' is just the start for the latest look at Earth's Mightiest Non-Team! Will they be driven mad by Lunatik, or blown away by Foolkiller? International crises and extradimensional warfare abound! The secret of Omega the Unknown! Asgardians, androids and guys with wings on their heads! Plus: Spider-Man, the Black Panther and a guest-appearance by Millie the Model! Collecting DEFENDERS #61-91. 584 PGS./All Ages $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-7851-3061-1"

"Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS & MIKE W. BARR Penciled by DON PERLIN, MIKE ZECK, JERRY BINGHAM, STEVE DITKO & HERB TRIMPE Cover by AL MILGROM The further adventures of the team that's not a team! Hulk! Dr. Strange! Namor! Silver Surfer! Hellcat, Valkyrie, and Nighthawk! Son of Satan, Devil-Slayer, Clea, Gargoyle, and the Beast! As several Defenders struggle to manage the mistakes of their pasts, the team must face their deadliest threat, the demonic cabal, the Six-Fingered Hand! Guest-starring Dracula, Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Spider-Man, Mr. Fantastic, Daredevil, Thor, Captain America, and Wonder Man! Versus the threats of the Nebulon the Celestial Man, Secret Empire, Null the Living Darkness, the Serpent-Men, and more! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #92-106; MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #101, #111, #116 and CAPTAIN AMERICA (1968) #268. 448 PGS./All Ages $19.99 "

"Written by J.M. DEMATTEIS, MARK GRUENWALD, STEVEN GRANT & DON PERLIN Penciled by DON PERLIN, SAL BUSCEMA, AL MILGROM & 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! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #107-124, NEW DEFENDERS #125, AVENGERS ANNUAL #11 and MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #119."

"The age of the New Defenders begins here! The Beast assembles the infamous 'non-team' into a real super-group featuring members both old and new - from Gargoyle and Valkyrie to fellow ex-X-Men Iceman and Angel - and now the newly focused heroes must face some of their greatest challenges! Can the Defenders, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. stop the Secret Empire's Professor Power before he takes revenge on Professor X - and starts World War III? Plus: Iceman takes on the villainous Void in a time-traveling existential adventure! Beast and Dazzler vs. Doctor Doom and a mutant fight club! The menace of Manslaughter! The power of Odin! The redemption of Moondragon! The attack of Frog-Man and the Walrus?! And more! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #126-139, ICEMAN (1984) #1-4 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1984) #1-4. "