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Giant-Size Defenders #1

Giant-Size Defenders

#1

The Way They Were! / The Peerless Power Of The Silver Surfer

1st Giant-Size Issue
Giant-Size
Release:   Jul 1974
Cover:   Jul 1974

Curious about her teammates past heroics, Val is given a glimpse of their pasts via a spell cast by Clea. Little knowing that with each view into the past, each hero is transported to a limbo dimension where they relive the past adventure viewed. While Hulk deals with a mystical confinement, Namor must battle phantom Nazi airships and Strange battle a phantom Mr. Rasputin. Freeing themselves, Dr. Strange manages to break the spell and warn Clea against using the spell ever again. This story reprints the following stories:

Hulk's temporary mental bonding to Rick Jones from Incredible Hulk #4, Sub-Mariner's youthful battle against Nazi airplanes in Sub-Mariner Comics #41, and Dr. Strange's battle against Mr. Rasputin from Strange Tales #145.

The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer is reprinted from Fantastic Four Annual #5


Creators View all

Writer Dennis O'Neil, Bill Everett, Stan Lee, Tony Isabella
Artist Bill Everett, Steve Ditko
Cover Artist John Romita Sr.
Cover Penciller Gil Kane
Cover Inker Frank Giacoia
Penciller Jim Starlin, Jack Kirby
Inker Al Milgrom, Dick Ayers, Richard 'Dick' Bache Ayers, Frank Giacoia
Colorist Petra Goldberg-Scotese, Jim Starlin
Letterer Artie Simek, Bill Everett, Dave Hunt
Editor Stan Lee, Roy Thomas
Editor in Chief Len Wein

Characters View all

Hulk Robert Bruce Banner
Doctor Strange Stephen Strange
Sub-Mariner Namor McKenzie
Silver Surfer Norrin Radd
Rick Jones
Valkyrie Brunnhilde
Wong
Thaddeus E. 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Clea
Fen
Quasimodo Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism
Mr. Rasputin Pavel Plotnick

Details

Age Bronze Age
Format Comic
Series Group Defenders
Genre Super-Heroes
Country USA
Language English

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Cover Price $ 0.50
Key Minor: 1st Giant-Size Issue
Key Categories First/Last/Nth issue