Defenders Vol 1 (1972–1985)

Publisher: Marvel Comics Type: Ongoing Series (Team) Genre: Superhero Featuring: Defenders

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

Defenders #1
"I Slay by the Stars!"
Release date: May 30, 1972
Cover date: August, 1972

Defenders #2
"The Secret of the Silver Surfer!"
Release date: July 25, 1972
Cover date: October, 1972

Defenders #3
"Four Against the Gods"
Cover date: December, 1972

Defenders #4
"The New Defender!"
Release date: November 21, 1972
Cover date: February, 1973

Defenders #5
"World Without End?"
Release date: January 23, 1973
Cover date: April, 1973

Defenders #6
"The Dreams of Death!"
Release date: March 27, 1973
Cover date: June, 1973

Defenders #7
"War Below the Waves!"
Release date: May 29, 1973
Cover date: August, 1973

Defenders #8
"...If Atlantis Should Fall!"
Release date: June 26, 1973
Cover date: September, 1973

Defenders #9
"Divide... and Conquer"
Release date: July 24, 1973
Cover date: October, 1973

Defenders #10
"Breakthrough!"
Release date: August 21, 1973
Cover date: November, 1973

Defenders #11
"A Dark and Stormy Knight"
Release date: September 18, 1973
Cover date: December, 1973

Defenders #12
"The Titan Strikes Back!"
Release date: November 13, 1973
Cover date: February, 1974

Defenders #13
"For Sale: One Planet -- Slightly Used!"
Release date: February 5, 1974
Cover date: May, 1974

Defenders #14
"And Who Shall Inherit the Earth?"
Release date: April 16, 1974
Cover date: July, 1974

Defenders #15
"Panic Beneath the Earth!"
Release date: June 18, 1974
Cover date: September, 1974

Defenders #16
"Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!"
Release date: July 16, 1974
Cover date: October, 1974

Defenders #17
"Power Play!"
Release date: August 20, 1974
Cover date: November, 1974

Defenders #18
"Rampage!"
Release date: September 17, 1974
Cover date: December, 1974

Defenders #19
"Doomball!"
Release date: October 17, 1974
Cover date: January, 1975

Defenders #20
"The Woman She Was...!"
Release date: November 19, 1974
Cover date: February, 1975

Defenders #21
"Enter: The Headmen!"
Release date: December 17, 1974
Cover date: March, 1975

Defenders #22
"Fangs of Fire and Blood!"
Release date: January 21, 1975
Cover date: April, 1975

Defenders #23
"...The Snakes Shall Inherit the Earth!"
Release date: February 18, 1975
Cover date: May, 1975

Defenders #24
" -- In the Jaws of the Serpent!"
Release date: March 18, 1975
Cover date: June, 1975

Defenders #25
"The Serpent Sheds Its Skin"
Release date: April 15, 1975
Cover date: July, 1975

Defenders #26
"Savage Time!"
Release date: May 20, 1975
Cover date: August, 1975

Defenders #27
"Three Worlds to Conquer!"
Release date: June 17, 1975
Cover date: September, 1975

Defenders #28
"My Mother, the Badoon!"
Release date: July 15, 1975
Cover date: October, 1975

Defenders #29
"Let My Planet Go!"
Release date: August 19, 1975
Cover date: November, 1975

Defenders #30
"Gold Diggers of Fear!"
Release date: September 16, 1975
Cover date: December, 1975

Defenders #31
"Nighthawk's Brain!"
Release date: October 21, 1975
Cover date: January, 1976

Defenders #32
"Musical Minds!"
Release date: November 18, 1975
Cover date: February, 1976

Defenders #33
"Webbed Hands, Warm Heart!"
Release date: December 16, 1975
Cover date: March, 1976

Defenders #34
"I Think We're All Bozos in This Book!"
Release date: January 20, 1976
Cover date: April, 1976

Defenders #35
"Bring Back My Body to Me, to Me...!"
Release date: February 17, 1976
Cover date: May, 1976

Defenders #36
"A Garden of Earthly Demise!"
Release date: March 16, 1976
Cover date: June, 1976

Defenders #37
"Evil in Bloom!"
Release date: April 20, 1976
Cover date: July, 1976

Defenders #38
"Exile to Oblivion!"
Release date: May 18, 1976
Cover date: August, 1976

Defenders #39
"Riot in Cellblock 12!"
Cover date: September, 1976

Defenders #40
"Love, Anarchy, and Oh Yes... the Assassin!"
Cover date: October, 1976

Defenders #41
"Intruder in the Sand!"
Cover date: November, 1976

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

Defenders #43
"This World Is Mine!"
Cover date: January, 1977

Defenders #44
"Rage of the Rajah!"
Cover date: February, 1977

Defenders #45
"We Must Free the Defenders!"
Cover date: March, 1977

Defenders #46
"Who Remembers Scorpio?"
Cover date: April, 1977

Defenders #47
"Night Moves!"
Cover date: May, 1977

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

Defenders #49
"Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Two: Rampage"
Cover date: July, 1977

Defenders #50
"Who Remembers Scorpio? Part Three: Scorpio Must Die!"
Release date: May 17, 1977
Cover date: August, 1977

Defenders #51
"A Round with the Ringer!"
Release date: June 14, 1977
Cover date: September, 1977

Defenders #52
"Defender of the Realm!"
Cover date: October, 1977

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

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

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

Defenders #56
"Val's New York Adventure!"
Cover date: February, 1978

Defenders #57
"And Along Came... Ms. Marvel!"
Cover date: March, 1978

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

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

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

Defenders #61
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Lunatik!"
Cover date: July, 1978

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

Defenders #63
"Deadlier by the Dozen!"
Cover date: September, 1978

Defenders #64
"D-Day!"
Cover date: October, 1978

Defenders #65
"Of Ambitions and Giant Amoebas"
Cover date: November, 1978

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

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

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

Defenders #69
"The Anything Man!"
Cover date: March, 1979

Defenders #70
"Catch a Falling Lunatik!"
Cover date: April, 1979

Defenders #71
"Stranger & Stranger in a Strange Land"
Release date: February 20, 1979
Cover date: May, 1979

Defenders #72
"Up from the Sky!"
Release date: March 27, 1979
Cover date: June, 1979

Defenders #73
"Of Wizards, Shadows & Kings"
Release date: April 24, 1979
Cover date: July, 1979

Defenders #74
"Fools Rush in!"
Cover date: August, 1979

Defenders #75
"Poetic Justice"
Cover date: September, 1979

Defenders #76
"Little Triggers!"
Cover date: October, 1979

Defenders #77
"Waiting for the End of the World!"
Cover date: November, 1979

Defenders #78
"The Return of the Original Defenders!"
Cover date: December, 1979

Defenders #79
"Chains of Love!"
Cover date: January, 1980

Defenders #80
"Once a Defender"
Cover date: February, 1980

Defenders #81
"Battle in Ogeon!"
Cover date: March, 1980

Defenders #82
"Wizard-Death!"
Cover date: April, 1980

Defenders #83
"End of the Tunnel"
Cover date: May, 1980

Defenders #84
"Battle Royal!"
Cover date: June, 1980

Defenders #85
"Like a Proud Black Panther..."
Cover date: July, 1980

Defenders #86
"The Left Hand of Silence!"
Cover date: August, 1980

Defenders #87
"Inquest"
Cover date: September, 1980

Defenders #88
"Lord of the Whales"
Cover date: October, 1980

Defenders #89
"A Death in the Family!"
Cover date: November, 1980

Defenders #90
"Mind Over Mandrill!"
Cover date: December, 1980

Defenders #91
"Defiance"
Cover date: January, 1981

Defenders #92
"Eternity... Humanity... Oblivion!"
Cover date: February, 1981

Defenders #93
"The Woman Behind the Man!"
Release date: December 23, 1980
Cover date: March, 1981

Defenders #94
"Beware -- the Six-Fingered Hand!"
Cover date: April, 1981

Defenders #95
"The Vampire Strikes Back!"
Cover date: May, 1981

Defenders #96
"The Rock and Roll Conspiracy!"
Cover date: June, 1981

Defenders #97
"Slouching Toward Bethlehem"
Cover date: July, 1981

Defenders #98
"The Hand Closes!"
Cover date: August, 1981

Defenders #99
"The Final Conflict?"
Cover date: September, 1981

Defenders #100
"Hell on Earth!"
Cover date: October, 1981

Defenders #101
"Renewal!"
Cover date: November, 1981

Defenders #102
"Mind Games!"
Cover date: December, 1981

Defenders #103
"The Haunting of Christiansboro!"
Cover date: January, 1982

Defenders #104
"Yesterday Never Dies!"
Cover date: February, 1982

Defenders #105
"...Rising..."
Cover date: March, 1982

Defenders #106
"The War to End All Wars!"
Release date: January 19, 1982
Cover date: April, 1982

Defenders #107
"On Death and Dying..."
Release date: February 16, 1982
Cover date: May, 1982

Defenders #108
"The Wasteland"
Cover date: June, 1982

Defenders #109
"Vengeance! Cries the Valkyrie!"
Cover date: July, 1982

Defenders #110
"...Hunger..."
Cover date: August, 1982

Defenders #111
"Fathers and Daughters"
Cover date: September, 1982

Defenders #112
"Strange Visitor from Another Planet!"
Cover date: October, 1982

Defenders #113
"Moon Madness!"
Cover date: November, 1982

Defenders #114
"Dance of Darkness/Dance of Light!"
Cover date: December, 1982

Defenders #115
"A Very Wrong Turn!"
Cover date: January, 1983

Defenders #116
"Two by Two"
Cover date: February, 1983

Defenders #117
"The Gift"
Cover date: March, 1983

Defenders #118
"The Double!"
Cover date: April, 1983

Defenders #119
"Ashes, Ashes... We All Fall Down"
Cover date: May, 1983

Defenders #120
"Sanctuary!"
Cover date: June, 1983

Defenders #121
"Savior!"
Release date: April 12, 1983
Cover date: July, 1983

Defenders #122
"Things to Come"
Release date: May 17, 1983
Cover date: August, 1983

Defenders #123
"Of Elves and Androids!"
Release date: June 14, 1983
Cover date: September, 1983

Defenders #124
"Darkness on the Edge of Time!"
Release date: July 19, 1983
Cover date: October, 1983

Defenders #125
"Hello, I Must Be Going. (or... Mad Dogs and Elvishmen!)"
Release date: August 16, 1983
Cover date: November, 1983

Defenders #126
"State of the Union!"
Release date: September 13, 1983
Cover date: December, 1983

Defenders #127
"Cloud Hidden!"
Release date: October 18, 1983
Cover date: January, 1984

Defenders #128
"Assault on the Empire!"
Release date: November 15, 1983
Cover date: February, 1984

Defenders #129
"Countdown!"
Release date: December 13, 1983
Cover date: March, 1984

Defenders #130
"And in the End!"
Release date: January 17, 1984
Cover date: April, 1984

Defenders #131
"If This Be Walrus...!"
Release date: February 14, 1984
Cover date: May, 1984

Defenders #132
"The Phantom of Gamma-Ray Flats!"
Release date: March 20, 1984
Cover date: June, 1984

Defenders #133
"The Pajusnaya Consignment!"
Release date: April 17, 1984
Cover date: July, 1984

Defenders #134
"Manslaughter!"
Release date: May 15, 1984
Cover date: August, 1984

Defenders #135
"The Fire at Heaven's Gate!"
Release date: June 12, 1984
Cover date: September, 1984

Defenders #136
"Bodies and Souls!"
Release date: July 17, 1984
Cover date: October, 1984

Defenders #137
"Hearts and Minds!"
Cover date: November, 1984

Defenders #138
"Three Women"
Cover date: December, 1984

Defenders #139
"Hungry Like the Wolf!"
Cover date: January, 1985

Renamed as New Defenders