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WHAT IF: Defenders Vol. 1

Map by GaryUK: reprints Marvel Feature Vol.1 #1 - #3, The Defenders #1 - #8 (234 pages)


 12/71: Marvel Feature #1 (19 pages + cover)


  • "The Day of the Defenders"
  • Credits: Roy Thomas (writer); Ross Andru (penciller); Bill Everett (inker)
  • Villain: The Omegatron


3/72: Marvel Feature #2 (28 pages+ cover)

  • "Nightmare on Bald Mountain"
  • Credits: Roy Thomas (writer); Ross Andru (penciller); Sal Buscema (inker)
  • Villain: Dormammu


6/72: Marvel Feature #3 (23 pages + cover)

  • "A Titan Walks Among Us"
  • Credits: Roy Thomas (writer); Ross Andru (penciller); Bill Everett (inker)
  • Villain: Xemnu


8/72: The Defenders #1 (20 pages + cover)

  • "I Slay By the Stars"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank Giacoia (inker)
  • Story continues from Marvel Feature (first series) #3


10/72: The Defenders #2 (20 pages + cover)

  • "The Secret of the Silver Surfer"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); John Verpoorten (inker)
  • Guest stars the Silver Surfer, joins the Defenders at the end of this story


12/72: The Defenders #3 (20 pages + cover)

  • "Four Against the Gods"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Jim Mooney (inker)
  • Silver Surfer leaves the Defenders at the end of this story


2/73: The Defenders #4 (20 pages + cover)

  • "The New Defender"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank McLaughlin (inker)
  • The Valkyrie joins the Defenders at the end of this story


4/73: The Defenders #5 (20 pages + cover)

  • "World Without End?"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank McLaughlin (inker)
  • Villain: The Omegatron (destroyed in this story)


6/73: The Defenders #6 (19 pages + cover)

  • "The Dreams of Death"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank McLaughlin (inker)
  • Guest stars the Silver Surfer


8/73: The Defenders #7 (19 pages + cover)

  • "War Below the Waves"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart and Len Wein (writers); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank Bolle (inker)
  • Villains: Attuma and the Red Ghost
  • Hawkeye joins the Defenders in this story


9/73: The Defenders #8 (15 pages + cover)

  • "If Atlantis Should Fall"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank McLaughlin (inker)
  • Villains: Attuma and the Red Ghost

Mockup image by: Scarlet Spider


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