DEFENDERS #3 (DEC 1972)

Splash page from DEFENDERS 3 with quote from "Four Quartets" and T.S. Eliot page from The Norton Anthology Of American literature. I remember in college getting a big kick out of finding "Four Quartets" on the reading list and remembering this Defenders adventure. 😁

DEFENDERS #2 (OCT 1972) - Although the Silver Surfer appeared briefly in "Marvel Feature" 1 and fought beside Namor and Hulk in "Sub-Mariner" 34 & 35, this is his first appearance as a Defender -- completing Roy Thomas' original concept for the team as a gathering of Marvel's most antisocial heroes.

DEFENDERS #1 (AUG 1972). The Cult of the Undying Ones (previously seen in DR. STRANGE #22) returns for the start of a summer trilogy that will draw in the Silver Surfer and (later) the Valkyrie. After many prequels, the classic Defenders tales begin here!

From MARVEL FEATURE #3 (JUN 1972). Xemnu the Titan returns to steal Earth's children through a cheesy kids TV show, and it's up to Dr. Strange, The Sub-Mariner and The Incredible Hulk to stop it.

MARVEL FEATURE #3 (JUN 1972)

MARVEL FEATURE #2 (MAR 1972) Doctor Strange's body has been stolen by the cult of Dormammu, and it's up to Clea and Wong (in their first appearance as Defenders) to find Prince Namor and The Hulk before the dark lord can use it to enter our dimension. This issue returns to...

Cory Booker is totally a Defender. Somebody bring the good Senator from New Jersey his cloak of levitation!

MARVEL FEATURE #1 (DEC 1971). First appearance of the Defenders. Sub-Mariner golden age reprint. Backup prequel story featuring Doctor Strange.

PATSY WALKER COMICS #24 (SEP 1949)

MARVEL SUPER-ACTION #31 (MAY 1981). Reprinting Avengers #70 (1969). First appearance of the Swuadron Sinister (including Nighthawk).

DAY OF THE DEFENDERS 1-shot (MAR 2001). Cover by Erik Larsen. Reprinting Sub-Mariner #22, Incredible Hulk #126 and Marvel Feature #1.

SUB-MARINER #35 (MAR 1971). Concluding the "Titans Three" story from the previous issue.

SUB-MARINER #34 (FEB 1971) - First team-up of Prince Namor, The Silver Surfer and The Incredible Hulk.

In other news, I took the day off from work today, so I stayed home and...sorted comics. Sigh. Well, it needs to be done, my personal collection has been in disarray since opening my own shop 10+ years ago and I need some time to get it in order.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK #142 (AUG 1971). Second appearance of The Valkyrie.

DAREDEVIL #62 (MAR 1970). Second appearance and origin story of Nighthawk.

THE INCREDIBLE HULK #126 (APR 1970)

SUB-MARINER #22 (FEB 1969). First meeting and team-up of Dr. Strange and Prince Namor of Atlantis.