Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	December 1971
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters	Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]
Genre	superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	In Marvel Treasury Edition #16 (1978); in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #4

19 page Defenders story "The Day of the Defenders!"

Characters	Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Wong; Yandroth (Villain; Death); Omegatron (Intro); Silver Surfer
Synopsis	The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Bill Everett
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	Intro & Origin of The Defenders.
Reprinted	in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #16 (1978); in Hulk E I Difensori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #1 [11 pp.]; in Day of the Defenders (Marvel, 2001 series) #1; in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #1

7 page Sub-Mariner story "The Sub-Mariner and the Icebergs"

Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Everett
Pencils	Bill Everett
Inks	Bill Everett
Letters	Bill Everett
Reprinted	From SUB-MARINER COMICS #40 (June 1955)

10 page Dr. Strange story "The Return!"

Characters	Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange; also as Stephen Sanders]; Wong; Ancient One; Baron Mordo (Villain)
Synopsis	Stephen Strange becomes Doctor Strange again to stop Baron Mordo.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Roy Thomas
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	last app. in INCREDIBLE HULK #126
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (Marvel, 2003 series) #4