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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published July 1976
Cover Price 0.25
Pages 36
Editing Marv Wolfman
Notes Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.

Cover Details - "Evil in Bloom!"

Characters Defenders [Power Man [Luke Cage]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]]; Plantman [Sam Smithers]
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito (signed)
Letters Dan Crespi?
Notes Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

17 page Defenders, The story "Evil in Bloom!"

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Valkyrie; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Jack Norriss; Aragorn; Plantman [Sam Smithers]; Nebulon; Porcupine [Alex Gentry]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]
Synopsis Dr. Strange and Red Guardian escape from Plantman with the help of Jack Norriss and Power Man.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Gerber
Pencils Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Don Warfield
Letters Ray Holloway
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3