Issue Details

Issue	#50
Published	August 1977
Cover Price	0.30
Pages	36
Editing	Archie Goodwin
Notes	Cover art credits confirmed in The Comic Reader 143, May 1977.

Cover Details - "War Against the Zodiac!"

Characters	Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]]; Zodiac [Aries; Leo; Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Aquarius; Taurus]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Milgrom
Inks	Al Milgrom
Notes	Cover art credits confirmed in The Comic Reader 143, May 1977.
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

17 page Defenders, The story "Who Remembers Scorpio Part Three Scorpio Must Die!"

Characters	Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]]; Nick Fury; Zodiac [Scorpio [Jacob Fury]; Leo; Sagittarius; Aquarius; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Aries; Libra; Pisces; Capricorn; Virgo]; Jack Norris
Synopsis	Scorpio kills himself after his Zodiac is defeated by the Defenders.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Kraft
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Inks	Keith Giffen; Mike Royer (art assist); John Tartaglione (art assist); Dave Cockrum (art assist)
Colors	Don Warfield
Letters	Gaspar Saladino (page one); John Costanza
Notes	Who Remembers Scorpio? Part 3. "Art assist" credits appear on page 31.
Reprinted	in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #16 [3 pp.]; in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

1 page Defenders illustration "The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out"

Characters	Defenders [Howard the Duck; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Silver Surfer; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector]; Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Aragorn
Synopsis	1 page of The Defenders' Long Island Hang-Out with cameo head of all previous Defenders.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Kraft?
Pencils	Keith Giffen
Colors	John Costanza
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3