Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	October 1974
Cover Price	0.50
Pages	68
Editing	Roy Thomas

Cover Details

Characters	Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Dr. Strange [Stephan Strange]; Valkyrie]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Satannish
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Klaus Janson
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

30 page Defenders, The story "H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!"

Characters	Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Aragorn; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Asmodeus; Satannish; Laurox the Lecherous; Mechanoid (Robot Soldier)
Synopsis	The Defenders, with the help of the Son of Satan stop Asmodeus and Satannish.
Genre	superhero
Script	Len Wein
Pencils	Gil Kane (layouts/breakdowns); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks	Klaus Janson
Colors	Glynis Wein
Letters	Dave Hunt
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

8 page Sub-Mariner story "Sub-Mariner"

Characters	Sub-Mariner; Betty Dean
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Everett
Pencils	Bill Everett
Inks	Bill Everett
Reprinted	from Young Men (Marvel, 1953 series) #25 (February 1954)

6 page Black Knight story "Black Knight"

Characters	Black Knight
Genre	superhero
Reprinted	from Black Knight (Marvel, 1955 series) #4 (November 1955)

8 page Doctor Strange story "Beyond the Purple Veil!"

Characters	F: Doctor Strange; V: Aggamon
Genre	superhero
Script	Stan Lee
Pencils	Steve Ditko
Inks	Steve Ditko
Letters	Artie Simek
Reprinted	from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #119 (April 1964)