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Issue Details

Issue #15
Published September 1974
Cover Price 0.25
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas
Notes Art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (31 January 2005).

Cover Details - "Panic at the Earth's Core!"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Blob; Unus]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Mike Esposito ?; John Romita (retouches)
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Art credits from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (31 January 2005).
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2; in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010)

18 page Defenders, The story "Panic Beneath the Earth!"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Pennysworth; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Mastermind; Unus; Blob; Lorelei]; Avengers [Vision; Thor; Captain America] (in flasback); Alpha the Ultimate Mutant
Synopsis The Defenders battle against the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. During the battle Magneto finishes his creation of Alpha the Ultimate Mutant.
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Sal Buscema (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors Glynis Wein
Letters John Costanza
Notes Nighthawk gets a new uniform; Comet Kohoutek upsets the balance of magnetic forces so Magneto freed himself
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010)