The Defenders, #42 Regular Edition

Published: December 1976

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The Defenders #42

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Issue Contents:
Emissaries of Evil!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Silas King
  • Solarr
  • The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
  • Power Man [Luke Cage]
  • Valkyrie
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
  • Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]
Credits
And in This Corner: The New Emissaries of Evil!
Story 1 17 pages superhero
Storyline

Egghead sends Solar and Rhino to steal the Star of Capistan from Dr. Strange. When the Defenders stop them Egghead sends the Cobalt Man to New York, hoping Cobalt Man will explode and destroy the Defenders.

Characters
  • Cobalt Man
  • Ralph Roberts
  • The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
  • Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]
  • Valkyrie
  • Power Man [Luke Cage]]
  • Solarr [Silas King]
  • Rhino [Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich]
  • Egghead
  • Omar Karindu
Story Notes

Valkyrie in old outfit.

Story 2 1 page

"Paens and Platitudes from a Punchy..."

Credits
Story Notes

Letter of comment from reader Mark Ernst. Also contains a Howard the Duck presidential campaign update #3. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

A Testament to Tapestries Tempestuous, Tales Titanic, and Tableaux Treasured!
Story 3 1 page
Characters
  • Spider-Man
  • Tarantula
Credits
Spider-Man! in the Spider-Man and the Fly!
Story 4 1 page superhero

"Spider-Man is a prisoner of the villain called the Fly."

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Placed between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.