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The Defenders, #59

Published: May 1978

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The Defenders #59

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Issue Contents:
Tyranny and Mutation!
1 page superhero
Characters
Credits
Story Notes

Cover blurb refers to the Blue Oyster Cult.

Xenogenesis Day of the Demons Part 2 Tyranny and Mutation
Story 1 17 pages superhero
Storyline

Nighthawk test out his new jetpack. Dr. Strange is trapped in a demon dimension by the Harvester of Eyes cult.

Characters
Credits
Story Notes

The title of this issue is taken from an album by the band Blue Oyster Cult. Many other BOC references are sprinkled throughout the story. This information 2005 by Steven Tice. Credits also read: "Dedicated to Transmaniacon M.C.".

Story 2 1 page

"From where we sit, it looks as if..."

Credits
Story Notes

Letters of comment from readers M. E. Robbins, Commander Quotey (and His Lost Marvel Madmen), Wallace L. Hopkins, and Alain Lapalme. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

Story 3 1 page
Characters
  • The Defenders [Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • Dr. Strange
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]
  • Valkyrie
  • Silver Surfer
  • Nighthawk]
  • Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]
Credits
Thor Meets a Glutton for Gold
Story 4 1 page superhero

"Golden Asgard has been less golden of late due to mysterious disappearances of much of its gold."

Storyline

Obsessed with gold, Gudrun steals and hoards Asgardian gold. Thor and Sif use the "golden goodness" of Hostess® Twinkies to entrap him.

Characters
  • Thor
  • Sif
  • Gudrun the Golden
Credits
Story Notes

Located between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.