The Defenders Omnibus Vol. 2
Part of the Marvel Omnibus guide — every release, in reading order
Collected in this Omnibus edition, we present Steve Gerber's definitive Defenders run! Using The Defenders' unlikely cast of misfits, Gerber turned Marvel's "non-team" into a locus of innovation by deconstructing genre conventions and adding a healthy dose of absurdity. From the Elf With a Gun to Bambi and the Bozos, each storyline is a challenging critique of the era's culture, while the Headmen Saga is one of the high points in Gerber's celebrated career. They're stories that inspired a generation of creators and changed the course of comics history. This volume also boasts artwork by the stellar team of Sal Buscema and Klaus Janson and is topped off with the classic Defenders/Howard the Duck Marvel Treasury Edition.
1 printing · 2 variants · 2023
Continues from The Defenders Omnibus Vol. 1
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Standard Cover — Al Milgrom & Klaus Janson
ISBN: 978-1302948771
July 12, 2023
$100.00
Direct Market Cover — Gil Kane, John Romita & Klaus Janson
ISBN: 978-1302948788
July 12, 2023
$100.00
Also collected in
39% of this book is also in other books we catalog.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow's Heroes Omnibus18% of this bookMarvel Super-Heroes (1967) #18 · Giant-Size Defenders (1974) #5 · The Defenders (1972) #26–29
Giant-Size Marvel Omnibus14% of this bookGiant-Size Defenders (1974) #3–5
Marvel Two-in-One Omnibus Vol. 15% of this bookMarvel Two-in-One (1974) #6–74 more books share a few stories
Howard the Duck Omnibus · 4% of this book
Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Valentino Omnibus · 3% of this book
Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby Omnibus Vol. 1 · 1% of this book
Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1 · <1% of this book
Creators
click a creator to highlightWriterSteve Gerber +12
PencilerSal Buscema +37
InkerKlaus Janson +36
ColoristPetra Goldberg +10
LettererGaspar Saladino +16
Percentages may exceed 100% when multiple creators share a role on the same issue.
Issues (33)
Order from GCD1. #6 Marvel Two-in-One (1974)19pp
🖼️Cover — Jim Starlin · 1pp
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"The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page! [Letters]"2pp
"Bullpen Bulletins [Column]"1pp
2. #7 Marvel Two-in-One (1974)18pp
🖼️Cover — John Romita · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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"The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page! [Letters]"1pp
"Awesome Announcements and Autumnal Admonishments for All! [Column]"1pp
3. #20 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"Paeans and Self-Plaudits From the Pundits of Pandemonium! [Column]"1pp
4. #21 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"Memos and Meanderings From Your Mighty Muddled Merry-Makers! [Column]"1pp
5. #3 Giant-Size Defenders (1974)35pp
🖼️Cover — Ron Wilson · 1pp
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"The World Destroyers!"7pp
"The House of Shadows!"9pp
"Awesome Announcements and Autumnal Admonishments for All! [Column]"1pp
6. #4 Giant-Size Defenders (1974)33pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 3 credits
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"The Serum Must Get Through!"10pp
"Witchcraft in the Wax Museum!"9pp
"Another Assortment of Action-Packed Ad-Libs and Astonishing Addendums! [Column]"1pp
7. #22 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"Another Assortment of Action-Packed Ad-Libs and Astonishing Addendums! [Column]"1pp
8. #23 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Bacchanalian Bunch of the Brightest and Battiest Bullpen Bulletins Yet! [Column]"1pp
9. #24 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Cacophonous Collection of Captivating Capsule Comments Calculated to Corral Your Consciousness! [Column]"1pp
10. #25 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Dynamic Display of Dizzy Doings, Daring Delineations, and Dazzling Descriptions Designed to Dispel Your Despair! [Column]"1pp
11. #5 Giant-Size Defenders (1974)35pp
🖼️Cover — Ron Wilson · 1pp
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"Quoth the Nighthawk, "Nevermore!""17pp
"A Dynamic Display of Dizzy Doings, Daring Delineations, and Dazzling Descriptions Designed to Dispel Your Despair! [Column]"1pp
12. #26 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"An Endearing Ensemble of Editorial Errata for Your Enjoyment, Edification, and Enlightenment! [Column]"1pp
13. #27 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Frantic, Frenetic, Fun-Filled Forsy into the Fable-Fraught Fortress of Fandom's Favorite Fraternity! [Column]"1pp
14. #28 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Ron Wilson · 1pp
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"The King Is Back! 'Nuff Said! [Column]"1pp
15. #29 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — John Romita · 1pp
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"A Gargantuan Gallery of Garulous Goings-On Guaranteed to Garner You Gratitude! [Column]"1pp
16. #30 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — John Romita · 1pp
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"A Hearty Helping of High-Falutin', Habit-Formin' Happenings From Your Humble House of Ideas! [Column]"1pp
17. #31 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"An Idiosyncratic Itinerary of Intangible Illusions and Imaginary Ideas Intended to Illuminate You ID! [Column]"1pp
18. #32 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Jovial Jamboree of Jaunty Jingles and Jesting Jabs Jury-Rigged to Jettison Your Jim-Jams! [Column]"1pp
19. #33 The Defenders (1972)20pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Kaleidoscope of Kinetic Kibitzing and Kooky Kommentary Kenned to Kindle Your Karma! [Column]"1pp
20. #34 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Rich Buckler · 1pp
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"A Labyrinthian List of Lambent Labors, Laudable Lagniappes, and Learned Legends Long-Lapsed into Looniness! [Column]"1pp
21. #35 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"More Merely Magnificent Marvel Madness Made to Move You to Mafficking! [Column]"1pp
22. #36 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"News Notes, Nifty Narration, and Nutty Nonsense Not for the Narrow-Minded! [Column]"1pp
23. #37 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios, and Occasions Obbligato! [Column]"1pp
24. #38 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Rich Buckler · 1pp
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"A Pulse-Pounding Palimpsest of Pajandrums Pure, Palaver Paradisic, and Paens Pandemic! [Column]"1pp
25. #39 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Rich Buckler · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 1 credit
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"A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries! [Column]"1pp
26. #40 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Ragbag of Riotous Repartee for Our Resplendently Rarefied Readership! [Column]"1pp
27. #1 The Defenders Annual (1976)36pp
🖼️Cover — Al Milgrom · 1pp
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"A Scintillating Soliloquy of Stunning Stories, Sagacious Sagas, and Senses-Shattering Super-Heroes! [Column]"1pp
28. #41 The Defenders (1972)19pp
🖼️Cover — Gil Kane · 1pp
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"A Scintillating Soliloquy of Stunning Stories, Sagacious Sagas, and Senses-Shattering Super-Heroes! [Column]"1pp
29. #12 Marvel Treasury Edition (1974)30pp
🖼️Cover — Gene Colan · 1pp
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Not included — 7 stories
"A Howard the Duck Extra! [Illustration]"1pp
"The Way It All Began!"12pp
"Frog Death!"9pp
"Hellcow!"10pp
"Howard the Barbarian"19pp
"Know Your Candidate!"1pp
"Unsolicited Testimonials"1pp
30. #18 Marvel Super-Heroes (1967)23pp
🖼️Cover — Gene Colan · 1pp
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📋Editorial — 3 credits
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"Marvel Mailbag [Letters]"1pp
"Courage!"3pp
"Wave of Destruction! [Chapter 4]"8pp
"The Living Dead! [Chapter 5]"5pp
"Flames of Fury! [Chapter 6]"8pp
"War Between the Worlds! [Chapter 7]"4pp
"All Winners Comics #21 [Cover Reprint]"1pp
31. #21 Mystery Tales (1952)24pp
🖼️Cover — Harry Anderson · 1pp
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"To Live Forever"2pp
32. #11 World of Fantasy (1956)24pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Maneely · 1pp
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"Make A Wish"2pp
33. #9 Tales of Suspense (1959)24pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Kirby · 1pp
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"The Mirror"2pp
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