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Cover of The Defenders #9
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CATALOG RECORD

The Defenders #9

Marvel · Series began 1972 · October 1973

Dates

Cover date
October 1973
On sale
July 24, 1973
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

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Story arc: Avengers / Defenders War

This is part 4 of 8. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. The Avengers #115
  2. The Defenders #8
  3. The Avengers #116
  4. The Defenders #9
  5. The Avengers #117
  6. The Defenders #10
  7. The Avengers #118
  8. The Defenders #11

Creators

pencils: Sal Buscemainks: Sal Buscema, Frank McLaughlinletters: Gaspar Saladino, Artie Simekscript: Steve Englehartcolors: Petra Goldberg

Stories

  • [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 4: Divide... and Conquer · 3 pages

    Iron Man fights Hawkeye and Doctor Strange fights Black Panther and Mantis.

  • [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 5 · 8 pages
  • [Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 6 · 8 pages

Publisher’s description

The misunderstanding between the Avengers ramps up! Now it's Avenger vs. former Avenger as Hawkeye takes on Iron Man!

Characters

Tony StarkIron ManBruce BannerHulkStephen StrangeDoctor StrangeClint BartonNamorHawkeyeSub-Mariner

Reprinted in

The Avengers Omnibus (2011), Avengers / Defenders War (2002), Avengers / Defenders War (2011), Avengers Epic Collection (2013), Defenders Epic Collection (2016), The Defenders Omnibus (2020), Essential Avengers (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (2003), Essential Defenders (2005), Avengers: Defenders War (2007), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (2008), Avengers: Earth's Mightiest [Heroes] (2018)

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