The Defenders #40 (1976) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Mask of the Assassin?	cover	1	pencils: Gil Kane, John Romita; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: John Costanza	Bruce Banner, Hulk
1	Love, Anarchy and, Oh Yes... The Assassin!	comic story	17	script: Steve Gerber; pencils: Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Klaus Janson; letters: Joe Rosen	Clea
2	-	letters page	1	script: Steve Gerber
3	A Ragbag of Riotous Repartee for Our Resplendently Rarefied Readership!	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.10 GBP

Collection	Year
Essential Defenders #3 ISBN 0-7851-2696-1	2007	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #5 ISBN 978-0-7851-9182-7	2015	On eBay ›
The Defenders Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-1-302-94877-1	2023	On eBay ›
World Gone Sane ISBN 978-1-302-96054-4	2025	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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