🔑 THE DEFENDERS #6 [YAFFA PUBLISHING] AUSTRALIAN MARVEL DIGEST COMIC 1980

Series Title: Defenders (1981 series)

Issue #: 6

Story Title: Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant! reprint from The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #17

Date of Publication: June 1980

Edition: Standard / Regular Edition (Australian pocket-size digest)

Publisher: Yaffa Publishing Group (Page Publications Pty. Ltd. Division)

Country of Origin: Australia

Language: English

Cover Price: 0.60 AUD (0.70 NZD)

Cover Artists: Ron Wilson, Al Milgrom

Artists: Various Marvel artists from the reprinted stories (including Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito, Glynis Wein and others)

Writers: Various (including Steve Englehart, Len Wein, and others)

Characters: Defenders team (Doctor Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner, Silver Surfer, Valkyrie, etc.), Wrecking Crew (Wrecker, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball), Luke Cage, and various villains and supporting characters

First Appearances:

• First cameo team appearance of the Wrecking Crew (Wrecker, Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball)
• First meeting of Luke Cage and the Defenders

Key Facts:

• Australian black-and-white pocket-size Marvel digest published by Yaffa/Page.
• Features reprints of classic 1970s Defenders team-up stories, including the first team cameo of the Wrecking Crew and the first meeting with Luke Cage.
• Cover reuses art from The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #17.
• Typical 1980 Australian digest format: black and white interiors, glossy colour cover, saddle-stitched, newsprint paper.
• Highly collectible among fans of Australian Marvel reprints and Bronze Age team comics.

Page Count: 60 pages

Condition: Please refer to the accompanying photos for condition, we are amateur graders, all best efforts are taken when indicating a likely grade. Should you require further photos, please contact us. Includes archival bag and board.

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