Defenders of the Earth - Comic Books

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Defenders of the Earth
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Country/language: Mini usa.gif USA / English
Publishing company: Star Comics
Publishing years: 1987
Issues: 4
Format: 17×26 cm, color


A comic book series based on the "Defenders of the Earth", published by "Star Comics" (an imprint of Marvel Comics).

Issue overview

Regular series

The series was presented in "Marvel Age" #46 (December 1986). It started as a spin-off from the animated television series Defenders of the Earth. Mike Higgins assembled a group to work on the book: Bob Harras to adapt (from the cartoon script) and plotting the stories, Alex Saviuk to do the pencil and Fred Fredericks to do the inking. Stan Lee, who had worked on developing the "Defenders of the Earth" cartoon show, asked if he could script the (first issue) comic book version.

The series was released bi-monthly, starting on January 1987. Under comming attractions "Marvel Age" listed the series up to #6, but only 4 ussues were released. There exists original art for the fifth issue, written by Adam Blaustein and art by James Fry and Mark McKenna.

UK print

The stories were later printed in UK.

2024 paperback reprints

In 2024 the stories are reprinted, in the USA by Mad Cave in a paperback book Defenders of the Earth (Mad Cave)

and in Germany by publisher Zauberstern Comics, the latter in their "Flash Gordon" regular issues.

2024 Zauberstern Pack

In May 2024 the German publishing company Zauberstern Comics has reprinted, translated in German language, the American original series of 4 comic-books in a bundle boxset especialy released for the 21st International Comic Salon held in Erlangen, Bavaria, from May 30th to June 2sd 2024. This package was printed in a limited edition of only 250 copies (separate issues unordered individually) being pre-ordered in the June 10th to 23rd 2024 time window.

2024 Mad Cave mini-series (new stories)

An new mini-series of 8 comic-books is planned by publisher Mad Cave for August 2024 with new stories written by Dan DiDio and art by Jim Calafiore. See: Defenders of the Earth (Mad Cave) 2024 series.

Trade paperback books, reprinting the whole new mini-series, have also been announced for 2025, the first Volume of 180 pages - entitled "A World Divided" - being already pre-ordered on the "Simon & Schuster" website (cover similar to the second variant of issue #1 2024 new "Mad Cave" series).

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