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WHAT IF: Defenders Vol. 2

Map by GaryUK: reprints The Defenders #8 - #16, Giant-Size Defenders #1, The Avengers #115 - #118 (approx 225 pages)

9/73: The Avengers #115 (3 pages + cover)

  • "Alliance Most Foul"
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Bob Brown (penciller); Mike Esposito (inker)

9/73: The Defenders #8 (4 pages + cover)
  • "The Deception" (Chapter 1)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank McLaughlin (inker)

10/73: The Avengers #116 (19 pages + cover)
  • "Betrayal" (Chapter 2) (10 pages)
  • "The Silver Surfer vs. the Vision and the Scarlet Witch" (Chapter 3) (9 pages)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Bob Brown (penciller); Mike Esposito (inker)

10/73: The Defenders #9 (19 pages + cover)
  • "Divide and Conquer" (Chapter 4) (3 pages)
  • "The Invincible Iron Man vs. Hawkeye the Archer" (Chapter 5) (8 pages)
  • "Dr. Strange vs. the Black Panther and Mantis" (Chapter 6) (8 pages)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank McLaughlin (inker)

11/73: The Avengers #117 (18 pages + cover)
  • "Holocaust" (2 pages)
  • "Swordsman vs. the Valkyrie" (Chapter 7) (8 pages)
  • "Captain America vs. the Sub-Mariner" (Chapter 8) (8 pages)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Bob Brown (penciller); Mike Esposito, Frank McLaughlin (inkers)

11/73: The Defenders #10 (19 pages + cover)
  • "Breakthrough; The Incredible Hulk vs. the Mighty Thor" (Chapter 9) (10 pages)
  • "United We Stand" (Chapter 10) (9 pages)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank Bolle (inker)

12/73: The Avengers #118 (19 pages + cover)
  • "To the Death" (Chapter 11)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Bob Brown (penciller); Mike Esposito, Frank Giacoia (inkers)

12/73: The Defenders #11 (19 pages + cover)
  • "A Dark and Stormy Knight" (Chapter 12)
  • Credits: Steve Englehart (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Frank Bolle (inker)

2/74: The Defenders #12 (19 pages + cover)
  • "The Titan Strikes Back"
  • Credits: Len Wein (writer); Sal Buscema, Jack Abel (pencillers); Jack Abel (inker)

7/74: Giant-Size Defenders #1 (7 pages + cover)
  • "The Way They Were": Prolgue (3 pages)
  • Part 4: "The Once And Again Dooms" (4 pages)
  • Credits: Tony Isabella (writer); Jim Starlin (penciller); Al Milgrom (inker)
  • 7 page framing sequences featuring reprints:
  • Part 1: "Banished to Outer Space" (from Incredible Hulk #3)
  • Part 2: "Bird of Prey" (from GA Sub-Mariner #41, August 1955)
  • Part 3: "To Catch a Magician" (from Strange Tales #145)

5/74: The Defenders #13 (19 pages + cover)
  • "For Sale: One Planet, Slightly Used"
  • Credits: Len Wein (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Klaus Janson (inker)

7/74: The Defenders #14 (20 pages + cover)
  • "And Who Shall Inherit the Earth?"
  • Credits: Len Wein (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Dan Green (inker)

9/74: The Defenders #15 (18 pages + cover)
  • "Panic Beneath the Earth"
  • Credits: Len Wein (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Klaus Janson (inker)

10/74: The Defenders #16 (18 pages + cover)
  • "Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant"
  • Credits: Len Wein (writer); Sal Buscema (penciller); Mike Esposito (inker)

Mockup image by: David Spofforth

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