From Marvel Entertainment
Oct. 29, 2011
Legendary Artist Neal Adams Covers DEFENDERS #1!
This December, an all-new team is about to embark on a bold mission to protect reality from insanity – they are the Defenders! To celebrate the launch of one of this year’s biggest new series, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the Defenders #1 Adams Inked Variant from legendary artist Neal Adams! The top-selling creative team of Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson assemble a team of the world’s strongest heroes to save everyone from the impossible! It’s up to Doctor Strange, the Silver Surfer, Red She-Hulk, Iron Fist and Namor to defend the very fabric of the Marvel Universe. With the team going up against the most diabolical threats and a special variant cover by a living legend, no fan can miss the Defenders #1 Adams Inked Variant!
*Retailers should check the Marvel Mailer for special ordering incentives on Defenders #1 and it’s variants.
DEFENDERS #1 (OCT110587)
DEFENDERS #1 ADAMS VARIANT (OCT110589)
DEFENDERS #1 ADAMS INKED VARIANT (SEP118111)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by TERRY DODSON
Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Sketch Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS
FOC—11/7/11, On-Sale—12/7/11
Your First Look At DEFENDERS #1
When the impossible is everywhere and the very fabric of reality is threatened by insanity, the world needs more than super heroes…they need Defenders! Enter Defenders #1, from the top-selling creative team of Matt Fraction (Fear Itself, Invincible Iron Man, Mighty Thor) and Terry Dodson (Uncanny X-Men), as Doctor Strange assembles a new team of heroes to face a new kind of threat that will leave readers shocked. Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Namor, Red She-Hulk, Silver Surfer and more of your favorite Marvel Heroes will band together exploring corners of the Marvel Universe you never knew existed for missions so deadly they have to be kept secret. Once a Defender, always a Defender – no matter the cost or sacrifice.
To support the launch of this major new series, Marvel is promoting Defenders through the following retailer support program:
- A free Defenders/Avengers X-Sanction preview book in stores Wednesday, November 2nd
- Exciting new ordering incentives for retailers, announced in this week’s Marvel Mailer
- Full issue preview on Diamond Retailer Site
- Extremely limited-edition Defenders #1 Neal Adams Inked Variant
- In-store promotional items including mini-posters, postcards and more.
- Digital marketing designed to drive consumers to comic stores for Defenders #1
- Prominently placed Defenders house ads in major Marvel comics
- A month long promotion through the Marvel Comics app, designed to create greater awareness and interest in Defenders
- Defenders-centric E-mail blasts to consumers
- Mainstream press timed around the Defenders #1 on-sale
- Ads in each digital issue of Defenders #1 directing fans to check out subsequent issues at their local comic shop
This December, all-new era in Marvel history begins with Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson’s Defenders #1.
DEFENDERS #1 (OCT110587)
DEFENDERS #1 IMMONEN VARIANT (OCT110588)
DEFENDERS #1 ADAMS VARIANT (OCT110589)
DEFENDERS #1 ADAMS INKED VARIANT (SEP118111)
DEFENDERS #1 BLANK VARIANT (OCT110590)
DEFENDERS #1 I AM A DEFENDER VARIANT (OCT110591)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by TERRY DODSON
Variant Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Sketch Variant Cover by NEAL ADAMS
Blank Variant available
I Am A Defender Variant also Available
FOC—11/7/11, On-Sale—12/7/11
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