Defenders of the Earth

    (Star, 1987)
™ and ©1987 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

With this title, Marvel launched a new comics group, “Star Comics.” In doing so, Marvel was able to create a whole new comic world, free from the constraints of having to fit its characters into the Marvel Universe.

Defenders of the Earth took its characters from the Golden Age of comics, including such favorites as Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and the Phantom. The title used these characters to good advantage. It had non-stop action, but avoided the sort of gritty realism that tends to be found in more modern characters.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Bob Harras, Stan Lee  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom
    7 copies from $4.00
  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Alex Saviuk
    Jan 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Bob Harras, Stan Lee  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Mar 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom
    5 copies from $1.00
  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Alex Saviuk
    Mar 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom
    1 copy for $3.98
  • 3
    #3
    May 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom
    4 copies from $3.36
  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Alex Saviuk
    May 1987
    Cover: $0.75
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Flash Gordon, Mandrake, Phantom
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Jul 1987
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Final Issue
    2 copies from $3.25
  • 4/NS
    #4 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition
    Jul 1987
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Final Issue
    No copies available
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Cover: $9.99
    W: Michael Higgins  ·  A: Alex Saviuk
    Ca 2024; Collects Defenders of the Earth (Star Comics) #1-4; Published by Mad Cave
    No copies available