Marvel Feature 1971 #1 - 5.5 - $85.00

• First app: Defenders team
• Origin: Defenders

The Defenders must stop Yandroth from destroying the Earth with the Omegatron.

Roy?s Rostrum, Items, illustration. At end of first story.

Sub-Mariner, and then Prince Byrrah, both attack U.S. surface ships in the arctic, but when a warning from the U.S. expedition allows the Atlanteans to evacuate their kingdom just before a cataclysmic explosion levels it, the two sides are able to come to a peaceful understanding.

Stephen Strange becomes Doctor Strange again to stop Baron Mordo.

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• - Marie Severin did the preliminary cover sketch which Adams followed: https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1816808
• Classified Advertisements - Classified advertisements on various pages throughout the issue.
• The Day of the Defenders! - Previous adventures involving the characters together in Dr. Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22 and Incredible Hulk #126 and Sub-Mariner #34-35 are mentioned. Strange states that he also meant to recruit Thor. As noted inside, the story takes place after the Dr. Strange feature at the end. Strange invokes the Hosts of Hoggoth, the Vishanti, the Omnipotent Oshtur, the Vipers of Valtorr, the Demons of Denak, the Supreme Satannish. This story establishes the Hulk's ability to see astral forms.
• - Sold by Honor House Products. Between pages 8-9 of first story.
• - Advertisement for the GRIT Publishing Co. Between ages 8-9 of first story.
• Out Cold! - Between pages 14-15 of first story.
• - Ad for a variety of Joe Weider products. Between pages 14-15 of first story.
• - Ad for a toy submarine, from Honor House Products.
• - Ad, with order coupon, for information from Academy For Home Study. Between pages 6-7 of second story.
• The Return! - Last appearance of the character in Incredible Hulk #126. The feature is spelled "Dr. Strange, Master of the Mystic Arts!" The feature was last seen in Dr. Strange #183 and is next seen in Marvel Premiere #3 after appearances of Dr. Strange in Marvel Feature #1-3 with the Defenders and in Amazing Spider-Man #109. With the Ancient One's restoration of the Stephen Strange identity, the superhero phase of the character when he operated masked under a secret identity comes to an end. The Mystic Moons of Munnopor are invoked in incantation, the Vishanti invoked in praise.
• - With two ads: Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #4 (December 1971) and Marvel Feature (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (December 1971). Between pages 2-3 of story.
• - Olympic Sales Club, Inc. ad seeking sellers of their greeting cards. Between pages 8-9 of third story.
• - On the last interior page.
• Amazing Kit-a-Month Program - Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
• - Back cover.