#178: May 1972 (w/Steve Englehart) - "I Slay By the Stars!"

No writer had a greater impact on 1970s Marvel than
"Stainless" Steve Englehart. From a four-year
stint on the Avengers that included the
Avengers/Defenders War, to the redefinition of
Captain America and the original Secret
Empire storyline, to a Doctor Strange
run that is still considered among the character's best,
Englehart entered just as Marvel pulled ahead of DC Comics in
sales and helped to ensure they wouldn't look back for decades.


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"I Slay By the Stars!" - Defenders #1, written by Steve
Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Frank Giacoia, 1972 Marvel
Comics


 


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