Set Description:
Marvel Feature (the first series) was published for twelve issues from December 1971 until November 1973. The lead story in Marvel Feature #1, by writer Roy Thomas and artist Ross Andru, featured the first team-up of the Hulk, Doctor Strange, and the Sub-Mariner as the Defenders. The issue included a new Dr. Strange solo tale. The Defenders continued as the stars of Marvel Feature for two more issues and then received their own self-titled series in August 1972. Marvel Feature #3 saw the Defenders battle Xemnu, a huge, furry, alien monster which had originally been named "the Hulk".
After receiving a good fan response when a story appeared in Iron Man #44, Ant-Man then became the lead of Marvel Feature for issues #4-10, paired with his un-billed female companion, the Wasp, starting with issue #6. Issues #7-10 each featured three separate Ant-Man stories and included art by P. Craig Russell. The final issue also reprinted non-Pym stories from the Tales to Astonish series, all written by Stan Lee.
Marvel Feature #11 featured a battle between the Thing of the Fantastic Four and the Hulk. The final issue teamed the Thing and Iron Man, and featured an early Thanos appearance. Both issues were penciled by Jim Starlin. The Thing was then given a regular series titled Marvel Two-In-One in which he teamed up with a different character each issue, a format that had already proven popular with Spider-Man in Marvel Team-Up.
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