Lawyers in Comics: The Defenders
From the exhibit, “Superheroes in Court! Lawyers, Law and Comic Books”, curated by Mark S. Zaid, Esq., and on display Sept. 4-Dec, 16, 2010 in the Rare Book Exhibition Gallery, Level L2, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.
The Defenders was a popular television courtroom drama series which aired from 1961–1965. It starred E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed (later of Brady Bunch fame) as father-and-son defense attorneys who handled complex cases. The series addressed topics that still resonate for attorneys nearly a half-century later including capital punishment, custody rights of adoptive parents, the insanity defense, immigration quotas, and visa restrictions. Dell Publishing produced only these two issues of a comic book adaption of the same title in 1962-1963.
The Defenders no. 2 (Feb.-Apr. 1963). Personal collection of Mark S. Zaid, Esq.
