XOWComics.com

Issue: The Defenders #53

- Attribution History

Publication Date: November 1977

Issue #53
- #43
- #44
- #45
- #46
- #47
- #48
- #49
- #50
- #51
- #52
- ✓ #53
- #54
- #55
- #56
- #57
- #58
- #59
- #60
- #61
- #62
- #63
- more...
- Show Variants

Detail

Issues: #53 of 152 Issues (373 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Whitman

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.35 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: A distribution variant, sold in Whitman branded plastic bags and distributed by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants3

The Defenders #53 [unnamed variant]

The Defenders #53 [UK Cover Price]

The Defenders #53 [Whitman]

Reprinted In0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From0

There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

Images0

Have this cover scanned?
Become an editor.

Assets0

Content Items (7 total)

The Power Principle!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Power Principle Part One, The Prince and the Presence!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): unnamed Atlanteans

Synopsis: Defenders travel to Atlantis to determine the source of radiation that is killing the Atlanteans.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: The Power Principle Part 1. Interior credits confirmed in the letters page to The Defenders #57.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters from Michael Biegel, Doug Milliken, Robert Abrams, Scott Gibson, Henry Kujawa, Ezekiel Castro

Clea, the Mystic Maiden!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: fantasy, superhero

Synopsis: Nicodemus disguises himself as a mugger to get the jump on Clea.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Clea conjures a Shield of the Seraphim.

[untitled]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Legal Eagle

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Legal Eagle [Ralph G. Fake]; Mary Jane Watson

First Line: Look, Spidey, it's Ralph G. Fake.

Synopsis: Spider-Man prevents Legal Eagle from stealing the Bill of Rights from the U.S. Capitol.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Street Ball

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: sports

Character(s): Dr. J; Rick Barry

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Comic ad for Spalding basketballs, on back cover.