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Issue: The Defenders #56

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Publication Date: February 1978

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Issues: #56 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860215202

Price: $0.35 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Archie Goodwin

Notes: No letters column this issue.

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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:

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Val's New York Adventure! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Annette Kawecki ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner]; Lunatik

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Essential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #56 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Val's New York Adventure!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft

Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino

Inker(s): Klaus Janson

Colorist(s): David Anthony Kraft

Letterer(s): Pete Iro

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Defenders

Character(s): The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]]; Lunatik; Ledge

Synopsis: Dr. Banner helps Soviet scientists remove the radiation poisoning from Namor, Hellcat and Nighthawk. Red Guardian, who is now composed of nuclear energy, is kept by the Russian government and the rest of the Defenders are escorted out of the country. Valkyrie battles Lunatik.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Essential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as "Val's New York Adventure!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 18

Notes: Lunatik says phrases from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and The Carpenters songs.

[untitled]

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby

Inker(s): Jack Kirby

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

Character(s): Moon Boy; Devil Dinosaur

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Ding-a-Ling Family

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sal Buscema

Inker(s): Joe Sinnott

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Thor; Hostess Fruit Pies

Character(s): Thor; Sif; Volstagg

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Located between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.