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Issue: The Defenders #53
Publication Date: November 1977
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Issues: #53 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860215211
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Archie Goodwin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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The Power Principle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Pérez (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wiacek (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #53 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Power Principle Part One The Prince and The Presence!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft
Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum (pg 1); Keith Giffen (pp 2,3,10,11,15,17,18); Michael Golden [as Mike Golden] (pp 6,7,14,16)
Inker(s): Terry Austin
Colorist(s): Phil Rachelson [as P. Rache]
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie]; Lord Vashti; Sergei; Clea; Lunatik (first appearance)
Synopsis: Defenders travel to Atlantis to determine the source of radiation that is killing the Atlanteans.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Power Principle Part One The Prince and The Presence! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The Power Principle Part 1. Interior credits confirmed in the letters page to The Defenders #57.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Defenders Dialogue
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Michael Biegel, Doug Milliken, Robert Abrams, Scott Gibson, Henry Kujawa, Ezekiel Castro
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Clea, the Mystic Maiden!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Naomi Basner
Penciller(s): Sandy Plunkett
Inker(s): Tony Salmons
Colorist(s): Marie Severin
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Clea
Character(s): Clea; Nicodemus
Synopsis: Nicodemus disguises himself as a mugger to get the jump on Clea.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as Clea, the Mystic Maiden! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Clea conjures a Shield of the Seraphim.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed); ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Spider-Man in "Legal Eagle"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema ?
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Legal Eagle [Ralph G. Fake]; Mary Jane Watson
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Pages: 1
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Street Ball

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Spalding; Dr. J; Rick Barry
Character(s): Dr. J; Rick Barry
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for Spalding basketballs, on back cover.

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