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Issue: The Defenders #55
Publication Date: January 1978
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Issues: #55 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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: 0714860215201
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 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
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He Is Pain-- He Is Power-- He Is The Presence!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as K] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott [as S] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Presence [Sergei]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #55 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Power Principle Part 3 Emotion, Ego...and Empty Expectations!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft [as David Kraft]
Penciller(s): Carmine Infantino
Inker(s): Klaus Janson
Colorist(s): Klaus Janson
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Valkyrie]; Presence [Sergei]; Red Guardian [Alexi Shostakov] (flashback, cameo); Ledge; Lunatik
Synopsis: The Defenders, with the help of a deep-sea monster, stop Sergei and release Red Guardian from his power. Unfortunately they are all suffering from radiation poisoning.
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In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Power Principle Part Three Emotion, Ego...and Empty Expectations! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David Anthony Kraft (replies)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Defenders Dialogue
First Line: Dear people: Great! Absolutely great! The story...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Jeff Cooper, Bruce Spizer, Robert Rusk, Ezekiel Castro, Ruben George Toyos, Linnea Dudley, and Richard Roder.

Located between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
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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
Character(s): Luke Skywalker; Princess Leia Organs; C-3PO; Han Solo; Chewbacca; Darth Vader
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Pages: 1
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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
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located between pages 15 and 16 of the main sequence.

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