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Issue: The Defenders #78
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #78 of 152 Issues (371 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
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: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860215212
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Milgrom (Editor); Mary Jo Duffy (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: No letters column this issue.
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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 Return of the Original Defenders!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inker(s): Bob McLeod (signed)
Colorist(s): George Roussos
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #4 published January 2008
as The Defenders #78 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
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The Return of the Original Defenders!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Hannigan
Penciller(s): Herb Trimpe (breakdowns); Mike Esposito (finished art)
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): Ben Sean
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Defenders
Character(s): The Defenders [Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Clea; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Wong; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Richard Rory; Omega the Unknown (Cameo); James-Michael Starling (Cameo); Amber; Ruth; Dian; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; The Mutant Force [Burner; Lifter; Peeper; Shocker; Slither]; Bozqwip; Filvot; Aeroika
Synopsis: While traveling from Las Vegas to New York, the Defenders, along with Wasp and Yellowjacket, intercept a distress call from a military base. When they land they thwart the attack but are later captured. At the same time, Dr. Strange, Namor and the Hulk travel to Tunnel-World to tackle the menace of the Unnameable One.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagOmega: The Unknown Classic #[nn] published December 2005
as Defenders #78, Page 5 [Story on Interior Page(s)]Page 5
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #4 published January 2008
as The Return of the Original Defenders! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: LG 587
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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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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Joe Rubinstein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jim Novak
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider-Man; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; June Jitsui
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.

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