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Issue: The Defenders #53
Publication Date: November 1977
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Issues: #53 of 152 Issues (373 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: 08/17/1977
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):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #146, August 1977.
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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 series
Format Notes:  
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The Power Principle!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): unnamed Atlanteans
First Line: A sense of dread prevails aboard this, the fleetest undersea craft available to the sovereign Sub-Mariner.
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
Letterer(s): typeset
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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)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
First Line: Central Park. A nice place to stroll on a midsummer's eve.
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]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Legal Eagle

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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.
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Pages: 1
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Street Ball

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Dr. J; Rick Barry
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for Spalding basketballs, on back cover.

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