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Issue: The Defenders #56
Publication Date: February 1978
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Issues: #56 of 152 Issues (373 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: 11/15/1977
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):  
Disclose Notes: No letters column. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #150, November 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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Defenders #6 [unnamed variant] published January 2018
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner]; Lunatik
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as The Defenders #56 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Val's New York Adventure!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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: FlagEssential Defenders #3 published January 2007
as "Val's New York Adventure!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Lunatik says phrases from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and The Carpenters songs.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Moon Boy; Devil Dinosaur
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ding-a-Ling Family

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Sif; Volstagg; Ding-A-Ling Family
Synopsis: A family of space-traveling hillbillies invades Asgard, where Thor engages them in battle. Sif is able to stop the fight by distracting the Ding-a-Lings with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.

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