The Defenders
#54
[Regular Edition]
(December 1977)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-09-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860215212
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Dark Waters, Swift Doom!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Pérez (signed as GP)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Defenders: Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in 
in ![Cover Thumbnail for The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #54 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/21/w200/21319.jpg?-56570483245125950)
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A Study in Survival! The Power Principle Part Two
The Defenders / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- David Anthony Kraft (credited)
- Pencils
- Michael Golden (credited as Mike Golden) (pages 1, 6-14); Keith Giffen (credited) (pages 2-3, 15-18)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (credited)
- Colors
- David Anthony Kraft (credited)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (page one); Bruce Patterson (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Defenders: Hellcat [Patsy Walker] (featured); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (featured); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (featured); Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond] (featured); Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky] (featured); Valkyrie [Barbara Norriss] (featured)
Dollar Bill [Aaron English]; Horace Ledge; Jack Norriss; Presence [Sergei Krylov]; Penelope (cameo) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- A nuclear explosion set by Sergei to give himself and the Red Guardian super powers causes the Defenders to be trapped at the bottom of the ocean and almost drown.
- Reprints
-
in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #16 (juin 1981) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
-
- Keywords
- Manhattan; New York City; Russia
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Issue #50, marking the climax of...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Chuck Leon, Peter B. Gillis, Karuke, Mark A. Ernst, John Markantonatos, Helmsman Collins, and Al Schroeder III.
Fury Times 5!
Nick Fury / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Scott Edelman (credited)
- Pencils
- Juan Ortiz (credited)
- Inks
- Bruce Patterson (credited)
- Colors
- Ken Klaczak (credited)
- Letters
- Howard Bender (credited)
- Genre
- spy; superhero
- Characters
- S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury (featured); Clay Quartermain
Nick Fury LMDs - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Fury battles a group of Fury LMDs at S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1981)
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 (2007)
-
- Keywords
- Life Model Decoys; S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters
Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J!
Spalding Sports Equipment / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Dark Waters, Swift Doom!
The Defenders -
1.
A Study in Survival! The Power Principle Part Two
The Defenders -
2.
["Issue #50, marking the climax of..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
Fury Times 5!
Nick Fury -
4.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
Legal Eagle
Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man -
6.
Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J!
Spalding Sports Equipment
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- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Antonio Pontes Junior
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
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