The Defenders
#78
[Newsstand]
(December 1979)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.40 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- 0714860215212
- Editing:
- Al Milgrom (Editor); Mary Jo Duffy (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ed Hannigan (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob McLeod (signed)
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4
Indexer Notes
Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
The Return of the Original Defenders! (Table of Contents)
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Ed Hannigan
- Pencils:
- Herb Trimpe (breakdowns); Mike Esposito (finished art)
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- Ben Sean
- Letters:
- Clem Robins
- Job Number:
- LG 587
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Dr. 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 travelling 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 Unameable One.
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Robert Wood
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Gafford
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
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