The Defenders #88 [Direct]
(October 1980)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Jo Duffy (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Hulk: Prince of Whales! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Netzer (signed)
Inks
Armando Gil (signed)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Michael Higgins ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom. From a cover sketch by Ed Hannigan.

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Lord of the Whales (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Hannigan
Pencils
Don Perlin (breakdowns); Pablo Marcos (finished art)
Inks
Pablo Marcos
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Joe Rosen
Job Number
LF208
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Matt Murdock (Not as Daredevil); Grimsby; Milton Rosenblum; Lesley; Ms. Aull; Dorthy Walker; Vassily; Miss Tolliver; unnamed Russian Captain
Synopsis
The Hulk stops a Russian whaling vessel.
Reprints

Be Elite! Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Hannigan
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Photon the Unforgiving, David Ayres. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

The Human Torch Saves the Valley! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hulk: Prince of Whales!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Lord of the Whales
    The Defenders
  3. 2. Be Elite! Become a Privileged Marvel Subscriber!
    Marvel Subscriptions
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  5. 4. The Human Torch Saves the Valley!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Human Torch
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