The Defenders #39 [Regular Edition]
(September 1976)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-06-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860215209
Editing
Archie Goodwin (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #131.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler ?
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Clea
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Indexer Notes

Possible Buckler pencils per Nick Caputo. Ed Hannigan was previously credited as possible penciler but Dennis Ray reported to the Grand Comics Database page on Facebook on 18 May 2020 a conversation with Hannigan that confirmed from him that he did not draw this cover.

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Riot in Cellblock 12! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steve Gerber
Pencils
Sal Buscema (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks
Klaus Janson
Colors
Don Warfield
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Jean Simek (pages 2-22); Irv Watanabe (pages 23-31)
Job Number
C-01
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback)]; Dormammu (cameo); Baron Mordo (cameo); Clea; Wong; Jack Norriss; Aragorn; Chondu (cameo); Police Commissioner Feingold; Shirley (prisoner); Felicia (prisoner)
Synopsis
Valkyrie is in jail when a riot breaks out. The Defenders arrive at the jail to rescue Valkyrie and stop the riot.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Steve Gerber
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jim Burns, D. Lites, Helmsman Collins, Peter Planamenta, and Matthew Nudelman.

A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Riot in Cellblock 12!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. A Quaff of Quixotic Quips to Quench Your Quakes and Quandaries!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matthew Thompson
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
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