The Defenders
#61
(July 1978)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.35 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 [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860215207
- Editing
- Jim Shooter (credited) (editor); Bob Hall (editor); Jo Duffy (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Lunatik and the Secret of Spider-Man's Statue!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan (signed as EH)
- Inks
- Ernie Chan (signed as EC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lunatik
- Reprints
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lunatik!
The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- David Anthony Kraft (credited)
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan (breakdowns); Bob Lubbers (credited) (finished art)
- Inks
- Bob Lubbers (credited)
- Colors
- Nel Yomtov (credited as Nellie)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited as Parker)
- Job Number
- C814
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Dollar Bill; Aragorn; Professor Turk; Presence; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky] (mental image); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Lunatik
- Synopsis
- Defenders try to lure Lunatik into a trap by using a Spider-Man statue.
- Reprints
-
in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #21 (mai 1982) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Doug Henning mentioned; "Short People" song lyrics sung by Lunatik.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.8 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Wallace L. Hopkins, Bill Thelin, Peter Sanderson, Bob Rodi, Danny C. Marquart and Michael Brog.
[no title indexed]
The Beatles / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And now the... Beatles!
- Genre
- historical
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited) (signed as
Stan) (Stan's Soapbox); ? - Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]- Characters
- Hulk [Bruce Banner]
Spider-Man Meets the Home Wrecker
Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Home Wrecker
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #28 (July 1978 - August 1978)
-
Street Ball
Spalding Sports Equipment / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Davis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Dr. J; Rick Barry
Indexer Notes
Comic ad for Spalding basketballs, on the back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lunatik and the Secret of Spider-Man's Statue!
The Defenders -
1.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lunatik!
The Defenders -
2.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue -
3.
["And now the... Beatles!"]
The Beatles -
4.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox -
5.
Spider-Man Meets the Home Wrecker
Hostess Fruit Pies; Spider-Man -
6.
Street Ball
Spalding Sports Equipment
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Paul Lefebvre
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
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