The Defenders #76 [Direct]
(October 1979)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 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
0714860215210
Editing
Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom) (editor); Jo Duffy (credited as Mary Jo Duffy) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

The Omega the Unknown storyline continues here.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

At Last... The Omega Saga! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Omega the Unknown; Dibbuk; Ruby Thursday [Thursday Rubinstein]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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Little Triggers! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Steven Grant (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Steve Mitchell (credited as S. Mitchell)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page one); Clem Robins (credited as C. Robins)
Job Number
LG528
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Omega the Unknown; Dibbuk; Ruby Thursday [Thursday Rubinstein]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; James-Michael Starling; Ruth; John (Flashback, Cameo); Dian; Richard Rory; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]
Synopsis
Valkyrie and Hellcat, with the help of Wasp, try to track down James-Michael Starling. Ruby Thursday and Dibbuk steal the body of Omega from the morgue.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.83 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Steven Grant, Cat Yronwode, Tony Bole, Marilyn Teplitz

Invincible Guardians of World Freedom! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Shogun Warriors / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.17 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; science fiction; superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (signed as Stan) (Stan's Soapbox); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins
Characters
Alice Cooper

Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer. (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg ?; Bob Budiansky ?
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Propelled by a glittering beam of photons,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Synopsis
Captain Marvel prevents Professor Sneer from extinguishing the Sun.
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. At Last... The Omega Saga!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Little Triggers!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  4. 3. Invincible Guardians of World Freedom!
    The Shogun Warriors
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer.
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
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