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Issue Details

Issue #63
Published September 1978
Cover Price 0.35
Pages 36
Editing Jim Shooter

Cover Details - "Tournament of Heroes!"

Characters Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Black Goliath [William Foster]; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Tagak
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters Jim Novak ?
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4

17 page The Defenders story "Deadlier by the Dozen!"

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Black Goliath [William Foster]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Stingray [Walter Newell]; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Prowler [Hobie Brown]; Iron Fist [Daniel Rand]; Falcon [Sam Wilson]; Hercules; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; White Tiger [Hector Ayala]; Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Nova [Richard Rider]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Paladin; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Captain Ultra [Griffin Gogol]; Tagak; Marvel Man; Whirlwind [David Cannon]; Sagittarius; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; Beetle [Abner Jenkins]; Batroc the Leaper [Georges Batroc]; Blob; Electro [Maxwell Dillon]; Looter [Norton Fester]; Plant Man [Samuel Smithers]; The Presence [Sergei]
Synopsis Groups of villains, claiming to be Defenders, have started looting New York City. The Defenders and the prospective Defenders team up to stop them.
Genre superhero
Script David Kraft
Pencils Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Jim Mooney (finished art)
Inks Jim Mooney
Colors Roger Slifer
Letters John Costanza
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4