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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published February 1978
Cover Price 0.35
Pages 36
Editing Archie Goodwin

Cover Details

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Lunatik
Genre superhero
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Klaus Janson
Letters Annette Kawecki?
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

18 page Defenders, The story "Val's New York Adventure!"

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]]; Lunatik; Ledge
Synopsis Dr. Banner helps Soviet scientists remove the radiation poisoning from Namor, Hellcat and Nightwing. Red Guardian, who is now composed of nuclear energy, is kept by the Russian government and the rest of the Defenders are escorted out of the country. Valkyrie battles Lunatik.
Genre superhero
Script David Kraft
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Klaus Janson
Colors David Kraft
Letters Pete Iro
Notes Lunatic says phrases from the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and the Carpenters songs
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3