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Issue Details

Issue #80
Published February 1980
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Al Milgrom

Cover Details

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Joe Rubinstein (signed)
Colors George Roussos
Notes Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4

17 page The Defenders story "Once a Defender"

Characters Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Clea]; Wasp [Janet van Dyne]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Mutant Force [Shocker; Burner; Lifter; Slither; Peeper]; Ruth; Amber; Dian; Mandrill [Jerome Beechman]; Aeroika; Ytitnedion; Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse)
Synopsis Dr. Strange, Hulk, Sub-Mariner and Aeroika are attacked by the forces of Ytitnedion. Nighthawk comes to the rescue of Wasp and the military from the forces of the Mandrill, and also rescues the captured Valkyri, Hellcat and Yellowjacket.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Hannigan
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Dan Green
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters John Costanza
Notes Nighthawk debuts a new uniform.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4