Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	January 1978
Cover Price	0.35
Pages	36
Editing	Archie Goodwin
Notes	Letters page replies by David Anthony Kraft.

Cover Details - "The Presence!"

Characters	Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Presence [Sergei]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane (signed)
Inks	Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters	Irving Watanabe
Notes	Letters page replies by David Anthony Kraft.
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

17 page Defenders, The story "The Power Principle Part Three Emotion, Ego...and Empty Expectations!"

Characters	Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Valkyrie]; Presence [Sergei]; Red Guardian [Alexi Shostakov] (Flashback; Cameo); Ledge; Lunatik
Synopsis	The Defenders, with the help of a deap-sea monster, stop Sergei and release Red Guardian from his power. Unfortunately they are all suffering from radiation poisoning.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Kraft
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Klaus Janson
Colors	Klaus Janson
Letters	Gaspar Saladino
Notes	The Power Principal Part 3
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3