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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published July 1979
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Al Milgrom

Cover Details - "Shadow of the Wizard King!"

Characters Defenders [Valkyrie; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse); Arisen Tyrk
Genre superhero
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Don Perlin
Colors George Roussos
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Notes Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4

17 page The Defenders story "Of Wizards, Shadows & Kings"

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephan Strange]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]]; Clea; Lunatik; Professor Turk; Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse); Xhoohx; The Unnamed; Dollar Bill; Ledge; Foolkiller [Greg Salinger]
Synopsis With the help of the wizard Xhoohx, the Defenders return the various Lunatiks and Professor Turk into Arisen Tyrk. Arisen Tyrk then challenges The Unnamed, but the Defenders trap him in another dimension.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Hannigan
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Ben Sean
Letters John Costanza (page one); Clem Robins
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4