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Issue Details

Issue #61
Published July 1978
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jim Shooter

Cover Details

Characters Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Lunatik
Genre superhero
Pencils Ed Hannigan [as EH]
Inks Ernie Chan [as EC]
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4

17 page The Defenders story "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Lunatik!"

Characters Defenders [Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Dollar Bill; Aragorn; Professor Turk; Presence; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky] (mental image); Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson; Lunatik
Synopsis Defenders try to lure Lunatik into a trap by using a Spider-Man statue.
Genre superhero
Script David Anthony Kraft
Pencils Ed Hannigan (breakdowns); Bob Lubbers (finished art)
Inks Bob Lubbers
Colors Nelson Yomtov [as Nellie]
Letters Rick Parker
Notes Doug Henning mentioned; "Short People" song lyrics sung by Lunatik.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4

1 page letters page "Defenders Dialogue"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Wallace L. Hopkins, Bill Thelin, Peter Sanderson, Bob Rodi, Danny C. Marquart and Michael Brog.