The Defenders 1972 #56 - back issue - $3.00
Dr. Banner helps Soviet scientists remove the radiation poisoning from Namor, Hellcat and Nighthawk. 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.
A family of space-traveling hillbillies invades Asgard, where Thor engages them in battle. Sif is able to stop the fight by distracting the Ding-a-Lings with Hostess Fruit Pies.
No letters column. On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #150, November 1977.
- Val's New York Adventure! - Lunatik says phrases from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, and The Carpenters songs.
- The Ding-a-Ling Family - Located between pages 16 and 17 of the main sequence.
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