- Script:
- Ed Hannigan
- Pencils:
- Don Perlin
- Inks:
- Pablo Marcos
- Colors:
- Bob Sharen
- Letters:
- Michael Higgins
- Job Number:
- LF156
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse); Milton Rosenblum; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Mr. Rangert; Klevshin; Mandrill [Jerome Beechman]; Artie Gumm (Cabdriver); Luis (child); Luis' mother; J.D. Waldner; Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (Cameo); Invisible Girl [Sue Richards] (Cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Black Panther and the Defenders search New York for a device stolen from Wakanda that will create complete silence. When the device is accidentally turned on it creates a riot.
- Reprinted:
- In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #4
Story title from Ursula K. LeGuin's book "The Left Hand of Darkness" revealed in the letters page of Defenders #91.