The Defenders #97 [Direct]
(July 1981)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.50 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Editing:
Al Milgrom (Editor); Jack Abel (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Format:
Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.


Menace of... The Messiah! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ed Hannigan?; Luke McDonnell?
Inks:
Al Milgrom
Colors:
George Roussos
Letters:
Michael Higgins?, typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]]; Devil-Slayer
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Cover art credits provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.


Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils:
Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art); Sal Trapani (finished art); Jack Abel (finished art)
Inks:
Joe Sinnott (pages 1-14, 20-22); Sal Trapani (pages 15-16, 18-19, uncredited); Jack Abel (page 17, uncredited)
Colors:
George Roussos
Letters:
Diana Albers (pages 6-9); Rick Parker (?) (pages 1-5, 9-10, uncredited); Joe Rosen (pages 11-22, uncredited)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]]; Devil-Slayer; Man-Thing; The Messiah; Six Fingered Hand
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Inker and letterer credits added 2005 by Steven Tice. Page numbers are actual story pages.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Slouching Toward Bethlehem
    The Defenders
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Patrick Lemaire
  • Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Robert Wood
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Carl Gafford
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Ramon Schenk