The Defenders
#98
[Newsstand Edition]
(August 1981)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.50 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- 0714860215208
- Editing:
- Al Milgrom (Editor); Jack Abel (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Standard Modern US size; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was Ongoing Series
Man-Thing Possessed!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Marshall Rogers (signed)
- Inks:
- Marshall Rogers (signed)
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan]; Devil-Slayer; Man-Thing
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
The Hand Closes!
The Defenders / comic story / 21 pages
Credits
- Script:
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils:
- Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art); Sal Trapani (finished art)
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott (pages 1-6, 12-21); Sal Trapani (pages 7-11, uncredited)
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- Jim Novak
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]]; Devil-Slayer; Man-Thing; Wong; Clea; Six Fingered Hand; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wonder Man; Beast]; Unnthinnk; Maya
- Synopsis:
- Nighthawk quits. Cliffy puts on Shadow cloak, calls himself Mandrake, says "Allakazam" and disappears.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
Additional inker credits 2005 by Steven Tice. Page numbers are actual story pages.
Wonders of Nature
Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies / advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Herb Trimpe
- Inks:
- Herb Trimpe ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Irving Watanabe
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Fantastic Four [Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]]; Franklin Richards
["This month we prove the old axiom that..."]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers N.M., and Tom Hunter.
["How shall I begin.....?"]
Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Marie Severin (illustration)
- Inks:
- Marie Severin (illustration)
- Colors:
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Puzzle Man
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Hand Closes!
The Defenders -
2.
Wonders of Nature
Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies -
3.
["This month we prove the old axiom that..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
4.
["How shall I begin.....?"]
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Derek Reinhard
- Patrick Lemaire
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Robert Wood
- Tony R. Rose
- Carl Gafford
- Lou Mazzella
- Ramon Schenk
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