The Defenders #99 [Direct]
(September 1981)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-06-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Jack Abel (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #2.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as Milgrom)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as Milgrom)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Danny Crespi ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is it, Defenders...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Son of Satan; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer]; Maya
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Indexer Notes

Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.

Cover Thumbnail for The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #99 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Defenders (1972 series) #99 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Defenders (1972 series) #99 [British]
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The Final Conflict? (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Jean Simek
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last issue, Doctor Strange received an emergency call from the Avengers...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]; Devil-Slayer; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer]; Clea; Six Fingered Hand; Maya; Mephisto; Satan; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback, cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (flashback, cameo)]; Man-Thing (flashback, cameo); Avarrish; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Luann Bloom; Edward Alvis; Unnthink; Fashima; Puishannt; Hyppokri; Thog (cameo); Satannish (cameo)
Synopsis
Mephisto reveals that Eternity's missing parts stretched the fabric of the multiverse, and so does Dr. Strange's Teleportation spell. He created the Six-Fingered Hand to make Dr. Strange use the spell over and over, allowing him to create Hell on Earth.
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Keywords
Nexus of Realities

Hot-Tempered Triumph! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Issue's #95's ...
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Steve Lowther, Bruce Canwell, Keith Anderson, Bob Donnelly, "verde", and Alan Toubeaux.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This is it, Defenders..."]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. The Final Conflict?
    The Defenders
  3. 2. Hot-Tempered Triumph!
    Hostess Twinkies; Human Torch
  4. 3. ["Issue's #95's ..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
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