The Defenders #102 [Direct]
(December 1981)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [various positions]
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Jack Abel (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letters column. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #4.
This issue has variants:

Mind Games (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
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Valkyrie; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Clea]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Mindy Williams
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.

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Mind Games! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Don Perlin (credited as Perlin) (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (credited as Sinnott) (finished art); Sal Trapani (credited as Trapani) (finished art); Jack Abel (credited as Abel) (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited as Sinnott) (pages 1, 8-16); Sal Trapani (credited as Trapani) (pages 2-7, 17-18, 20); Jack Abel (credited as Abel) (pages 19, 21)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Shelly Leferman
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the left: Isaac Christians, former Mayor of the sleepy southern town of Christiansboro...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]; Clea]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond (also in flashback)]; Wong; Luann Bloom; Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (flashback); Mindy Williams (also in flashback); Doctor August Masters; Nurse Ratchid; King; Torrence; McGee
Synopsis
Nighthawk visits Mindy in the sanitarium and discovers that it is a front for a government agency studying telepathy.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker page information added 2005 by Steven Tice. Page numbers are actual story pages.

Enroll in the Marvel Subscriber's Club! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Marvel Subscriptions / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Spider-Man's Dream Girl! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mind Games
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Mind Games!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. Enroll in the Marvel Subscriber's Club!
    Marvel Subscriptions
  4. 3. Spider-Man's Dream Girl!
    Hostess; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
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