The Defenders #112 [Direct]

(October 1982)

I Got A Whole Set of All-Time Baseball Greats Free! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Strange Visitor from Another Planet! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

J. M. DeMatteis (credited as DeMatteis)

Pencils

Don Perlin (credited as Perlin)

Inks

Mike Gustovich (credited as Gustovich)

Colors

George Roussos (credited as Roussos)

Letters

Shelly Leferman (credited as Leferman)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good friends! Good food!

Feature Logo

The Dynamic Defenders!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]; Silver Surfer; Gargoyle; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellstrom; Beast]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Vera Cantor; Dolly Donahue; Squadron Supreme (Earth-712) [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hyperion (also in cameo flashback); Lady Lark [Linda Lewis] (also in cameo flashback); Power Princess [Zarda] (introduction); Nuke [Albert Gaines] (introduction); Cap'N Hawk [James Dore]; Amphibian [Kingsley Rice]; The Golden Archer [Wyatt McDonald] (also in cameo flashback); Tom Thumb [Thomas Thompson]; Doctor Spectrum [Joe Ledger] (also in cameo flashback); The Whizzer [Stanley Stewart] (also in cameo flashback); Arcanna [Arcanna Jones] (introduction)]; Over-Mind; President Nelson Rockefeller (cameo); Avengers [Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Beast; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Hell-Cat] (cameo); August Masters; Mindy-Psi; Kyle Richmond [President]

Synopsis

Parallel Earth with Squadron Supreme as superheroes 22,300 miles above Earth in Rocket Central. Hyperion has a Tower of Isolation.

Reprints

• in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #6 ([September] 2011) [black and white]
• in Squadron Supreme Classic Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) ([August] 2016)
• in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #7 - Ashes, Ashes... (2017)

Now Bubble Yum Is Super Yum (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bubble Yum / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[Buon Giorno!] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Al Milgrom; Ann Nocenti

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boy, when we goof - we don't mess...

Genre

superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Greg Cox, Bill D. Middleton, and "The Fantasy Farmer".