The Defenders #132 [Direct]
(June 1984)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-02-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (editor); Jim Massara (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #42, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-03-20.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sandy Plunkett (signed as Plunkett)
Inks
Alan Weiss (signed as Weiss)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Valkyrie [Brunnhilda]; Gargoyle; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Moondragon]; Ephraim Soles
Reprints

Atari Presents Moon Patrol (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Moon Patrol; Atari / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Phantom of Gamma-Ray Flats! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Peter Gillis
Pencils
Don Perlin
Inks
Kim DeMulder
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
Janice Chiang

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The desert can be a blazing, deadly place...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Valkyrie [Brunnhilda]; Gargoyle; Beast; Iceman; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Moondragon; Cloud]; Sassafras; Dolly Donahue; Ephraim Soles
Synopsis
Ephraim Soles is mutated after eating a gamma-irradiated plant in the desert. Stumbling across the New Defenders base, Ephraim attacks them. Iceman is forced to drain him of moisture to defeat him, apparently destroying him. Unknown to the Defenders, Ephraim survives in spore-like form and is taken away by the wind.
Reprints
Keywords
Cornell University

Free! Spider-Man Comic Book (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Nabisco; Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hey, Kids! Look What's Coming Your Way! Free Marvel Comics! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Cookie Crisp; Marvel / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A New Generation of Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Power Pack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[I Got This Letter...] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Carl Potts (replies)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We have been inundated in letters...
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from reader Liam Toner.

U. S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685) (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ed Shukin (Business Manager)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 262,471. Single issue nearest to filing date: 258,619.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Atari Presents Moon Patrol
    Moon Patrol; Atari
  3. 2. The Phantom of Gamma-Ray Flats!
    The Defenders
  4. 3. Free! Spider-Man Comic Book
    Nabisco; Spider-Man
  5. 4. Hey, Kids! Look What's Coming Your Way! Free Marvel Comics!
    Cookie Crisp; Marvel
  6. 5. A New Generation of Super-Heroes
    Power Pack
  7. 6. [I Got This Letter...]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  8. 7. ["We have been inundated in letters..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  9. 8. U. S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Daniel Block
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Liam Sturgess