The Defenders #139 [Direct]
(January 1985)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-09-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (credited) (editor); Jim Massara (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #56, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-10-10.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola (signed as Mignola)
Inks
Kevin Nowlan (signed as Mundelo)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Gargoyle; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]
Red Wolf [William Talltrees]; trolls
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Hungry Like the Wolf! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Peter Gillis (credited as Peter B. Gillis)
Pencils
Don Perlin (credited)
Inks
Kim DeMulder (credited)
Colors
Michele Robinson (credited as Michele Wrightson)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One-eyed Odin, monarch of the Norse gods of Asgard stands...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cloud; Gargoyle (mainstream); Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Candy Southern; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]
Dolly Donahue; Dragon of the Moon; Mantis (mental construct and illusion); Odin; Red Wolf [William Talltrees] (also in flashback); Sassafras; William MacAlistaire; trolls
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Odin frees Moondragon from the headband.
Reprints

Look Out When New Bonkers Fruit Candy Hits Town! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bonkers; Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

I'm Still Standin'... (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

AirMail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (letterhead)
Inks
? (letterhead)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marvel, Defenders #135 was another...

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Raymon Gonzales, David Lett, and Ros Calverley.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Hungry Like the Wolf!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. Look Out When New Bonkers Fruit Candy Hits Town!
    Bonkers; Nabisco
  4. 3. I'm Still Standin'...
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. ["Dear Marvel, Defenders #135 was another..."]
    AirMail
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson