The Defenders #149 [Direct]
(November 1985)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-08-02 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (credited) (editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

No letter column in this issue.

The on-sale date is from the shipping schedule as printed in the untitled newsletter from the comic book store Comics Plus in Dearborn, Michigan, published August 2, 1985, issue #1. Since this listing was for titles scheduled to be released, it is possible this issue may have been released at a later date.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Nowlan (signed as K. C. Nowlan)
Inks
Kevin Nowlan (signed as K. C. Nowlan)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cloud
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Lonely as a Cloud--! (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
Art Nichols (credited); Dell Barras (credited) (assist)
Colors
Michele Robinson (credited as Michele Wrightson)
Letters
Janice Chiang

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While Dr. Strange is away*, his Greenwich Village sanctum...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Defenders: Andromeda [Andrea McPhee] (joins the team); Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cloud (origin in flashback, leaves the team); Gargoyle; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Candy Southern; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]
Vera Cantor; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] (in mind's eye); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (in mind's eye); Interloper; Seraph [Nancy Turpin]; Tony (flashback); Carol Faber; Danny Milligan
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[A Non-Radioactive Reply to Jim Shooter] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Lonely as a Cloud--!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. [A Non-Radioactive Reply to Jim Shooter]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson