The Defenders #84 [Direct]
(June 1980)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Jo Duffy (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Battle Royal! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner]; Black Panther [T'Challa]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.

Battle Royal! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Hannigan
Pencils
Don Perlin (breakdowns); Tex Blaisdell (finished art)
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Diana Albers

Job Number
LF108
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Clea; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Lord Vashti; Wazira King of Thieves; Black Panther [T'Challa]; Jarkanga; Warlord Ronga; Umu; Tornaga; Milton Rosenblum
Synopsis
A mis-understanding leads to war between Wakanda and Atlantis.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Stan Lee

Spider-Man in "The Trap" (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Larcenous Lil
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wheh! Aren't you glad all that Tunnelworld...
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Herbert Jackson, Joseph Morrison, and Michael Mitchell.

Also has a small promotional advertisement for Caleb Hammer.

The Dingo Kids Meet O. J. Simpson (Table of Contents: 5)

Dingo / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports
Characters
O. J. Simpson; Dingo Kids

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Dingo boots, on inside back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Battle Royal!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. Battle Royal!
    The Defenders
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Spider-Man in "The Trap"
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  5. 4. ["Wheh! Aren't you glad all that Tunnelworld..."]
    Defenders Dialogue
  6. 5. The Dingo Kids Meet O. J. Simpson
    Dingo
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