The Defenders
#96
[Direct]
(June 1981)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 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); Jack Abel (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Guest Starring... The Ghost Rider!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Fashima
- Reprints
-
in The Defenders (Federal, 1984 ? series) #2 -
in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #9 - L'allié des ténèbres (janvier 1984) -
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #5 (2010) [black and white] - in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #6 - The Six-Fingered Hand (2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed 2007 by Al Milgrom.
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The Rock and Roll Conspiracy!
The Defenders / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art); Sal Trapani (finished art, uncredited)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (pages 1-12, 19-30); Sal Trapani (pages 14-18, uncredited)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Diana Albers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing is true-- everything is permitted...
- Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Kyle Richmond [Nighthawk]; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Milton Rosenblum; Wong; Dolly Donahue; Six Fingered Hand; Fashima; Asmodeus Jones [Ozzie Palmer; King of Devil-Rock]; Felix D. Palmer (dies)
- Synopsis
- Believing that Ghost Rider has something to do with the Six-Fingered Hand, the Defenders mistakenly attack him. Realizing their error, the Defenders ally themselves with him against Asmodeus Jones, who has been preparing to give his fans' souls to Fashima. The Six-Fingered Hand kill Felix when Asmodeus fails.
- Reprints
- in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #9 - L'allié des ténèbres (janvier 1984)
- in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #5 (2010) [black and white]
- in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #6 - The Six-Fingered Hand (2016)
-
- Keywords
- Asmodeus Jones 1981 Tour [To Hell and Back]; Cauldron of the Cosmos; Eye of Agamotto; Joe Louis Arena; Rosenblum Rosenberg and Fummmetto law firm; Sanctum Sanctorum
Indexer Notes
Inking credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.
The Charge of the Rhinos!
Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere near Fort Knox.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iron Man [Tony Stark]
- Reprints
- from [Marvel Hostess Ads] (Marvel, 1975 series) #59 (June 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Placed between pages 21 and 22 of the main sequence.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis (replies)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And the letters on issue #92's...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Tony Bole, Al Schroeder, and Howard G. Anshell.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Guest Starring... The Ghost Rider!
The Defenders -
1.
The Rock and Roll Conspiracy!
The Defenders -
2.
The Charge of the Rhinos!
Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man -
3.
["And the letters on issue #92's..."]
Defenders Dialogue
This issue was modified by, among others
- ge.org.e
- Katie
- Daniel Block
- Peter Croome
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Steven Tice
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