The Defenders
#100
[Direct]
(October 1981)
Marvel,
1972 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-07-21
- 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
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #3.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Valkyrie; Silver Surfer; Clea; Gargoyle; Demon-Slayer; Son of Satan; Hellcat; Nighthawk]
- Reprints
-
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #5 (2010) [black and white] - in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #6 - The Six-Fingered Hand ([September] 2016)
-
in The Defenders (Federal, 1984 ? series) #4
-
Indexer Notes
Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
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Hell on Earth!
The Defenders / comic story / 38 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art); Sal Trapani (finished art); Jack Abel (finished art); Al Milgrom (finished art); Frank Giacoia (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (pages 1-16, 22, 24-33, 35-37); Sal Trapani (pages 17, 19, 38); Jack Abel (pages 18, 23); Al Milgrom (page 20); Frank Giacoia (pages 21, 34)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited as Chiang); Shelly Leferman (credited as Leferman)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Defenders-- and see how the puzzle pieces interlock so perfectly...
- Feature Logo
- The Dynamic Defenders!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Devil-Slayer; Clea]; Mephisto; Satan; Thog; Satannish; Xemnu (fake); Yandroth (fake); Six Fingered Hand; Avarrish (flashback, cameo); Fashima (flashback, cameo); Puishannt (flashback, cameo); Hyppokri (flashback, cameo); Unnthinnk (flashback, cameo); Maya (flashback, cameo); Eternity (flashback, cameo); Dracula (flashback, cameo); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (flashback, cameo); Asmodeus Jones (flashback, cameo); Dorothy Walker (flashback, cameo); Mr. Walker (flashback, cameo); Captain America (flashback, cameo); Iron Man (flashback, cameo)
- Synopsis
- The Defenders battle Satan in his various forms to prevent him from bringing Hell to the Earthly plane.
- Reprints
-
in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #10 (avril 1984) [14 premières pages/First 14 pages], #11 (juillet 1984) [24 dernières pages/Last 24 pages] - in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #5 (2010) [black and white]
- in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #6 - The Six-Fingered Hand ([September] 2016)
-
- Keywords
- Rutland Vermont
Indexer Notes
Story is separated into Chapters. Chapter One: Defenders. Chapter Two: Hulk, Dr. Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner. Chapter Three: Nighthawk, Gargoyle, Devil-Slayer. Chapter Four: Silver Surfer, Valkyrie, Clea. Chapter Five: Defenders.
Inker information added 2005 by Steven Tice. Some Sinnott pages have backgrounds inked by assistants. All inkers except for Sinnott are uncredited. Page numbers are actual story pages.
A Centennial Note from J. M. D.
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Jacob Lasky and Chris Green.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Defenders -
1.
Hell on Earth!
The Defenders -
2.
Indian Legend
Tootsie Roll Pop -
3.
Spider-Man vs. the Human Computer!
Hostess; Spider-Man -
4.
A Centennial Note from J. M. D.
Defenders Dialogue
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- ge.org.e
- Tony R. Rose
- Mike Nielsen
- Darrel McCann
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Q
- Steve Coates
- Ramon Schenk
- Peter Croome
- Steven Tice
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