The Defenders #105 [Direct]
(March 1982)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-12-15
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); Ann Nocenti (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #7.
This issue has variants:

Cold As Crystal... ...Hot As Hellfire! (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as Milgrom)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as Milgrom)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Son of Satan; Mr. Fantastic; Beast]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.

...Rising... (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis
Pencils
Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art); Al Milgrom (finished art)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (figures); Al Milgrom (backgrounds, uncredited); ? (additional background inks)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Shelly Leferman

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A tale of despair and dreams, hellfire and hope...
Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Son of Satan; Mr. Fantastic; Beast]; Satan; Mephisto; Satannish; Thog; Vera Cantor; The Avengers [Vision; Scarlet Witch] (flashback, cameo); Maledril
Synopsis
Dr. Strange, Beast and Mr. Fantastic enter the broken Resurrection Stone looking for a cure for Vera and must be rescued by the Son of Satan.
Reprints
Keywords
resurrection stone; Skrull

Indexer Notes

Additional art credits added 2005 by Steven Tice.

[And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Captain America in The Deciding Factor! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Captain America / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Greg Cox, Darren M. Perkins, Mark Krenicky, and Mike Nagataoshi.

It Begins Now! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Red Dragon] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cold As Crystal... ...Hot As Hellfire!
    The Defenders
  2. 1. ...Rising...
    The Defenders
  3. 2. [And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Captain America in The Deciding Factor!
    Captain America
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
  6. 5. It Begins Now!
  7. 6. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Red Dragon]
    Dungeons & Dragons
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore