The Defenders #124 [Direct]
(October 1983)

Marvel, 1972 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-06-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Carl Potts (credited) (editor); Ann Nocenti (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-07-12.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Defenders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Sandy Plunkett (signed as Plunkett)
Inks
Alan Weiss (signed as Weiss)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Valkyrie [Brunnhilda]; Gargoyle; Beast]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]
Reprints

A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Darkness on the Edge of Time! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Defenders / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
J. M. DeMatteis (credited)
Pencils
Don Perlin (credited)
Inks
Kim DeMulder (credited)
Colors
Christie Scheele (credited as Christy Scheele)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is dear ol' mother earth, fellas...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Gargoyle; Beast; Valkyrie [Brunnhilda] (cameo); Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Cloud; Harridan; Seraph; The Tribunal; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Tom Pritchett; Charles Lester; Richard Kessler; T.B. #6C [Luann Bloom]; T.A. #3127.09; T.A. #3127.10; Defenders [Dr. Strange; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer] (1983); Xeotpik (death); Mox (death); T'Voor (death); Seminekk (death); Zimm (death); Moondragon (cameo); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo)
Reprints
Keywords
Earth 2387 (desolate because of the Defenders); Earth October 1983 (future)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Cobra Is Looking for a Few Bad Men. G.I. Joe Is Looking for a Few Good Men. (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe; Parker Brothers Games / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

[Al Milgrom Quits!] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Carl Potts (signed as Carl)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Letters from Wendy Perrier and Henry Kujawa.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Defenders
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [Baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Darkness on the Edge of Time!
    The Defenders
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Star Frontiers; TSR Hobbies
  5. 4. Cobra Is Looking for a Few Bad Men. G.I. Joe Is Looking for a Few Good Men.
    G.I. Joe; Parker Brothers Games
  6. 5. [Al Milgrom Quits!]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Defenders Dialogue
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk