The Defenders
#94
[Newsstand]
(April 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]
- Barcode
- 0714860215204
- Editing
- Al Milgrom (editor); Mary Jo Duffy (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #94 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
Can Even the Combined Might of the Defenders Overcome the New Demonic... Hellcat?!
The Defenders / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan]
- Reprints
-
in Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #5 (2010) [black and white] - in Defenders Epic Collection (Marvel, 2016 series) #6 - The Six-Fingered Hand (2016), #6 - The Six-Fingered Hand (2016) [recolored; new trade dress]
-
Indexer Notes
Cover art credits confirmed 2007 by Al Milgrom.
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Beware--The Six-Fingered Hand!
The Defenders / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- Don Perlin (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finished art); Al Milgrom (finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (pages 1-5, 7, 14-30); Al Milgrom (pages 6, 8-12, uncredited)
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- Diana Albers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 11 P.M.-- Montclair, New Jersey.
- Feature Logo
The Dynamic Defenders!- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hellcat; Son of Satan; Nighthawk (flashback, cameo)]; Clea; Gargoyle [Isaac Christians] (introduction); Six Fingered Hand (introduction); Dolly Donahue; Avarrish; Hecate; Amon; Set; Aragorn
- Synopsis
- The Defenders respond to a rescue call from Hellcat, to find she has been possessed by Avarrish.
- Reprints
-
in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #31 -
in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #8 - Drame chez les Défenseurs (juin 1983) [-2 pages] -
in All American Comics (Comic Art, 1989 series) #16 (Gennaio 1991) - 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
Additional art information added 2005 by Steven Tice, confirmed 2005 by Al Milgrom.
Start of the 6-Fingered Hand storyline.
[no title indexed]
Defenders Dialogue / letters page / 0.7 page
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis (replies)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The departure of energetic Ed...
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Alan Toubeaux, Jacky Ballas, and Mark Dunlap.
Page shared with the statement of ownership.
U. S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)
statement of ownership / 0.3 page
Indexer Notes
Total Number Copies Printed (net press run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 306,034. Single issue nearest to filing date: 291,187.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Can Even the Combined Might of the Defenders Overcome the New Demonic... Hellcat?!
The Defenders -
1.
Beware--The Six-Fingered Hand!
The Defenders -
2.
The Rescue!
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man -
3.
["The departure of energetic Ed..."]
Defenders Dialogue -
4.
U. S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685)
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- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
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