Comic Book: The Defenders (1972 series)

Description:
First volume from the team that is not a team. Original members were Doctor Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner and the Incredible Hulk, with the addition of the Silver Surfer soon after. Yet many other super heroes were in and out of this team. With issue #125, the title changes to THE NEW DEFENDERS with a new lineup.

Data Sheet:

Aug 1972 to Oct 1983

1972

N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Valkyrie
(Brunnhilda)

Defenders

Hulk
(Bruce Banner)

Nighthawk
(Kyle Richmond)

The Defenders #1
(Aug 1972)

Comics Index

Page: 5 of 5

Indexed Comics: 124

Comics sorted by cover date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.

The Defenders #101

November 1981
"Renewal"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
The Savage Hulk is the only one happy for obtaining a victory against the hordes of Hell. But everybody is sad for the high price they payed in return: the loss of Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, into the hands of his father. [...]

The Defenders #102

December 1981
"Mind Games"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
At the Sanctum Sanctorum, the paralyzed Kyle “Nighthawk” Richmond is undergoing mystic rites at the hands of Clea and Gargoyle. Downstairs, Kyle’s nurse Luann Bloom asks Wong about this, being skeptical and suspicious of such cultish activity. [...]

The Defenders #103

January 1982
"The Haunting of Christianboro"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
A bitter and dejected Gargoyle (Isaac Christians) walks the streets on a dark and rainy October evening. He is accosted by a pair of hoods who intend to rob him; one stabs him but the knife bends. They whip his scarf away, revealing his terrifying face and Isaac tells them to leave him alone. [...]

The Defenders #104

February 1982
"Yesterday Never Dies!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
In a filthy apartment in Greenwich Village, Devil-Slayer/Eric Payne continues his attempts to rescue Ira “Sunshine” Gross from his drug addiction; he has done what he could to repair the damage drugs have done to Ira’s brain but Ira must work to defeat his physical dependence on heroin. [...]

The Defenders #105

March 1982
"... Rising..."
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Doctor Strange joins Beast and Reed Richards in examining the case of Vera Cantor, Beast’s girlfriend who is suspended in a state of non-life because of an encounter with the Resurrection Stone, now shattered. [...]

The Defenders #106

April 1982
"The War to End All Wars"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Story continues from CAPTAIN AMERICA #268Dr Strange receives a staggeringly powerful warning that DefendersGargoyle, Hellcat, Nighthawk and Valkyrie are in danger, and Captain America is in it with them. After a reviving tea from Wong he sends out an astral call for help. [...]

The Defenders #107

May 1982
"On Death and Dying..."
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Captain America and Daredevil are standing with Defenders Beast, Dr Strange, Gargoyle, Hellcat, Son of Satan and Valkyrie outside the Mt Charteris base of August Masters that has just blown up. [...]

The Defenders #108

June 1982
"The Wasteland!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
At a séance to contact the murdered Valkyrie's spirit, the Enchantress appears to inform the Defenders that Val is not dead: her soul is locked within her sword Dragonfang, and her body is a prisoner in Niffleheim. [...]

The Defenders #109

July 1982
"Vengeance! Cries the Valkyrie"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
The Valkyrie and the Defenders defeat the Enchantress. Then, the Valkyrie travels to Asgard to speak with Odin. Odin and the Valkyrie make peace with one another. Elsewhere, the Hulk, Namor, and Son of Satan are whisked along in interdimensional space. [...]

The Defenders #110

August 1982
"... Hunger..."
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Devil-Slayer a/k/a Eric Simon Payne is on a tiny rock in the Negative Zone, his only companion is the corpse of Ira “Sunshine” Gross whose death he blames himself for. But he doesn’t want to die—so Ira’s ghost suggests they leave. [...]

The Defenders #111

September 1982
"Fathers and Daughters"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
We are taken through the pages of Patsy Walker's (Hellcat's) diary; specifically, her search for her father. She has been told that Satan is her father and she needs to know the truth. She tracks her father to a small town where she meets Nicholis Eblis. [...]

The Defenders #112

October 1982
"Strange Visitor From Another Planet!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
At the brownstone purchased by Kyle Richmond as a headquarters for the Defenders, a party is in progress. [...]

The Defenders #113

November 1982
"Moon Madness!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
In the parallel world where President Kyle Richmond and the Over-Mind have joined forces and conquered the world, they have the Squadron Supreme constructing rockets to extend their dominion to the stars…. [...]

The Defenders #114

December 1982
"Dance of Darkness, Dance of Light"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
In the parallel world Null the Living Darkness has emerged from the corpse of President Kyle Richmond to terrify the Defenders and the Squadron Supreme. [...]

The Defenders #115

January 1983
"A Very Wrong Turn"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
In the alternate universe, the Defenders and the Squadron Supreme witness as Kyle Richmond discovers he is not the Nighthawk of the Defenders but Nighthawk of the Squadron Supreme. But his memories are scrambled so he cries out for understanding. [...]

The Defenders #116

February 1983
"Two By Two"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Doctor Strange is brooding about the recent departure of Clea when he is approached by Over-Mind who, being the fusion of multiple telepathic minds known as the Chorus, tells him that he understands. [...]

The Defenders #117

March 1983
"The Gift"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
The Defenders (Doctor Strange, Valkyrie, Hellcat, Gargoyle, Over-Mind) assemble in a glade in upstate New York where Strange reveals a hidden mystic flame, designed as a memorial to their deceased compatriot Nighthawk/Kyle Richmond. Strange speaks a brief eulogy. [...]

The Defenders #118

April 1983
"The Double!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
To move past all of the recent turmoil in his life, Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan, returns to his job as head of the Parapsychology Department at District University in Washington, D.C.). He offers us a recap while brooding and wondering about Saripha Thames, the woman he loves. [...]

The Defenders #119

May 1983
"Ashes, Ashes... We All Fall Down!"
Script: Steven Grant
The Elf with a Gun has brought Luann Bloom before the mysterious Tribunal where they ask her to report; she is confused and defiant until the Elf rips her face off, revealing she is a robot called Time-Buoy Number 6-C. [...]

The Defenders #120

June 1983
"Sanctuary!"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan, drags himself through the snow until he reaches the door of a monastery in Massachusetts. He is admitted by the Abbot, Father Raymond Gosset, his seminary professor. [...]

The Defenders #121

July 1983
"Savior"
Script: J. M. DeMatteis
In the borrowed Quinjet, the Defenders (Hellcat, Valkyrie, Beast, Gargoyle, Over-Mind) are heading toward the Massachusetts monastery where Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan, is in trouble. As they reach the monastery grounds a giant statue of a monk suddenly rises before them. [...]