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Issue Details

Issue #135
Published September 1984
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Carl Potts; Jim Massara (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes Cover title is The New Defenders.

Cover Details

Characters Defenders [Beast; Iceman]; Blowtorch Brand
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Inks Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Notes Signature dated "1984".

22 page Defenders story "The Fire at Heaven's Gate!"

Characters Defenders [Beast; Valkyrie; Iceman; Angel; Moondragon; Cloud]; Candy Southern; Manslaughter; Blowtorch Brand; Gargoyle
Synopsis The Defenders battle an mutant arsonist hired to kill them.
Genre superhero
Script Peter Gillis
Pencils Don Perlin
Inks Kim DeMulder
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Janice Chiang

1 page letters page "Defenders Dialogue"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Michael Eury, Troy Lacey, Donavon R. Ice Jr., Ronnie Olmos and Cecil Widale.