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Issue Details

Issue #25
Published July 1975
Cover Price 0.25
Pages 36
Editing Len Wein
Notes Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.

Cover Details - "Three Stand Beside Them!"

Characters Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]]; Sons of the Serpent
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia; John Romita (Hulk and Cage heads)
Notes Letters page replies by Steve Gerber.
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2

18 page Defenders, The story "The Serpent Sheds its Skin"

Characters Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Yellowjacket [Dr. Hank Pym]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Son of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Sons of the Serpent; Clea; Tom Pritchett; Linda Pritchett; Elf with a gun; J.C. Pennysworth; Jack Norriss
Synopsis Son of Satan and Power Man free the rest of the Defenders and follow the clues to find the person behind the Sons of the Serpent organization. The Elf with a gun kills Tom and Linda Pritchett.
Genre superhero
Script Steve Gerber
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Petra Goldberg
Letters Ray Holloway
Notes Serpents underwater headquarters leads to J. C. Pennysworth's office (Trustee of Kyle Richmond(Nighthawk))
Reprinted In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #2