The Defenders, #87 Direct

Published: September 1980

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The Defenders #87

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Issue Contents:
Inquest
1 page superhero
Characters
  • The Defenders [Valkyrie
  • Hellcat [Patsy Walker]
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]]
Story Notes

Cover art credits provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.

Inquest
Story 1 17 pages superhero
Storyline

A mysterious inquest is held into the actions of the Defenders during one of the Hulk's rampages that almost destroyed Giants stadium in New York.

Characters
  • The Defenders [Valkyrie
  • Hellcat [Patsy Walker] (Origin retold)
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]
  • Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]
  • Aragorn (Valkyrie's horse)
  • Agent Lemon
  • Colonel Lear
  • Private Perkins
  • Corporal Shrager
  • Jack Norriss
  • Nick Fury (Flashback Cameo)
  • Scorpio [Jake Fury] (Flashback Cameo)
  • Colonel Buzz Baxter
  • The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]
  • Iron Man [Tony Stark]] (Flashback
  • Cameo)
  • Mutant Force [Shocker
  • Lifter
  • Burner
  • Slither
  • Peeper]
Credits
Like the Original X-Men?
Story 2 1 page superhero
Characters
  • X-Men [Cyclops
  • Angel [Warren Worthington III]
  • Iceman
  • Beast
  • Jean Grey [as Marvel Girl
  • also as Phoenix]
  • Professor X
  • Wolverine
  • Storm
  • Colossus
  • Nightcrawler]
Credits
Story Notes

Ad for the X-Men comic.

Whatever Knows Fear Burns at the Touch of The Man-Thing
Story 3 1 page fantasy; superhero
Characters
  • Man-Thing
Credits
Story Notes

Ad for the Man-Thing comic.

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Story 4 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]
  • She-Hulk
Credits
Captain Marvel Defends the Earth!
Story 5 1 page superhero
Characters
  • Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]
  • Phae-Dor
Credits
Story 6 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Letters from Curtis Duncan, Patrick McNamara, Tony Bole, Greg Cox, Geoff Shaw