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Issue: The Defenders #89
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Al Milgrom (Editor); Mary Jo Duffy (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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A Death in the Family!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Michael Netzer [as Mike Nasser]
Joe Rubinstein
George Roussos
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders
The Defenders [Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie]
Reprinting
FlagEssential Defenders #4 published January 2008
as The Defenders #89 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cover colorist credit provided 2007 by Al Milgrom.
A Death in the Family!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
David Anthony Kraft (plot); Ed Hannigan (plot, script); Mark Gruenwald (idea); Steven Grant (idea)
Don Perlin (breakdowns); Pablo Marcos (finished art)
Pablo Marcos
George Roussos
Diana Albers
Subject Matter
superhero
The Defenders
The Defenders [Hellcat [Patsy Walker]; Valkyrie; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Clea]; Mr. Beekman; Milton Rosenblum; Daredevil [Matthew Murdock]; Fem-Force; Mandrill [Jerome Beechman]; Dolly Donahue; Dorothy Walker (flashback); Millie the Model (flashback, cameo); Buzz Baxter (flashback, cameo)
Hellcat learns of the death of her mother, Dorthy Walker. Nighthawk's assets, including his penthouse apartment, are seized by the IRS. The Defenders attend the funeral of Dorthy Walker and then move into her old house in the suburbs until they can find a better place to live.
Reprinting
FlagEssential Defenders #4 published January 2008
as A Death in the Family! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #10 published ?
as Ein Todesfall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Valkyrie in old costume on cover, restored by Clea at Hellcat's request for Patsy's mother's funeral.

Story has a profanity panel which Don Perlin revealed was supposed to be an inter-office joke; In one of the panels of the story, there is a TV on in the background and a pink rabbit is holding up a box of cereal that says "SHIT" across the top. Perlin claims that he thought the guys in the office would get a kick out of it before they changed it, but nobody caught the vulgarity and the comic went to press. Jim Shooter, reportedly, found this far from funny and chewed Perlin out about it before Don pointed out that it made it past an assistant editor, an editor, a proof-reader and the editor-in-chief who are paid to catch stuff like that.

The panel was not changed in the reprint in Essential Defenders.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Marie Severin (signed)
Marie Severin (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Marvel Subscriptions
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; She-Hulk
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Hannigan
typeset
Subject Matter
Defenders Dialogue
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from Randy Evans, Tony McNeal, Wade Greiner. Also includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
Mr. Fantastic in "The Power of Gold!"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Sal Buscema ?
Frank Giacoia ?
?
Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
superhero
Mr. Fantastic; Hostess
Mr. Fantastic; Impercepto
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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