Dates
- Cover date
- November 1980
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #89 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition50¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition50¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860215211
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Michael Netzer, Pablo Marcos, Don Perlin, Marie Severininks: Joe Rubinstein, Pablo Marcos, Marie Severincolors: George Roussosscript: Steven Grant, David Anthony Kraft, Ed Hannigan, Mark Gruenwaldletters: Diana Albers, Irv Watanabe
Stories
- A Death in the Family! · 22 pages
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.
Characters
Bruce BannerHulkMatt MurdockDaredevilPatsy WalkerCleaHellcatMillie CollinsNighthawkKyle RichmondBrunnhildeValkyrieBuzz BaxterDorothy WalkerMandrillJerome BeechmanDolly Donahue
Reprinted in
Essential Defenders (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (2008)