Defenders Vol 1 #25
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Appearing in "The Serpent Sheds Its Skin"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Elf with a Gun (First appearance)
- Daimon Hellstrom's horses
- mob
- Tom Pritchett (Only appearance; dies)[1]
- Linda Pritchett (First appearance)
Locations:
Items:
- Orb of Agamotto
- Eye of Agamotto
- Cloak of Levitation
- Yellowjacket's Bio-Disruptor Gun
- Son of Satan's Trident
- Dragonfang
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Serpent Sheds Its Skin"
Son of Satan and Power Man are transported via Clea's magic and the Eye of Agamotto to the location of the captured Defenders, and free them from captivity. Meanwhile, a blind Hulk and Daredevil continue to battle the Sons of the Serpent to save Valkyrie, with the help of Jack Norriss. During the fight, the Hulk's vision returns and DD and Jack manage to battle the Serpents into retreat, and save Valkyrie.
In a California trailer park, an Elf with a Gun kills a young couple.
Meanwhile, exploring the Serpents' base, the other Defenders find a secret passage leading to the office of J.C. Pennyworth, Kyle Richmond's aide, and discover evidence that proves Pennyworth has been using the Richmonds' fortune to fund the Serpents. Confronting Pennyworth, and asking him why he'd join a white supremacist group when he's black, he explains that he was trying to "escape" his own people. After confronting Pennyworth, the group then dismantles the rest of the Sons of the Serpent. However, it is a sour victory for Nighthawk, who flies away after the battle.
Notes
- Cover art: Hulk and Power Man heads by Romita.
- This issue contains a letters page, Defenders Dialogue. Letters are published from G.C. Hoover, Michael Blake, and Brian Murphy.
See Also
Links and References
- The Defenders: Grand Comics Database [1]
Footnotes
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks
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- Comics
- 1975
- 1975, July
- Bronze-Age
- Defenders Vol 1
- Eli Katz/Cover Artist
- Frank Giacoia/Cover Artist
- John Romita Sr./Cover Artist
- Dan Crespi/Cover Artist
- Steve Gerber/Writer
- Sal Buscema/Penciler
- Jack Abel/Inker
- Petra Scotese/Colourist
- Ray Holloway/Letterer
- Len Wein/Editor
- Brunnhilde (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Luke Cage (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Defenders (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Henry Pym (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Stephen Strange (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bruce Banner (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Brunnhilde (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Kyle Richmond (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Daimon Hellstrom (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Luke Cage (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Matthew Murdock (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jackson Norriss (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Clea (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Sons of the Serpent (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jean Claude Pennysworth (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Melf (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Set (Demon-Steed) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Hecate (Demon-Steed) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Amon (Demon-Steed) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Tom Pritchett (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Linda Pritchett (Earth-616)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Greenwich Village/Appearances
- Sanctum Sanctorum/Appearances
- Harlem/Appearances
- California (State)/Appearances
- Orb of Agamotto/Appearances
- Eye of Agamotto/Appearances
- Cloak of Levitation/Appearances
- Dragonfang/Appearances