Defenders Vol 5 4

Defenders Vol 5 #4
Previous Issue	Defenders (Vol. 5) #3
Next Issue	Defenders (Vol. 5) #5
Art by: David Marquez and Justin Ponsor
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 3 - Dell'Otto Exclusive Virgin Variant 4 - Marvel vs. Capcom Variant
Art by: David Marquez and Justin Ponsor
Art by: Gabriele Dell'Otto
Art by: Jean-Baptiste Andreae
Release Date	August 9, 2017
Cover Date	October, 2017
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Axel Alonso
Rating	T+ (13 and up)
Original Price	$3.99

1st story
Writer(s)	Brian Michael Bendis
Penciler(s)	David Marquez
Inker(s)	David Marquez
Colorist(s)	Justin Ponsor
Letterer(s)	Cory Petit
Editor(s)	Tom Brevoort Alanna Smith

 Oh, good, Danny's okay! Oh, great, he just totaled what was left of my car. 

—Jessica Jones

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Defenders (Real name first revealed)
  • Iron Fist (Danny Rand)
  • Jessica Jones
  • Luke Cage

Supporting Characters:

• Daily Bugle (Only in flashback)
  • Ben Urich (Only in flashback)
  • Robbie Robertson (Only in flashback)
  • Betty Brant (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed others

Antagonists:

• Diamondback (Willis Stryker) (Main story and flashback)

Other Characters:

• Diamondback's henchmen (Only in flashback)
• Numerous unnamed New Yorkers (Main story and flashback)
• Black Cat's Gang (Only in flashback)
  • Hammerhead Family (Only in flashback)
    • Hammerhead (Joseph) (Only in flashback)
    • Roman (First appearance)
    • Numerous unnamed henchmen (Only in flashback)
  • Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) (Only in flashback)
• Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Mentioned)
• Marcus Toomes (Mentioned)
• Spider-Man (Miles Morales) (Only in flashback) (Cameo)
• Bombshell (Lana Baumgartner) (Mentioned)
• Roman's girlfriend (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
• NYPD (Main story and flashback)
  • Detective Frank Quaid (Only in flashback)
  • Numerous unnamed officers (Main story and flashback)
• Victor von Doom (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Deadpool (Wade Wilson) (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Avengers (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Tony Stark (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Wilson Fisk (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• A.I.M. (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Weapon Plus (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• X-Men (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Charles Xavier (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Defenders (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Diamondback's parents (Mentioned)
• Rand Corporation (Mentioned)
• Matthew Murdock (Mentioned)
• Dani Jones-Cage
• Elektra (Cameo)
• NYDOC
• District Attorney Ben Hochberg (Mentioned)
• Punisher (Frank Castle) (Cameo)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and flashback)
• Inhumans (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Mutants (Named only) (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • New York (Main story and flashback)
      • New York City (Main story and flashback)
        • The Bronx (Only in flashback)
          • Hammerhead's pub (Only in flashback)
          • The Cellar (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
        • Manhattan (Main story and flashback)
          • Midtown (Only in flashback)
            • Murray Hill (Only in flashback)
              • Daily Bugle Offices (Only in flashback)
            • Hell's Kitchen (Named only) (Only in flashback)
          • Greenwich Village
            • Bleecker Street
              • Club Ultimate
          • Harlem
            • Headquarters of the Heroes for Hire (Destroyed)
          • Civic Center
            • Manhattan Detention Complex
        • Brooklyn General Hospital, Brooklyn (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
  • Wakanda (Named only) (Only in flashback)
  • Latveria (Named only) (Only in flashback)

Items:

• Diamond (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Black Cat's Suit (Only in flashback)
• I.G.H. (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• M.G.H. (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Spider-Man's Suit (Only in flashback)
• Gamma Bomb (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Adamantium (Named only) (Only in flashback)
• Elektra's Twin Sai (Cameo)
• Punisher's Suit (Cameo)

Synopsis for 1st story

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

• The streets of the Marvel Universe have exploded into chaos, and the only thing standing in between the innocent people of New York and that chaos are the Defenders.

• But can a group of socially maladjusted heroes actually trust each other enough to continue as a team?

• Can the Defenders partner up with a stranger in a devil costume? And what is Diamondback’s big plan?

Notes

• The flashback scene in this issue takes place during Spider-Man (Vol. 2) #17. Spider-Man makes a cameo, going into Hammerhead's pub to confront the villain (as he did in the aforementioned issue) right as Roman is leaving.

See Also

• 12 image(s) from Defenders Vol 5 4
• 1 reprint(s) of Defenders Vol 5 4

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