Dates
- Cover date
- July 1987
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602062207
Source ↗ - Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Alex Saviukinks: Fred Frederickscolors: George Roussos, Nel Yomtovscript: Michael Higginsletters: Ken Lopez
Stories
- Magical Child · 25 pages
The origins and relationship of Mandrake and Kshin are revealed. Ming then enlists Dr. Dark -- an old foe of Mandrake's -- to attack the two magical Defenders.
Reprinted in
Defenders of the Earth (1988), Defenders of the Earth (2024)