Dates
- Cover date
- March 1972
- On sale
- October 19, 1971
- Pages
- 52
Values
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Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
pencils: John Buscema, John Romita, Ross Andru, Bill Everettinks: Frank Giacoia, John Romita, Sal Buscema, Bill Everettletters: Sam Rosen, Bill Everettscript: Roy Thomas, Stan Lee, Bill Everett
Stories
- Nightmare on Bald Mountain! · 28 pages
Doctor Strange, Hulk and Namor travel to Rutland, Vermont to stop a cult from releasing Dormammu into our dimension.
- The Hidden World · 8 pages
An alien race on a secret, hidden second moon in space sucks all the water from the Earth. Namor finds a way to get to the moon and, despite his hatred for Earth humans, manages to return the water to Earth.
Publisher’s description
Followers of the Dread Dormammu kidnap Dr. Strange to use him as a sacrifice to allow Dormammu access to Earth. Luckily the Defenders unite to tackle Dormammu and his demonic followers.
Characters
Bruce BannerHulkStephen StrangeDoctor StrangeNamorSub-MarinerCleaWongDormammuNamoraBetty DeanFenRoy ThomasJean ThomasTom Fagan
Reprinted in
The Mighty World of Marvel (1972), Essential Defenders (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (2008), Defenders: The Coming of the Defenders (2012), Defenders Epic Collection (2016), The Defenders Omnibus (2020)