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The Defenders #53

Marvel · Series began 1972 · November 1977

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Nicodemus (sorcerer, Clea and Doctor Strange's adversary) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: November 1977
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #53 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition35¢ cover

Barcode 0714860215211 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0714860215211 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

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Publisher’s description

Lord Vashti explains to the Defenders the device that’s polluting Atlantis with radiation.

Reprinted in

Essential Defenders (2005), Rampage Monthly (1978), Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (2008), Doctor Strange Epic Collection (2016)