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The Defenders #45

Marvel · Series began 1972 · March 1977

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Dates

Cover date: March 1977
On sale: December 14, 1976
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #45 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition30¢ cover

Barcode 0714860215203 · shared with another edition
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Whitman edition

Whitman

Whitman branding on the cover.

Barcode 0714860215203 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0714860215203 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: John Romita, Jack Kirby, Klaus Janson, Keith Giffeninks: John Romita, Klaus Janson, Mike Espositoletters: Danny Crespi, John Frost, Gaspar Saladino, Irv Watanabescript: Gerry Conway, David Anthony Kraft, Roger Slifer, Stan Leecolors: Dave Hunt

Stories

We Must Free the Defenders! · 17 pages
With Clea's help, Red Guardian, Hellcat and Valkyrie free Dr. Strange from the Star of Capistan, thus defeating the Red Rajah and freeing the other Defenders.

Characters

Bruce BannerHulkClea

Reprinted in

Essential Defenders (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (2008)