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The Defenders #72

Marvel · Series began 1972 · June 1979

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Dates

Cover date: June 1979
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #72 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition40¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

Barcode 0714860215206 · shared with another edition
Source ↗
UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.
This edition’s page
Newsstand edition40¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860215206 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Herb Trimpe, Sal Buscema, Jack Davisinks: Al Milgrom, Fred Kida, Joe Rubinstein, Jack Daviscolors: George Roussos, Elaine Heinlletters: Irv Watanabe, Michael Higginsscript: Ed Hannigan, Stan Lee

Stories

Up from the Sky! · 17 pages
The Defenders battle the Nameless One in their quest to restore the various Lunatiks to the form of Arisen Tyrk.

Characters

Stephen StrangeDoctor StrangeClea

Reprinted in

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