The Defenders, #8

Published: September 1973

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The Defenders #8

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Issue Contents:
...If Atlantis Should Fall!
Story 1 15 pages superhero

"My will is your will, Sub-Mariner--and I order you: kill the Defenders!"

Storyline

Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer and Hulk free the rest of the Defenders and Hawkeye from Attuma and the Red Ghost.

Characters
  • Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]
  • Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
  • Sub-Mariner [Namor]
  • Valkyrie [Barbara]]
  • Hawkeye [Clint Barton]
  • Clea
  • Wong
  • Red Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
  • Attuma
  • Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (flashback)
  • Atlanteans
  • Dr. Jennings (cameo)
Story Notes

Story continues from Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #10.

[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 1: Deception!!
Story 2 4 pages superhero

"I have brought the Defenders here-- and you, too, Hawkeye..."

Characters
  • Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]
  • Hulk [Bruce Banner]
  • Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]
  • Sub-Mariner [Namor]
  • Valkyrie [Barbara]]
  • Hawkeye [Clint Barton]
  • Black Knight [Dane Whitman](stone)
  • Dormammu
  • Loki
Story Notes

The Defenders versus the Avengers, Chapter One.

Story 3 1 page
Story 4 1 page

"Dear Sirs, A few comments on your..."

Story Notes

Letters of comment from readers Robert Lowrey, Christopher Coleman and Mark H. Kernes.

Story 5 1 page

"Twin triumphs from Mighty Marvel!"

Story Notes

House Ad for The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #9 and Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #10.