Issue Details

Issue	#41
Published	November 1976
Cover Price	0.30
Pages	36
Editing	Archie Goodwin
Notes	Letters page replies (and two faux letters) by Steve Gerber. Last issue scripted by Gerber. Cover inker credit derived from The Comic Reader 134, August 1976.

Cover Details

Characters	Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Dan Adkins
Letters	Dan Crespi
Notes	Letters page replies (and two faux letters) by Steve Gerber. Last issue scripted by Gerber. Cover inker credit derived from The Comic Reader 134, August 1976.
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3

17 page Defenders, The story "Intruder in the Sand!"

Characters	Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Valkyrie; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]; Aragorn; Clea; David Anthony; Trish Starr; Shazanna; Jack Norriss
Synopsis	Shazanna uses Trish Starr to lure Dr. Strange and Nighthawk into a trap in her plan to take over this dimension.
Genre	superhero
Script	Steve Gerber
Pencils	Sal Buscema (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art)
Inks	Klaus Janson
Colors	Don Warfield
Letters	Gaspar Saladino (page one); Denise Wohl
Notes	Valkyrie in white costume; Shazanna reveals that Trish Starr has a natural affinity for magic.
Reprinted	In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3