| Issue | #8 |
| Published | September 1973 |
| Cover Price | 0.20 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Roy Thomas |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Steve Englehart. |
| Characters | Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema |
| Inks | Sal Buscema |
| Letters | John Costanza |
| Reprinted | in Avengers / Defenders War (Marvel, 2002 series) #nn (March 2002); In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost; Unicorn (flashback); Attuma; Clea; Wong; Atlanteans; Dr. Jennings (cameo) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Strange, Silver Surfer and Hulk free the rest of the Defenders and Hawkeye from Attuma and the Red Ghost. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Englehart |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema |
| Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
| Colors | Petra Goldberg |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Charlotte Jetter |
| Reprinted | In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #1; in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |
| Characters | Defenders [Silver Surfer; Hulk; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner; Doctor Strange]; Hawkeye; Black Knight (stone); Dormammu (villain); Loki (villain) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Englehart |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema |
| Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
| Colors | Petra Goldberg |
| Letters | Charlotte Jetter |
| Notes | The Defenders vs. the Avengers, Chapter One |
| Reprinted | in Avengers / Defenders War (Marvel, 2002 series) #nn (March 2002); in Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders (Marvel, 2008 series) #2 (2010) |