| Issue | #38 |
| Published | August 1976 |
| Cover Price | 0.25 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Marv Wolfman |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Steve Gerber. Letters page letter from Peter Sanderson. Rich Buckler cover pencils confirmed in The Comic Reader 130, May 1976. |
| Characters | Defenders [Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Power Man [Luke Cage]]; Nebulon |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Rich Buckler (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Sinnott (signed) |
| Letters | Dan Crespi ? |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Steve Gerber. Letters page letter from Peter Sanderson. Rich Buckler cover pencils confirmed in The Comic Reader 130, May 1976. |
| Reprinted | In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 |
| Characters | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Red Guardian [Dr. Tania Belinsky]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Valkyrie]; Nebulon; Jack Norriss; Shirley; Porcupine [Alex Gentry]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; The Elf with the gun; Stu |
| Synopsis | The Defenders escape from the other dimension where Nebulon left them and capture Porcupine and Eel. Valkyrie is still in jail. The Elf with the gun kills Stu. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Steve Gerber |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema (layouts); Klaus Janson (finished art) |
| Inks | Klaus Janson |
| Colors | Don Warfield |
| Letters | Irving Watanabe |
| Reprinted | In Essential Defenders (Marvel, 2005 series) #3 |