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| Publisher |
Marvel |
| Series |
Defenders |
| Published | September 1973 |
| Artist |
Sal Buscema |
| Writer |
Steve Englehart |
| Letterer |
Gaspar Saladino |
| Letterer |
Charlotte Jetter |
| Inker |
Frank McLaughlin |
| Colorist |
Petra Scotese |
"... If Atlantis Should Fall!" - Red Ghost and Attuma have captured the Defenders Sub-Mariner, Valkyrie, and Hawkeye along with Professor Jennings in an attempt to capture Atlantis. The Red Ghost has managed to turn Namor into his mindless slave and sets him against his two comrades, who are easily defeated and prepared to be subjected to the same treatment. Two weeks later, Dr. Strange has returned to his Sanctum Sanctorum to inform Clea and Wong that he has found a method that may free the Black Knight from his stone prison and so begins summoning the Defenders to aid, however the only Defenders he is able to rouse are the Silver Surfer and the Hulk. While back under the sea, Red Ghost and Attuma have finished their mind control over the captured Defenders and are plotting to use them in their attack against Atlantis. And... "Chapter One: Deception!!" - After their battle against Attuma and the Red Ghost, the Defenders have all gathered in Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum. There gathered around the statue of the Black Knight, Dr. Strange informs them that he has found the means to contact their imprisoned friend: the Black Knight.