Key Issue

August 10, 1972

The Defenders #1

Key Issue

First issue to self-titles series; First appearance of Necrodamus; Fourth appearance Defenders

Artist

Sal Buscema

Artie Simek

Publisher

Marvel

Editor

Stan Lee

Script Writer

Steve Englehart

Publication Date

Aug 10, 1972

Cover Price

$0.20

Page Count

36 pages

What's it Worth?

Building Tables

Graded Population

CGC Title	Publisher	Date	Verify
Defenders #1	Marvel Comics	8/72	Verify

All Grades 2,119 Population Share	Universal 1,976 93.3% of pop	Signature 98 4.6% of pop	Restored 35 1.7% of pop	Qualified 10 0.5% of pop	Conserved 0 0% of pop
9.8	17 top 0.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
9.6	61 top 3.9%	4 top 4.1%	0 --	1 top 10%	0 --
9.4	164 top 12.2%	5 top 9.2%	2 top 5.7%	2 top 30%	0 --
9.2	154 top 20%	6 top 15.3%	5 top 20%	0 --	0 --
9.0	215 top 30.9%	13 top 28.6%	4 top 31.4%	2 top 50%	0 --
8.5	247 top 43.4%	12 top 40.8%	2 top 37.1%	0 --	0 --
8.0	218 top 54.5%	8 top 49%	5 top 51.4%	2 top 70%	0 --
7.5	205 top 64.8%	9 top 58.2%	5 top 65.7%	2 top 90%	0 --
7.0	167 top 73.3%	10 top 68.4%	0 --	0 --	0 --
6.5	136 top 80.2%	8 top 76.5%	4 top 77.1%	1 top 100%	0 --
6.0	113 top 85.9%	3 top 79.6%	5 top 91.4%	0 --	0 --
5.5	73 top 89.6%	8 top 87.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --
5.0	69 top 93.1%	4 top 91.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --
4.5	53 top 95.7%	2 top 93.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --
4.0	36 top 97.6%	2 top 95.9%	1 top 94.3%	0 --	0 --
3.5	21 top 98.6%	2 top 98%	0 --	0 --	0 --
3.0	11 top 99.2%	1 top 99%	0 --	0 --	0 --
2.5	10 top 99.7%	0 --	1 top 97.1%	0 --	0 --
2.0	3 top 99.8%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
1.5	1 top 99.9%	0 --	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --
1.0	1 top 99.9%	0 --	0 --	0 --	0 --
0.5	1 top 100%	1 top 100%	0 --	0 --	0 --
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