The Defenders 1972 #53 - back issue - $3.00
Defenders travel to Atlantis to determine the source of radiation that is killing the Atlanteans.
Nicodemus disguises himself as a mugger to get the jump on Clea.
Spider-Man prevents Legal Eagle from stealing the Bill of Rights from the U.S. Capitol.
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #146, August 1977.
- The Power Principle Part One, The Prince and the Presence! - The Power Principle Part 1. Interior credits confirmed in the letters page to The Defenders #57.
- - Letters from Michael Biegel, Doug Milliken, Robert Abrams, Scott Gibson, Henry Kujawa, Ezekiel Castro
- Clea, the Mystic Maiden! - Clea conjures a Shield of the Seraphim.
- Street Ball - Comic ad for Spalding basketballs, on back cover.
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