The ever-lovin' Thing joins forces with the Defenders to save a Valkyrie ambushed by the Undying Ones!

The Headmen turn the citizens of New York into enraged rioters. Can the Defenders stop Manhattan from descending into madness?

Bruce Banner gathers a group of fill-in Defenders to help rescue his kidnapped teammates.

Defender and Guardian team up as Yondu and the Hulk are forced to fight a horde of robots in evil ruler Goozot's Super-Death Sweepstakes!

Nighthawk finds himself trapped in the past despite trouble in the present. What disastrous relationship is haunting Kyle Richmond? Doctor Strange and "Nighthawk" do battle on the astral plane. Hulk finds a friend in a baby deer.

The Defenders brace themselves for full mind/body swaps courtesy of the Headmen. But the team won’t go down without a fight! Chondu’s trapped in the body of Bambi. All that and an alien abduction!

Tania Belinskaya is the Red Guardian! After performing a successful brain transplant on Norriss, Strange ensures that the Russian super woman can stay in America. Valkyrie encounters a moral dilemma in prison, while Kyle Richmond finds himself in hot water once again! What does Plantman want with Nighthawk? The Defenders can have their teammate back…to the tune of five million dollars!

Valkyrie is reunited with her team, but the period of peace doesn’t last long! Hulk must stop a riot outside a movie theater, while Nighthawk throws money at Jack Norriss to make him go away. (Yes, Nighthawk's that annoyed). Matt Murdock guest stars as Valkyrie’s attorney!

The Defenders split up to look for the missing Doctor Strange!

Lord Vashti explains to the Defenders the device that’s polluting Atlantis with radiation.

With their ship destroyed, the Defenders scramble to the surface for safety.

Doctor Strange’s dreams foretell of a dark threat. Even the Eye of Agamotto can’t detect this one!

Inside Devil-Slayer’s dimension, Valkyrie and her new ally hunt down a Hulk… who’s already engaged in battle!

The Defenders draw closer to the Cult’s innermost secrets, including their base of operation. A mission in Mexico goes horribly awry.

Guest-starring Spider-Man! While playing around with her newly acquired Shadow Cloak, Hellcat accidentally sets the Hulk on a rampage!

The proverbial pot is stirred after a documentary is aired about the Defenders, inviting all heroes to come join the team. Will this unwanted TV time cause tension for the Defenders' current members?

It's a battle across New York City between the Defenders and their imposters! Hellcat's fury on the NYC subway shocks everyone. Valkyrie's team finds Nighthawk and has a memorable trip aboard the Staten Island Ferry. Is this enough excitement for the new members to stick around?

A giant, radioactive amoeba forces the Red Guardian and the Presence to combine forces.

Valkyrie finds herself a prisoner in a mystically-bound jail! But who is her captive? The Defenders charge Valhalla to eliminate Hela and her undead army.

The “Anything Man” violently lashes out when the Defenders come to claim his power. Nighthawk takes a difficult beating.

Harrisson Turk spills the details about who, or what, the Lunatik is.

Doctor Strange attempts to collect the many fragments of Tyrk!

Tunnelworld's most powerful mage teams with the Defenders to unify Arisen Tyrk. The Unnamable awakes.

Valkyrie and Hellcat are stalled in battle when the Foolkiller takes Dollar Bill as a prisoner!

As the Defenders work to find Omega, Ruby Thursday and Dibbuk steal his body from the morgue…all while being attacked by Protar aliens!

Moondragon leaves the team of heroes on bad terms when James-Michael Starling makes a bold decision to keep his friends safe.

Doctor Strange summons the Hulk and the Sub-Mariner to his Sanctum Sanctorum for a mission to Tunnel World. In Las Vegas, the team is joined by Yellowjacket as they answer a distress call from a military base.

The Defenders, allied with Aeroika, must ward off an attack from Ytitnedion’s army. On Earth, Nighthawk steps in to take down Mandrill.

The city of Ogeon is under siege, and the Defenders and Aeroika carry off a stealth mission to rescue its citizens!

Hulk falls under the Unnamable's possession and is appointed the new captain of the Nilffim Riders!

Kyle Richmond works out his legal woes, while Hulk, Namor, and Doctor Strange get ready for their big showdown in Tunnel World.

Namor hosts a celebration in his underwater palace, but the good times soon sour into a diplomatic incident with Wakanda!

The Mandrill is involved in the Wakandan tech heist, and the Defenders must track down his whereabouts before the entire nation suffers.

Black Panther and Hellcat race against the clock to locate the last bit of missing tech—the ominous Absorber.

A surveillance agency that has been trailing the Defenders recalls a particular incident featuring Hellcat, Valkyrie, and the Hulk.

Nighthawk slips back into costume! The Hulk runs afoul of a whaling ship on the open seas.

The team faces personal upset when Kyle’s pending court case uproots his life and Hellcat gets a devastating call about her mother.

The Defenders battle Satan and his fellow Hell-Lords, but even that showdown pales before the ultimate hellish duel: Daimon vs. Satan, son vs. father!

The Defenders race against time to stop a sinister plot that involves using the world's psychics to incite World War III! But to save the Earth, which Defenders must pay the ultimate price?

Patsy Walker, the Daughter of Satan?!

The Defenders finally lend their ears to Patsy Walker's nightmares.

The Defenders take on their most surprising foes yet…the NEW MUTANTS!?

Two villains for the price of one! Beast, Angel and Iceman face off against a mysterious new foe - the WALRUS! But then, they'll have to contend with Frog-Man, who plots to…join the Defenders!?

Ephraim eats a plant growing on a gamma bomb that mutates him into a tree-like creature. When he stumbles across the Defenders headquarters, they must destroy him!

With Gargoyle under the control of a powerful mage, the Defenders are hesitant to fight their friend!

The struggle for control continues between Moondragon and Dragon of the Moon! Who will win this internal tug-of-war?

It’s the bitter end for some of our grand Defenders! How many members will perish in an epic battle against the psychically deadly Moondragon?

Collects Sub-Mariner (1968) #34-35, Marvel Feature (1971) #1-3 and Defenders (1972) #1-6. Leap into the adventures of the dynamic Defenders, comics' greatest non-team! Bonded in a mutual mission are the mightiest misfits in the Marvel U.: the Incredible Hulk, the Sub-Mariner and the Silver Surfer. But these warriors three don't rest on bylaws and butlers; they - along with the Master of the Mystic Arts, Dr. Strange, and the defiant Valkyrie - come together only in moments of utmost crisis. Facing enemies from across the incomprehensible divide, the Defenders square off against Dormammu; the Nameless One; the Enchantress; and a dark menace from Dr. Strange's past, the sorcerer Cyrus Black. It's not just baddies they do battle with, though. In a prelude to the epic Avengers/Defenders War, Hulk, Namor and the Silver Surfer go head-to-head with the mighty Avengers in a fight that pits hero against hero like none other!

Collects Avengers (1963) #115-118 and Defenders (1972) #8-11. Powerful pawns in a game of gods! Captain America vs. the Sub-Mariner! Thor vs. the Hulk! The Swordsman vs. the Valkyrie! These and other matches comprised the Silver Age's most sensational clash of costumed champions - but whoever wins the war, Dormammu and Loki are prepared to make Earth the loser!