The Defenders #131

This May 1984 issue of The New Defenders puts three members front and center in a striking cover by Alan Kupperberg and Bill Sienkiewicz — Angel soaring with wings spread wide, the Beast lunging forward with raw intensity, and Iceman in a fractured ice-form below, all caught mid-crisis against a bold yellow and black background. The header portraits hint at a wider cast including Gargoyle and another villain lurking in the wings. With a story titled "If This Be Walrus...!" and the creative team of Peter B. Gillis, J. M. DeMatteis, and Alan Kupperberg aboard, this is the kind of energetic mid-80s Marvel that keeps the team dynamic feeling genuinely alive.