The Defenders #150

Issue #150 of The New Defenders arrives as a special double-sized milestone, and Frank Cirocco's cover delivers a fittingly sprawling cosmic spectacle — a sword tumbling free in space, a caped warrior with flowing blonde hair sent reeling, a winged figure and a red-clad heroine diving through the upper atmosphere, a blue-skinned creature lunging in the foreground, and a massive alien beast dominating the bottom of the frame, all caught in the blazing light of an enormous explosion and a firing spacecraft. The team portrait inset in the corner hints at the full roster caught up in whatever cataclysm "The Stars in Their Courses!" promises. With Peter B. Gillis writing and interior art by Don Perlin, this 1985 landmark sends the Defenders hurtling into a battle that feels genuinely universe-sized.