The Defenders #81

From the cover by Rich Buckler and Al Milgrom, this March 1980 issue plunges the Defenders into what looks like a gladiatorial nightmare — the Hulk dominates the scene, muscles flexed and surrounded by a mob of armed alien warriors, while Sub-Mariner, Doctor Strange, and a gold-armored figure look on helplessly as the cover's caption declares the Hulk "doomed." "War in Ogeon!" promises the kind of sprawling, otherworldly conflict that made the Defenders one of Marvel's most unpredictable team books of the era, with a roster teased in the corner box that includes Valkyrie and Nighthawk alongside the heavy hitters front and center. A vivid, kinetic cover that captures the team at their most desperate.