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The Defenders Omnibus #1
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This massive hardcover collects the earliest adventures of Marvel's original non-team, the Defenders, beginning with their formation in Marvel Feature #1 and continuing through the first 20 issues of their own series. Featuring the unlikely alliance of Doctor Strange, the Hulk, and Namor the Sub-Mariner, this volume showcases the group's early battles against cosmic threats like the Undying Ones and the Warlord of the Dark Dimension, with additional guest appearances by Silver Surfer and Valkyrie. The omnibus also includes the group's crossover with the Avengers and a wealth of classic Bronze Age material from creators like Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, and Sal Buscema.
In "They Walk by Night!", Stan Lee and Jack Kirby deliver a pulse-pounding tale of science, betrayal, and the fragile line between man and monster. When military forces capture Rick, General Ross manipulates him into using the Hulk as a test subject for a secret rocket—only for Rick to discover too late that Ross never intended to bring the Hulk back. With Dick Ayers' dynamic inks and Artie Simek’s sharp lettering, this pivotal story from the Defenders Omnibus #1 (2021) marks a turning point in the Hulk’s legacy, setting the stage for a new kind of power—and a dangerous dependency.
Contains 49 stories
They Walk by Night!
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]CleaWongEternity (cameo)Kenneth Ward (death)Undying Ones (introduction)
The Monarch and the Mystic!
Sub-Mariner [Namor]DormaIkthonVashtiDoctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Nameless One (villainintroduction)Undying OnesJoella WardKenneth Ward (flashback)
...Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!
Hulk [Bruce Banner]Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]BarbaraBetty RossThunderbolt RossGlenn TalbotNameless OneUndying OnesNight-Crawler (introduction)Jack Van Nyborg
Titans Three!
Sub-Mariner [Namor]Hulk [Bruce Banner]VashtiSilver Surfer [Norrin Radd]DormaEl General
Confrontation!
Sub-Mariner [Namor]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Captain America [Steve Rogers]Goliath [Clint Barton]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]VisionThor [Donald Blake]Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (flashback)Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (flashback)]DormaIkthonColonel Willis
The Day of the Defenders!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]] (introduction, origin)Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]WongYandroth (death)Omegatron (introduction)
The Return!
Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)WongAncient OneBaron Mordo
Nightmare on Bald Mountain!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Ancient One (illusion)WongCleaRoy ThomasJeanie ThomasTom FaganDormammu
A Titan Walks Among Us!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Jim WilsonThunderbolt RossCalvin BeameRichmond WagnerXemnu
I Slay by the Stars!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Necrodamus (introduction)Nameless OneOmegatron (cameo)
The Secret of the Silver Surfer!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Calizuma (introduction)Warrior WizardsOmegatron (cameo)
Four Against the Gods
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Warrior WizardsBarbaraNameless One
The New Defender!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Valkyrie [Barbara] (introduction)Black Knight [Dane Whitman]AragornExecutioner [Skurge]Enchantress [Amora]Fragon (introduction)CasiolenaOmegatron (cameo)
World Without End?
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornBetty PrentissNamoritaOmegatron
The Dreams of Death!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornCyrus Black (introduction)Nebuchadnezzar (introduction)
War Below the Waves!
Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]AragornWongCleaAttumaRed Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]
...If Atlantis Should Fall!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]CleaWongRed Ghost [Ivan Kragoff]Attuma
[Avengers / Defenders War] Prologue: Alliance Most Foul!
LokiDormammu
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 1: Deception!!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Black Knight [Dane Whitman]DormammuLoki
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 2: Betrayal!
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Thor [Donald Blake]Vision]MantisDefenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]WongDormammuLokiPrester John [Johann] (flashback)Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback)Wyatt Wingfoot (flashback)Aragorn
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 3
Avengers [Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Vision]Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 4: Divide... and Conquer
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Thor [Donald Blake]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Vision]MantisLoki
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 5
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornHawkeye [Clint Barton]Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]]Martin Figueras
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 6
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]]Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]]Mantis
[Avengers / Defenders War, Interlude] Holocaust
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Vision]MantisDefenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]DormammuLoki
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 7
Avengers [Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]]Defenders [Valkyrie [Barbara]]Aragorn
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 8
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]]Defenders [Sub-Mariner [Namor]]Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 9: Breakthrough!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Thor [Donald Blake]Vision]Mantis
[Avengers / Defenders War] Chapter 10: United We Stand!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Thor [Donald Blake]Vision]MantisAstiDormammuSunfire [Shiro Yoshida] (flashback)Loki (flashback)
[Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 11] To the Death!
Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Thor [Donald Blake]Vision]MantisDefenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Watcher (Uatu)DormammuLokiFantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]Thing [Ben Grimm]Human Torch [Johnny Storm]Invisible Girl [Sue Richards]] (cameo)Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo)Inhumans [Black BoltGorgonKarnak] (cameo)Power Man [Luke Cage] (cameo)Ka-Zar (cameo)Zabu (cameo)Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (cameo)Man-Thing [Ted Sallis] (cameo)Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (cameo)Dracula (cameo)Adam Warlock (cameo)Thanos (cameo)
[Avengers / Defenders War, Chapter 12] A Dark and Stormy Knight
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Hawkeye [Clint Barton]Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]Swordsman [Jacques Duquesne]Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]Vision]MantisNick FuryBlack Knight [Dane Whitman]Prester John [Johann]King RichardPrince JohnModredChanduTemax
The Titan Strikes Back!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornWongXemnuSub-Mariner [Namor] (flashback)Enchantress [Amora] (flashback)
The Way They Were! [Prologue]
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]CleaWong
[The Way They Were] Part 1: Banished to Outer Space
Hulk [Bruce Banner] (origin)Rick JonesThunderbolt Ross
The Way They Were!, Interlude 1
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Valkyrie [Barbara]]CleaWong
[The Way They Were] Part 2: Bird of Prey!
Sub-Mariner [Namor]Fen
The Way They Were!, Interlude 2
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Valkyrie [Barbara]]CleaWong
[The Way They Were] Part 3, To Catch a Magician!
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Mister Rasputin (introduction)
[The Way They Were] Part 4: The Once and Again Dooms
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]CleaWongMister Rasputin
For Sale: One Planet--Slightly Used!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornNighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Squadron Sinister [Doctor Spectrum [Billy Roberts]HyperionWhizzer [Jim Sanders]Nebulon (introduction)Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]Iron Man [Tony Stark]] (flashback)
And Who Shall Inherit the Earth?
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Sub-Mariner [Namor]Valkyrie [Barbara]]Squadron Sinister [Doctor Spectrum [Billy Roberts]HyperionWhizzer [Jim Sanders]NebulonThor [Donald Blake] (flashback)
Panic Beneath the Earth!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornJ. C. Pennysworth (introduction)Professor X [Charles Xavier]Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [MagnetoBlob [Fred Duke]LoreleiMastermind [Jason Wyngarde]Unus [Gunther Bain]]Alpha (introduction)
Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornProfessor X [Charles Xavier]Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [MagnetoBlob [Fred Duke]LoreleiMastermind [Jason Wyngarde]Unus [Gunther Bain]]Alpha
H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust! [Chapter 1]
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornLaurox
[H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!] Chapter 2: Satanspawn!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornSon of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]Asmodeus [Charles Benton]
[H...as in Hulk...Hell...and Holocaust!] Chapter 3: Soulgame!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornSon of Satan [Daimon Hellstrom]Asmodeus [Charles Benton]SatannishLaurox
Power Play!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]Valkyrie [Barbara]]AragornJ. C. PennysworthPower Man [Luke Cage]WalterWrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]Bulldozer [Henry Camp] (introduction)Piledriver [Brian Calusky] (introduction)Thunderball [Eliot Franklin] (introduction)] (introduction)
Rampage!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]Power Man [Luke Cage]Valkyrie [Barbara]Wrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]Bulldozer [Henry Camp]Piledriver [Brian Calusky]Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]] (origin)
Doomball!
Defenders [Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]Hulk [Bruce Banner]Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]]Power Man [Luke Cage]JoeyWrecking Crew [Wrecker [Dirk Garthwaite]Bulldozer [Henry Camp]Piledriver [Brian Calusky]Thunderball [Eliot Franklin]]J. C. Pennysworth (flashback)
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↩ Reprints Doctor Strange #183 (1969), Sub-Mariner #22 (1970), The Incredible Hulk #126 (1970), Sub-Mariner #34 (1971), Sub-Mariner #35 (1971), Marvel Feature #1 (1971), Marvel Feature #2 (1972), Marvel Feature #3 (1972), The Defenders #1 (1972), The Defenders #2 (1972), The Defenders #3 (1972), The Defenders #4 (1973), The Defenders #5 (1973), The Defenders #6 (1973), The Defenders #7 (1973), The Avengers #115 (1973), The Defenders #8 (1973), The Avengers #116 (1973), The Defenders #9 (1973), The Avengers #117 (1973), The Defenders #10 (1973), The Avengers #118 (1973), The Defenders #11 (1973), The Defenders #12 (1974), The Defenders #13 (1974), Giant-Size Defenders #1 (1974), The Defenders #14 (1974), The Defenders #15 (1974), Giant-Size Defenders #2 (1974), The Defenders #16 (1974), The Defenders #17 (1974), The Defenders #18 (1974), The Defenders #19 (1975), Avengers / Defenders War #[nn] (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #1 (2008), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #2 (2010), Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders #3 (2012)
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