The Defenders Annual

Marvel’s 1976 Defenders Annual is a single-issue outing from the team’s classic era, anchored by writer Steve Gerber and artists Klaus Janson and Sal Buscema. It expands on the non-team’s offbeat, cosmic-meets-street-level adventures with a self-contained story that captures the series’ signature blend of humor and high-stakes weirdness. As a one-off annual, it’s a compact snapshot of the Defenders at their most creatively unmoored.