| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; colors: Avalon's Matt Milla | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Sub-Mariner; Hulk] |
| 1 | Graphic Novels | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | The Hulk; Doctor Strange |
| 2 | - | credits, title page | 5 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Dr. Strange #183 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen | Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] |
| 4 | They Walk by Night! | comic story | 20 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Tom Palmer; letters: Jean Izzo | Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange; also as Stephen Sanders]; Clea; Wong; Eternity (Cameo); Kenneth Ward; The Undying Ones |
| 5 | Sub-Mariner #22 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen | Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] |
| 6 | The Monarch and the Mystic! | comic story | 20 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Marie Severin; inks: Johnny Craig; letters: Artie Simek | Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Lady Dorma; Ikthon; Vashti; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange] (Guest Star); Nameless One (Villain; Intro); Undying Ones; Joella Ward; Kenneth Ward (in flashback) |
| 7 | Incredible Hulk #126 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Sam Rosen | Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Night-Crawler; Undying Ones |
| 8 | ...Where Stalks the Night-Crawler! | comic story | 20 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Artie Simek | Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Dr. Stephen Strange]; Barbara Denton Norriss; Nameless One; Undying Ones; Night-Crawler (intro; becomes Dark-Crawler in Incredible Hulk #269); Van Nyborg |
| 9 | Sub-Mariner #34 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Morrie Kuramoto | Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] |
| 10 | Titans Three! | comic story | 19 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Artie Simek | Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Vashti; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Lady Dorma; El General |
| 11 | Sub-Mariner #35 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema, Herb Trimpe; inks: Sal Buscema, Herb Trimpe; letters: Morrie Kuramoto | Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Avengers [Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor; Goliath [Clint Barton]] |
| 12 | Confrontation! | comic story | 19 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Jean Izzo | Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Avengers [Thor; Iron Man; Goliath [Clint Barton]; Black Panther (flashback); Captain America (flashback); Vision (flashback); Scarlet Witch (flashback); Quicksilver (flashback); Wasp (flashback); Giant-Man [Dr. Hank Pym] (flashba |
| 13 | Marvel Feature #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Neal Adams; letters: Sam Rosen | Defenders [Hulk; Dr. Strange; Sub-Mariner] |
| 14 | The Day of the Defenders! | comic story | 19 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Sam Rosen | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Wong; Yandroth (Villain; Death); Omegatron (Intro); Silver Surfer |
| 15 | The Return! | comic story | 10 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen | Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange; also as Stephen Sanders]; Wong; Ancient One; Baron Mordo (Villain) |
| 16 | Marvel Feature #2 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema, John Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia, John Romita; letters: Sam Rosen | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Dormammu |
| 17 | Nightmare on Bald Mountain! | comic story | 28 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Sam Rosen | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]]; Dormammu; Ancient One (illusion); Wong; Clea; Roy Thomas; Jeanie Thomas; Tom Fagan; Dormammu Cultists (Intro) |
| 18 | Marvel Feature #3 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Ralph Reese; letters: Sam Rosen | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Xemnu the Titan |
| 19 | A Titan Walks Among Us! | comic story | 23 | script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Bill Everett; letters: Artie Simek | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Xemnu the Titan; Jim Wilson; Thunderbolt Ross; Colonel Calvin Beame; Colonel Richmond Wagner |
| 20 | Defenders #1 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Sam Rosen | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Doctor Strange [Steven Strange]]; Necrodamus; The Nameless One |
| 21 | I Slay by the Stars! | comic story | 20 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Artie Simek | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr.Strange [Steven Strange]]; Necrodamus; Kenneth Ward (in flashback); Nameless One (in flashback); Night-Crawler (in flashback); Omegatron (Cameo) |
| 22 | - | blank page(s) | 1 | | |
| 23 | Defenders #2 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Morrie Kuramoto | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Calizuma |
| 24 | The Secret of the Silver Surfer! | comic story | 20 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: John Costanza | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Necrodamus (in flashback); Calizuma; Warrior Wizards; Wong (Cameo); Omegatron (Cameo) |
| 25 | Defenders #3 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane, John Buscema; inks: Gil Kane, Sal Buscema | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Nameless One; Barbara Norris |
| 26 | Four Against the Gods | comic story | 20 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Jim Mooney; letters: Artie Simek | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Warrior Wizards; Barbara Norris; Clea (Mental Image); Lady Dorma (Mental Image); Jarella (Mental Image); Shalla Bal (Mental Image); Nameless One |
| 27 | Defenders #4 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Buscema, Jim Starlin; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Morrie Kuramoto | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Valkyrie]; Aragorn |
| 28 | The New Defender! | comic story | 20 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank McLaughlin; letters: Artie Simek | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Valkyrie]; Barbara Norris; Executioner; Fragon; Enchantress [Amora]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Zeus (flashback; Cameo); Aragorn; Casiolena; Omegatron |
| 29 | Defenders #5 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: Morrie Kuramoto | Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Omegatron |
| 30 | World Without End? | comic story | 20 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank McLaughlin; letters: Charlotte Jetter | Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Clea; Aragorn; Betty Prentiss; Namorita; Omegatron |
| 31 | Defenders #6 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Morrie Kuramoto | Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie]; Cyrus Black |
| 32 | The Dreams of Death! | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank McLaughlin; letters: John Costanza | Defenders [Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Cyrus Black; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Aragorn; Nebuchadnezzar (rat) |
| 33 | The Dynamic Defenders! | illustration | 1 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: John Costanza | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie] |
| 34 | Defenders #7 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Romita; inks: Mike Esposito, John Romita; letters: Danny Crespi | Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Attuma |
| 35 | War Below the Waves! | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart, Len Wein; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank Bolle; letters: June Braverman | Defenders [Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Valkyrie]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Avengers [Scarlet Witch; Vision; Black Panther; Thor] (flashback); Champion (flashback); Black Widow (flashback); Daredevil (flashback); Zzzax (flashback); Wong; Clea; Attuma; Atlanteans; Aragorn; Red Ghost |
| 36 | Defenders #8 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: John Costanza | Defenders [Valkyrie; Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost |
| 37 | ...If Atlantis Should Fall! | comic story | 15 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank McLaughlin; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Charlotte Jetter | Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Red Ghost; Unicorn (flashback); Attuma; Clea; Wong; Atlanteans; Dr. Jennings (Cameo) |
| 38 | Prologue: Alliance Most Foul! | comic story | 3 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Jean Izzo | Dormammu; Loki |
| 39 | Deception!! | comic story | 4 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank McLaughlin; letters: Charlotte Jetter | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Hulk; Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer; Valkyrie; Hawkeye]; Black Knight (as a statue); Dormammu; Loki |
| 40 | Avengers #116 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Romita; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: John Costanza | Avengers [Vision; Scarlet Witch]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd] |
| 41 | Betrayal! | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: John Costanza | Avengers [Thor; Vision; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Scarlet Witch; Swordsman; Mantis; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; Wong; Loki; Dormammu; Defenders [Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor]]; Black Knight [Da |
| 42 | Defenders #9 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: John Costanza | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Hulk; Sub-Mariner]; Avengers [Hawkeye; Iron Man] |
| 43 | Divide... and Conquer | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank McLaughlin; letters: Artie Simek | Defenders [Dr. Strange [Steven Strange]; Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Valkyrie]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Avengers [Swordsman; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Mantis; Iron Man; Thor; Black Panther; Captain America; Hawkeye]; Aragorn; Professor Martin Figueras |
| 44 | Avengers #117 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Romita; inks: Mike Esposito; letters: Danny Crespi | Captain America; Sub-Mariner; Sunfire |
| 45 | Holocaust | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Mike Esposito, Frank McLaughlin; letters: Gaspar Saladino, June Braverman | Avengers [Scarlet Witch; Vision; Hawkeye; Iron Man; Mantis; Black Panther; Swordsman; Captain America]; Defenders [Dr. Strange; Silver Surfer; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner]; Loki; Dormammu; Aragorn; Sunfire; Black Knight [Dane Whitman] |
| 46 | Defenders #10 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Danny Crespi | Hulk; Thor |
| 47 | Breakthrough! | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank Bolle; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Tom Orzechowski | Defenders [Hulk; Dr. Strange; Sub-Mariner; Valkyrie; Silver Surfer]; Avengers [Thor; Captain America; Iron Man; Scarlet Witch; Vision; Swordsman; Black Panther; Mantis; Haekeye]; Sunfire (in flashback); Dormammu; Loki (in flashback) |
| 48 | Avengers #118 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Ron Wilson; inks: John Romita; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Avengers [Thor; Captain America; Scarlet Witch; Iron Man; Black Panther]; Defenders [Dr. Strange; Valkyrie; Hulk; Sub-Mariner]; Loki; Dormammu |
| 49 | To the Death! | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: M. Esposito, F. Giacoia; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Tom Orzechowski | Avengers [Captain America; Thor; Scarlet Witch; Black Panther; Hawkeye; Iron Man; Swordsman; Vision; Mantis]; Defenders [Dr. Strange; Sub-Mariner; Hulk; Valkyrie; Silver Surfer]; SHIELD [Nick Fury; Countess Allegre de Fontaine; Dum Dum Dugan]; Dormammu; Loki; Watcher; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; |
| 50 | Defenders #11 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Danny Crespi | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Sub-Mariner; Hulk; Silver Surfer]; Chandu |
| 51 | A Dark and Stormy Knight | comic story | 19 | script: Steve Englehart; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Frank Bolle; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Tom Orzechowski | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Hulk; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner; Silver Surfer]; Avengers [Hawkeye; Thor; Vision; Mantis; Swordsman; Black Panther]; SHIELD [Nick Fury]; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Temax; Prince John; King Richard the Lion-Hearted; Modred; Chandu; Prester John |
| 52 | Defenders #12 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: John Romita; inks: John Romita; letters: Morrie Kuramoto, Danny Crespi | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Hulk; Valkyrie]; Xemnu the Titan |
| 53 | The Titan Strikes Back! | comic story | 19 | script: Len Wein; pencils: Sal Buscema, Jack Abel; inks: Jack Abel; letters: Gaspar Saladino, C. Jetter | Defenders [Hulk; Valkyrie; Dr. Strange]; Xemnu the Titan [also as Amos Moses]; Sub-Mariner (flashback); Enchantress (flashback); Aragorn; Wong |
| 54 | Defenders #13 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Gaspar Saladino | Defenders [Hulk; Dr. Strange; Sub-Mariner]; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer; Dr. Spectrum] |
| 55 | For Sale: One Planet -- Slightly Used! | comic story | 19 | script: Len Wein; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Klaus Janson; letters: John Costanza | Defenders [Dr. Strange; Hulk; Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer; Dr. Spectrum]; Nebulon; Aragorn; Amphibians; Avengers [Captain America; Iron Man] (in flashback) |
| 56 | Defenders #14 | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; letters: Danny Crespi | Defenders [Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]]; Nebulon |
| 57 | And Who Shall Inherit the Earth? | comic story | 20 | script: Len Wein; pencils: Sal Buscema, Dan Green; inks: Dan Green; letters: Artie Simek | Defenders [Valkyrie; Sub-Mariner [Namor] (quits); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond] (joins)]; Nebulon [also as Celestial Man]; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer; Dr.Spectrum]; Thor (flashback) |
| 58 | - | blank page(s) | 2 | | |
| 59 | The Marvel Essentials Library | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | Avengers; Fantastic Four; Spider-Man; X-Men |
| 60 | Back Cover | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Avalon's Matt Milla | Defenders [Hulk; Sub-Mariner; Dr. Strange]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] |