| 0 | The Return of the Defenders Part 1 | cover | 1 | pencils: Kevin Maguire; inks: Joe Rubinstein | Bruce Banner, Hulk, Rick Jones, Namor, Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, Sub-Mariner |
| 1 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | pencils: Kevin Maguire; inks: Joe Rubinstein; colors: Christie Scheele | |
| 2 | Mano a Mano | comic story | 5 | script: Peter David; pencils: Travis Charest; inks: Dan Green; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Richard Starkings | Absorbing Man, Bruce Banner, Crusher Creel, Harvey Elder, Marvin Flumm, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Mentallo, Mole Man, Quasimodo, Rhino, Aleksei Sytsevich, The Thing, Tyrannus |
| 3 | Four on the Floor | comic story | 29 | script: Peter David; pencils: Kevin Maguire; inks: Brad Vancata, Joe Rubinstein; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Richard Starkings | Betty Ross, Bruce Banner, Marlo Chandler, Hulk, Rick Jones, Namor, Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, Sub-Mariner, Agamemnon, Lucian Aster First, Walter Charles |
| 4 | Things to Come | comic story | 10 | script: Evan Skolnick; pencils: Gary Barker; inks: James Palmiotti; colors: Evan Skolnick; letters: Brad K. Joyce | Havok, Jamie Madrox, Multiple Man, Rahne Sinclair, Alex Summers, Wolfsbane, Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax, Atalanta, Walter Charles, Delphi, Hector, Paris |
| 5 | Nobody Loves the Hulk (Take One) | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Brevoort, Mike Kanterovich; pencils: Karl Altstaetter; inks: Fred Fredericks; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Richard Starkings | Abomination, Bruce Banner, Emil Blonsky, Ben Grimm, Hulk, Rick Jones, Leader, Logan, Rhino, Ringmaster, Doc Samson, Samuel Sterns, Aleksei Sytsevich, The Thing |
| 6 | The Running Man | comic story | 8 | script: James Robinson; pencils: Joe Phillips; inks: Tony Harris; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Richard Starkings | Bruce Banner, Hulk, Doc Samson, Leonard Samson |