October 1977
Good Guys: The Defenders ( Valkyrie, Hellcat, Hulk, Nighthawk )
Bad Guy: The Presence (although not directly)
Cameos: Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Edwin Jarvis, Sub Mariner (Prince Namor), Red Guardian
Overview
“Defender of the Realm!”
Writer: David Kraft
Artists: Keith Giffen & Chic Stone
We open with the Sub-Mariner marching through the streets of Park Avenue dressed in his full Royal Garb… funny to say the least.
The Hulk jumps down from a building thinking to aid his friend the ‘fishman’. Namor brushes him aside and Hulk hits him back. A fight rages.
There is a brief interlude in Russia where we learn the Presence has been undertaking underground nuclear tests. The Red Guardian is persuaded to join a cult led by Sergei ‘the Presence’ in a plot to detonate a nuclear blast in Europe.
Radioactive leakage from these tests have contaminated the sea bed.
This is why Namor has come to the surface to get aid from the Fantastic Four. He instead enlists the help of the Defenders, after Nighthawk and Hellcat step in and see to it that Namor and the Hulk make up.
Rating: 7/10
Simple… but I enjoyed it.
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