- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Scottie
Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks, on the inside front cover.
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis
- Pencils
- Don Perlin
- Inks
- Kim DeMulder
- Colors
- Christie Scheele
- Letters
- Janice Chiang
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Dr. Strange (also in flashback); Valkyrie [Brunnhilda]; Gargoyle; Daimon Hellstrom; Hellcat (also in flashback); Beast; Namor, the Sub-Mariner (also in flashback); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (also in flashback); Silver Surfer (also in flashback); Iceman; Angel [Warren Worthington III] (also in flashback); Moondragon (also in flashback)]; Elf; Odin (flashback); The Tribunal; Mad-Dog [Buzz Baxter (also in flashback)]; Secret Empire; Mutant Force [Shocker; Lifter; Slither; Burner]; Dolly Donahue; Sassafras; Avengers [Thor [Donald Blake]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]] (flashback); Drax (flashback); Ch'kri (flashback); Ch'kra (flashback); Storm (cameo flashback); Callisto (cameo flashback); Barry; Beatrice; Joshua Walker; Elf
- Synopsis
- Patsy Walker and Daimon Hellstrom get married.
- Reprints
"The New Defenders" on cover. Elf refers to George Lucas film reject, and later to "Return of the Jedi". Planet Mikkaz home of the Kamado.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Inks
- Larry Elmore (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
Comic ad for the Star Frontiers Role Playing Game from TSR.
- Script
- J. M. DeMatteis; Don Perlin; Kim DeMulder; Carl Potts; Ann Nocenti
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome to issue #1 of The New Defenders...
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
No letters this issue, just an explanation on the new direction the book is going in.