- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (layouts); Dan Green (finished art)
- Inks
- Dan Green
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Defenders [Valkyrie; Namor, the Sub-Mariner (quits); Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Dr. Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond] (joins)]; Nebulon [also as Celestial Man]; Squadron Sinister [Hyperion; Whizzer [Jim Sanders; Speed Demon]; Dr.Spectrum]; Thor (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Defenders stop the Squadron Sinister and Nebulon from destroying the Earth.
- Reprints
Nighthawk becomes a Defender