The Order #6 (18)

(September 2002)

Out of Order (Table of Contents: 1)

The Defenders / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Jo Duffy (credited); Kurt Busiek (credited)

Pencils

Matt Haley (credited)

Inks

Dan Panosian (credited)

Colors

Tom Smith of Color Arts (credited as Tom Smith's Color Arts)

Letters

Randolph Gentile (credited as Randy Gentile)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Order [Dr. Strange; the Silver Surfer; The Hulk [The Professor]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner]; Locust; the Defenders [Valkyrie [Samantha Parrington]; Hellcat; Nighthawk]; Papa Hagg; Namorita; She-Hulk; Clea; Ardina; Gaea [Mother Earth]; Dr. Christopher Ganyrog; Romantic Objective Pamela; Yandroth; Red Raven; Reginald Parrington; Malicia Parrington; Donna Strange (Dr. Strange’s sister, cameo flashback); Bruce Banner’s father (cameo flashback); Shalla Bal (cameo flashback); Namora (cameo flashback); Prince Byrrah (cameo flashback) (all in flashback to the Order's beginnings); Photon (cameo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); Thing (cameo); Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Invisible Woman (cameo); Nick Fury (cameo); Iron Fist (cameo); Captain Marvel [Genis-Vell] (cameo); Black Panther (cameo); Nightcrawler (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Cyclops (cameo); Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Chamber (cameo); Scarlet Witch (cameo); Daredevil (cameo); Warbird (cameo); Wasp (cameo); Wolverine (cameo); Wonder Man (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Professor Xavier (cameo); Yellowjacket [Hank Pym] (cameo); Dum Dum Dugan (cameo)

Synopsis

It’s all-out war between the Order and Earth’s Assembled Heroes. The battle is interrupted by The Defenders, Namorita, She-Hulk, Clea, Ardina, Dr. Christopher Ganyrog, Romantic Objective Pamela, and the Masters of the Mental Arts from the planet Yann. Energy attacks racing towards the Order are blocked by their female counterparts, who have housed the human psyches of the Order. Rejoining their core personalities breaks Yandroth’s hold over the Order, and they return to normal. Gaea also revokes the bind of the curse, setting the Order free once more.