—King Namor the Sub-MarinerAnother exciting non-team-up for the Defenders. Let's all have shawarma sometime.
Appearing in "The Throne, the Power, the Damned and the Devil"
Featured Characters:
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Ghost in main story and appears in recap)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Possessed by the One Below All-possessed Brian Banner)
- King Namor the Sub-Mariner
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Conductor (Temporarily controlled by Nebulon and possessed by Doctor Strange)
- Nebulon the Celestial Man (Deceased) (Identity revealed; possessed by Borss and Mog'rys)
- Borss (First appearance) (Death) (Possesses Nebulon)
- Mog'rys (First appearance) (Death) (Possesses Nebulon)
- Queen Kataw (Death)
Other Characters:
- Nebulon the Celestial Man (Mentioned)
- Celesital Mind Control Movement (Mentioned)
- "Mister Eye"
- Galactus (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in recap)
- Spirit-Flayers of Carcosa (Mentioned)
- One Below All (Mentioned)
- Sedna (Invoked)
- Vodani Army
- King Okun (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Heralds of Galactus (Mentioned)
- Isaac Newton (Referenced)
- Defenders (Mentioned)
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Celestials
- Ul'lula'ns
- Zenn-Lavians
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Demons
- Cosmic Beings (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Vodani / Atlanteans
- Gods (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe
- Earthspace
- Below-Place (Mentioned)
- Hell
- Carcosa (Mentioned)
- Mephisto's Realm
- Unidentified reality (Only in flashback)
- Milky Way (Only in flashback)
- Sol System (Only in recap)
- Earth (Only in recap)
- Sanctum Sanctorum, Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S. (Referenced) (Destroyed)
- Earth (Only in recap)
- Sol System (Only in recap)
- Milky Way (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Power Cosmic (Main story and flashback)
- Eye of Agamotto
Vehicles:
- Train (Main story and flashback)
- Silver Surfer's Surfboard
Synopsis for "The Throne, the Power, the Damned and the Devil"
Future Doctor Strange's astral form recruits the Hulk and they go kidnap two leopard-headed soul stock brokers who borrowed a bunch of Earth souls from Mephisto, with the intention of paying him back once Earth is destroyed by the cosmic train. Strange then stuffs the souls of the two soul brokers into Nebulon the Celestial Man, who is manipulating the train's controller for his own ends. The Hulk beats up Nebulon, then Strange stuffs the wily soul brokers into Nebulon to make the real controller spasm. This knocks the planet Vodan into empty space, so Namor and the Silver Surfer team up to create a wormhole to teleport Vodan to a sun. But the Silver Surfer needs energy, so the Vodani Princess sacrifices herself to power the Silver Surfer. Then, this wormhole not only saves Vodan, but also moves the train slightly off-course, saving Earth as well. Then, to top things off, Mephisto shows up to eat the souls of the two soul brokers who are now inside Nebulon, so Mephisto eats Nebulon. This sets the train back onto its normal course and everyone goes back home except for Doctor Strange, who has been kidnapped by Mephisto. However, he has a plan.
Solicit Synopsis
“THE BEST DEFENSE” FINALE!
• The lost Atlanteans. The Train. The bedsheet man. Dead Steve. The Stock Exchange of Souls. Trust us, it all makes sense.
• In fact, it makes enough sense to destroy our entire solar system... Unless four very different heroes can come together to stop it.See Also
- 19 image(s) from Defenders: The Best Defense Vol 1 1
- 3 reprint(s) of Defenders: The Best Defense Vol 1 1
