Appearing in "For Sale: One Planet -- Slightly Used!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- ⏴ Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Aragorn
Antagonists:
- Squadron Sinister (Main story and flashback)
- Hyperion (Main story and flashback)
- Doctor Spectrum (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Whizzer (Main story and flashback)
- Celestial Man (Nebulon) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Homer (Mentioned in narration)
- Mark Twain (Mentioned in narration)
- Barbara (Possessed by Valkyrie)
- Jivaro Headhunters (Mentioned)
- Vikings (Mentioned in narration)
- Cyttorak (Mentioned in narration)
- Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism (Krimonn) (Mentioned)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Odinson) (Mentioned)
- Quicksilver (Pietro) (Mentioned)
- Loki (Mentioned)
- Dormammu (Mentioned)
- Numerous unnamed New Yorkers (Vision)
- Noah (Mentioned)
- Vishanti (Mentioned)
- Seraphim (Invoked)
- Valtorr (Invoked)
- Neptune (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians
- Birds (Mentioned)
- Donkeys (Mentioned)
- Ul'lula'ns (First appearance)
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Hydro-Men
- Atlanteans (Mentioned)
- Fish (Mentioned)
- Winged Horses
Locations:
- Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Greenwich Village
- Fifth Avenue (Only in flashback)
- Avengers Mansion (Only in flashback)
- 42nd Street and Broadway (Vision or hallucination)
- Manhattan
- New York City
- Crayton Observatory (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- New York
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Mongolia (Mentioned)
- Arctic Circle
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Heaven (Mentioned)
- Yttrium (Mentioned) (Unnamed)
- Astral Plane
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto
- Dragonfang
- Spells
- Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism (Main story and flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man Armor MK IV (Only in flashback)
- Unidentified Laser Cannon (Vision)
- Mjolnir (Mentioned)
- Neptune's Trident (Invoked)
Vehicles:
- Nighthawk's Hawk-Plane (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "For Sale: One Planet -- Slightly Used!"
Nighthawk drops in on the Defenders, and after a brief battle he informs them of the events that brought him to Dr. Strange's Sanctum: He and the rest of the Squadron Sinister were restored and gathered by the mysterious alien being known as Nebulon who was seeking super-powered beings to "sell" the Earth to him. The Squadron then agreed to build a device that would melt the Earth's polar ice-caps and flood the planet as part of the conditions of sale. Finding such a plan too horrible, Nighthawk refused and was banished from the meeting however Nebulon insured that he could not warn the Avengers, making Nighthawk invisible to Earth's mightiest heroes. Overhearing them speaking of the Defenders, Nighthawk would instead seek their aid.
Needing extra muscle on this mission, Dr. Strange teleports Namor to their side, and the group battles to stop the Squadron Sinister from activating the device, however in the course of the battle they are trapped in a mystic bubble by Nebulon.
Notes
Publisher Notes[]
- This issue features a letters page, Defenders Dialogue. Letters are published from Mike Fanning, Hugh P. Simons, Jr., K.J. Robbins, and Ron Bain. The letters page also features a Series "A' Marvel Value Stamp Vol 1 86 Zemo.
Continuity Notes[]
- Doctor Spectrum's power prism was destroyed in Iron Man #66 (where Doctor Spectrum was last seen). In this issue, Nebulon has recreated it.
- Giant-Size Defenders #1 takes place in the morning of the same day as this issue.
