—Magneto (Max Eisenhardt)I am growing my own mutant -- the ULTIMATE mutant --
Appearing in "Panic Beneath the Earth!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Barbara (Possessed by Valkyrie)
- Enchantress (Mentioned)
- Pennysworth (First appearance)
- X-Men (Referenced)
- Aragorn
- Dormammu (Mentioned)
- Valtorr (Invoked)
- Alpha the Ultimate Mutant ⏵ (First appearance)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Vision (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Odinson) (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in flashback)
- Harry Houdini (Mentioned)
- Vishanti (Invoked)
- Oshtur (Invoked)
- Ancient One (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Asgardians (Main story and flashback)
- Rabbits (Mentioned)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Crows (Invoked)
- Winged Horses
- Cyclopes (Illusion or holographic simulation)
- Synthezoids (Only in flashback)
- Faltine (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earthspace (Main story and flashback)
- Sol (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 (Main story and flashback)
- New York City
- Magneto's Lair (Only in flashback)
- New Mexico
- Carlsbad Caverns (First appearance)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Kohoutek (First appearance) (Only in flashback) (Topical Reference)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Sol (Main story and flashback)
- Astral Plane
Items:
- Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto
- Nighthawk's Suit
- Cauldron of the Cosmos (First appearance)
- Dragonfang
- Spells:
- Magneto's Helmet (Main story and flashback)
- Captain America's Uniform (Only in flashback)
- Mjolnir (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
- Hawk-Plane (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Panic Beneath the Earth!"
As Nighthawk settles into the ranks of the Defenders with a new costume, Valkyrie once more expresses her desire to leave the team to sort out her identity crisis. However, things are cut short when they are contacted by Professor Xavier, who is seeking aid to stop Magneto's most recent plot.
Traveling with Xavier to Magneto's hidden lair, the group ends up fighting his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and are captured. Breaking free, and fighting the Brotherhood again, they are too late to stop Magneto from awakening his most recent creation: Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant.
Notes
Publication Notes[]
- Cover art: modifications by Romita.
- This issue contains a letters page, Defenders Dialogue. Letters are published from Mark Del Vecchio, Brian Richards, Ed Farbarik, Mike Cruden, and Michael Verderosa. The letters page also contains a Series "A' Value Stamp Vol 1 8 Captain America.
Continuity Notes[]
- This issue debuts a new color scheme for Nighthawk's costume that contains a detachable jet pack.
- The X-Men's secret mission mentioned by Professor X is their investigation of Krakoa just before Giant-Size X-Men #1.
