Appearing in "H... As in Hulk... Hell... and Holocaust!"
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- NYPD
- United States Army
- Tony (First appearance)
- United Nations (Mentioned in narration)
- Magneto (Mentioned in narration)
- Mother Mary (Invoked)
- Vishanti (Invoked)
- Valtorr (Invoked)
- Ancient One (Yao) (Mentioned)
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- Mechanoid (First appearance)
- Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto
- Hellstorm's Trident
- Dragonfang
- Vapors of Valtorr (Invoked)
Synopsis for "H... As in Hulk... Hell... and Holocaust!"
Fleeing the authorities after another rampage, the Hulk is led into a secret passage by a little girl. All this turns out to be a trap set by Asmodeus to lure the Hulk into his own personal hell. Demanding that the other Defenders bow to his master's demands, the Defenders instead enlist the aid of the Son of Satan to free their emerald companion.
Traveling to Asmodeus' realm, all of the Defenders and the Son of Satan are subjected to their own personal demons; however, when they switch torments, they find it easy to break loose. Freeing themselves and attacking Asmodeus, the foe awakens the anger of his master, Satannish, who claims Asmodeus instead of his intended victims. With the Hulk free and Asmodeus gone, the Son of Satan bids farewell to the Defenders.
Appearing in "The Shark People"
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- Shark People (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Shark People"
Reading the story Betty Dean suggests to her friend the Sub-Mariner to check it out. Namor goes down to the docks where the woman disappeared later that night and comes across the body of a man who appears to have been mauled to death by a shark recently. However, upon closer inspection Namor is surprised to find that the man is bone dry and recalls that sharks don't live in the waters near New York. Calling the authorities to recover the body, Namor then dives into the water to investigate. While Namor is occupied, not far away a coast guard ship's hull is breached and the crew aboard are attacked by sharks.
The next day, the Sub-Mariner is called to help examine the remains that have washed ashore and everyone including Namor is stumped as to the origin of the attacks. However a bystander overhearing Namor's conversation with coast guard officials makes a snide comment suggesting that he might know the cause of the attack. The Sub-Mariner begins trailing the man and watches as he suddenly walks into a secluded part of the water. Diving in after him, Namor is suddenly attacked by a great white shark. In order to defend himself Namor rips the creature's jaw open killing it. The next morning the body of the man Namor followed swims to shore and Namor notes that his jaw has been ripped off as well.
Staking out the beach that night he finds a mysterious woman wandering around and stops her. Suspecting she is one of the shake people Namor remarks how the authorities have devised a way to slay all her people, making her blow her cover. Realizing the jig is up, the shark woman attacks but Namor easily subdues her. Defeated, the woman explains that she and her people are a water-dwelling species from another planet. They had mastered the ability to transport their minds across space to Earth and took on the form of the great white shark. Craving live flesh they developed the ability to assume human form so they could attack their land dwelling prey to feed but have to return to the water by nightfall or die. She then tells Namor that all her people are going to meet off the coast of Cape Hatteras. Namor thanks her for the information and filled with grief for betraying her people the woman dives into the water, resuming her shark form and impales herself on a rock jutting out of the water.
Namor convinces the coast guard of the story and they soon arrive at the meeting of the Shark People and bound them all in a net, and give them an ultimatum: return to where they came from or die. Refusing to leave, the coast guard and Namor haul the Shark People out of the water and leave them out long enough that they all die off.Appearing in "Betrayed!"
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- Sir Guy Wanderell's Forces
- Sir Guy Wanderell (First appearance) (Impersonates Black Knight)
- Numerous unnamed knights
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- Thunder
- Knights of the Round Table
- Numerous unnamed knights
- Unnamed Armorer
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Synopsis for "Betrayed!"
However this defeat has not stopped Sir Guy, who blames his defeat on the Black Knight and begins plotting revenge. He then has his armorer fashion a suit of armor that resembles that of the Black Knight so that he can frame the hero for crimes. Meanwhile, the Black Knight races through his secret passage in the castle so that he can change back into his alter-ego of Sir Percy before anyone can notice his absence. After once more failing to charm Lady Rosamund, Sir Percy overhears how the Black Knight had apparently robbed a caravan. Soon after a series of other such attacks, apparently committed by the Black Knight, King Arthur is forced to decree the once noble hero as an outlaw.
Elsewhere, Sir Guy has rallied his troops to attack Camelot disguised as the Black Knight. However when he comes to attack the castle, both Sir Guy and King Arthur and his counterforces are shocked to see the appearance of the real Black Knight. Unable to tell the real Black Knight apart from the impostor, King Arthur orders that the two settle the situation with a jousting competition. Sure enough, the real Black Knight easily bests Sir Guy and his duplicity is exposed. As the real Black Knight leaves the battlefield he tosses a rose to Lady Rosamund.Appearing in "Beyond the Purple Veil!"
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- Wong (First appearance as Wong)
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- Two unnamed petty thieves
- Aggamon (First appearance)
- Aggamon's Guards
- Numerous unnamed guards
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- Vishanti (Invoked)
- Hoggoth (Invoked)
- Dormammu (Invoked)
- Numerous unnamed slaves
- Ancient One (Mentioned in narration)
- NYPD
- Unnamed Police Officer
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- Earthspace
- Astral Plane
- Purple Veil (First appearance)
- Beyond the Purple Veil (First appearance)
- Purple Dimension (First appearance)
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- Lesser Cloak of Levitation
- Amulet of Agamotto
- Purple Gem (First appearance)
- Jeweled-Demolisher Beam (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Beyond the Purple Veil!"
Notes
- Cover art modifications on the Hulk's face by Romita.
- Satannish previously appeared in Tower of Shadows #5. He will appear next in Defenders #99.
- According to a note on page 1, this story takes place after Defenders #16.