Issue: #7
The age of the New Defenders begins here! The Beast assembles the infamous "non-team" into a real super-group featuring members both old and new - from Gargoyle and Valkyrie to fellow ex-X-Men Iceman and Angel - and now the newly focused heroes must face some of their greatest challenges! Can the Defenders, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. stop the Secret Empire's Professor Power before he takes revenge...
Creators: J.M. DeMatteis, Chris Warner, Alan Kupperberg
Characters: Doctor Doom, Cannonball, Sunspot, Kali, Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Jean Grey, Professor X, Dazzler, Nick Fury, Wonder Man, Black Widow, Hercules, Gnostic Wizard, Darkstar (Petrovna), Mad-Dog, Candy Southern, Gargantua