Comics:Defenders Vol 1 3

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"Four Against the Gods!"

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Defenders Vol 1 #3
December, 1972

Cover Artists

Gil Kane

Writers

Steve Englehart

Pencilers

Sal Buscema

Inkers

Jim Mooney

Letterers

Artie Simek

Editors

Roy Thomas

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Featured Characters:

• Defenders
  • Dr. Strange
  • Sub-Mariner
  • Hulk
  • Silver Surfer

Supporting Characters:

• Barbara Norriss
  

Villains:

• Nameless One

Other Characters:

• Clea (Illusion)
• Dorma (Illusion)
• Shalla-Bal (Illusion)
• Jarella (Illusion)

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Synopsis for "Four Against the Gods!"

In an attempt to help the Silver Surfer escape Earth and return to his home planet, Doctor Strange inadvertently transports himself and his compatriots from the Valley of the Undying Ones to the Realm of the Nameless One. There they find and rescue the girl Barbara Norriss, who previously sacrificed herself to save Strange. The group are then caught in a violent maelstrom which sucks them towards a hole in the macrocosm. Thanks to the efforts of Namor, Hulk and the Silver Surfer, the five manage to escape their fate only to confront the Nameless One which is now combined with Barbara whose loneliness had driven her to mate with the creature and dupe her former friends. A battle ensues which culminates in Strange and the Surfer trapping the three-headed Nameless One in his own snare. Unwilling to leave Barbara, Strange uses his magic to release her from the monster only to discover that she has gone insane. Sensing that they have now passed beyond the barrier around Earth placed there by Galactus to imprison the Surfer, Strange returns the group to their own dimension - only to discover that they are on Earth. Angered to find that he is still trapped and feeling betrayed, the Surfer departs alone leaving Doctor Strange to ponder the disastrous mission and his suitability for the role of leader of the Defenders.

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