Alias
Defenders
(The) Order I
Secret Defenders
Titans Three
Nick Name
The Non-Team
Titans Three
Founding Defenders
Defenders
Andromeda
Clea
Cloud
Devil-Slayer
Dollar Bill
Gargoyle
Interloper
Manslaughter
Moondragon
Nightwawk III
Overmind
Red Guardian II
Brief Defenders
Black Goliath
Captain Ultra
Jack of Hearts
Prowler
Stingray
Tagak the Leopard Lord
Torpedo
White Tiger I
Secret Defenders
Cadaver
Dr. Druid
Nomad III
Shadowoman
(The) Order
Occupation
Affiliation of super-powered beings.
Legal Status
Not sanctioned by U.S. Government.
Some members have a criminal record in the U.S. and abroad.
Nation or Planet of Origin
Primarily Earth
Group Alliances
Base of Operations
Mobile
Accessories
None
Common Enemies
Casiolena
Cyrus Black
Executioner
Headmen
Manslaughter
Moondragon
Nameless One
Necrodamus
Satannish
Xemnu
Yandroth
Regularly Appearing
Defenders Vol. 1, 2 & 3
Hulk
Marvel Feature
The Order
First Appearance
Titans Three
Sub-Mariner Vol. 2 #34 (Feb. 1970)
Defenders
Marvel Feature #1 (Dec. 1971)
Creator
Roy Thomas & Ross Andru
Origin
Before becoming a more cohesive team known as the Defenders; the Sub-Mariner recruited the Silver Surfer and the Hulk to strengthen his bargaining posture to negotiate the abandonment of a nuclear weather controller by the United Nations. Although they were never officially banded as a team; because of their combined physical might they were otherwise known at the Titans Three.
At a later date Dr. Strange is forced to recruit the Sub-Mariner and Hulk to stop the sorcerer's his old enemy Yandroth from detonating the world’s nuclear arsenal; using the Omegatron - a super-computer created by science and sorcery.
The two powerhouses manage to breach the Omegatron's defenses allowing Dr. Strange's astral form to gain access to the computer. Attempting to deactivate the super-computer, Strange discovers Yandroth's true plot was to use his comrades’ physical assault to generate enough kinetic energy to activate the doomsday machine. Forced to divert his teammates against one another to stop their assault, Strange cast a spell, freezing the Omegatron in time stasis moments before it could activate the world's nuclear arsenal.
Coming closer to causing disaster than averting it, the group decides it would be best to part company. Though, eventually destiny would take a hand, and there would come a day... a day like no other... the day they would once again unite as the Defenders!