| Release: | May 08, 2013 |
| Cover: | May 2013 |
Defenders #126-139, Iceman #1-4 ; Beauty And The Beast #1-4
| Release: | May 08, 2013 |
| Cover: | May 2013 |
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 on Professor X - and starts World War III? Plus: Iceman takes on the villainous Void in a time-traveling existential adventure! Beast and Dazzler vs. Doctor Doom and a mutant fight club! The menace of Manslaughter! The power of Odin! The redemption of Moondragon! The attack of?Frog-Man and the Walrus?! And more! Collecting DEFENDERS (1972) #126-139, ICEMAN (1984) #1-4 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1984) #1-4.
| Writer | J.M. DeMatteis, Ann Nocenti, Peter B. Gillis, Marie Severin |
| Artist | Marie Severin, Alan Kupperberg |
| Cover Artist | Chris Warner |
| Cover Colorist | Thomas Mason |
| Penciller | Mike Zeck, Don Perlin, Sal Buscema, Alan Kupperberg |
| Inker | Alan Kupperberg, Mike Mignola, Mike Gustovich, Kim DeMulder |
| Letterer | Rick Parker, Joe Rosen, Cliff Chiang |
| Editor | Carl Potts, Jennifer Grünwald, Mark D. Beazley, Nelson Ribeiro, Jim Shooter |
| Editor in Chief | Axel Alonso |
| Beast | Henry 'Hank' McCoy |
| Iceman | Robert 'Bobby' Drake |
| Nicholas 'Nick' Fury Sr. | |
| Angel | Warren Worthington III |
| Dr. Doom | Victor von Doom |
| Wonder Man | Simon Williams |
| Cannonball | Samuel 'Sam' Guthrie |
| Odin | Odin Borson |
| Sunspot | Roberto 'Bobby' da Costa |
| Dazzler | Alison Blaire |
| Valkyrie | Brunnhilde |
| Moondragon | Heather Douglas |
| Gargoyle | Isaac Christians |
| Candy Southern | |
| Frog-Man | Eugene Patilio |
| Red Wolf | William Talltrees |
| Mad Dog | Robert 'Buzz' Baxter |
| Professor Power | Anthony Power |
| Aragorn | |
| William Drake | |
| Oblivion | |
| Slither | Aaron Salomon |
| Psyche | Danielle Moonstar |
| Madeline Drake | |
| Walrus | Hubert Carpenter |
| Seraph | Sonya Tolsky |
| Shocker | Randall Darby |
| Burner | Byron Calley |
| Lifter | Ned Lathrop |
| Alexander Flynn | |
| Leap-Frog | Vincent Patilio |
| Idiot | |
| White Light | |
| Poltergeist | Mickey Silk |
| Dolly Donahue | |
| Blowtorch | Peter Brand |
| Leviathan | Edward Cobert |
| Oliver Cutlass | |
| Cloud | Carol Faber |
| Sassafras | |
| Ephraim Soles | |
| Max Rocker | |
| Manslaughter | |
| Kali (Marvel) | |
| Ivich | Ivich Williamson |
| Age | Modern Age |
|---|---|
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Series Group | Defenders |
| Genre | Action | Adventure | Super-Heroes |
| No. of Pages | 528 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |