Appearing in "Games Godlings Play!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ⏴ Grandmaster ⏵
- ⏴ Prime Mover ⏵
- Takkor (First appearance)
- Chiroptera (First appearance)
- Dumog ⏵ (First appearance)
- Teju ⏵ (First appearance)
- Grunds (First appearance)
- Grott the Slayer ⏵ (First appearance)
- ⏴ Korvac ⏵ (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Kang (Only in flashback)
- Avengers (Only in flashback)
- Captain America (Only in flashback)
- Goliath (Only in flashback)
- Iron Man (Only in flashback)
- Thor (Only in flashback)
- Squadron Sinister (Only in flashback)
- Hyperion (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Spectrum (Only in flashback)
- Whizzer (Only in flashback)
- Nick Fury (Only in flashback)
- Dr. Doom (Only in flashback)
- Aragorn
Locations:
- New York City
- Doctor Doom's Castle (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Eye of Agamotto
- Cloak of Levitation
- Daredevil's Billy Club
- Captain America's Shield
- Captain America's Uniform
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Games Godlings Play!"
The Defenders and Daredevil are selected by the Grandmaster and the Prime Mover to participate in their latest game, in which the Grandmaster pits them against beings from different eras and planets selected by the Prime Mover to do battle. The winner get's Earth as their prize.
Pitting two of Grandmaster's champions against at least one of those of the Prime Mover, the Defenders still manage to win, even though some of their numbers are killed in the battle. However, when the Grandmaster wins, he revives those who were killed. Having lost, the Prime Mover shorts out of breaks down and the Grandmaster prepares to take ownership of the Earth. However, Daredevil challenges him to a coin toss, to which Daredevil wins thanks to his heightened senses. Losing it all, the Grandmaster returns the Defenders to Earth, and leaving all alone... Until next time that is..
Appearing in "The World Destroyers!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Byrrah
- Communists
Other Characters:
- Atlanteans
- Betty Dean (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Synopsis for "The World Destroyers!"
With his super-human abilities fading, the Sub-Mariner is asked by Namora to return to Atlantis to meet with the Emperor. There the Emperor shows Namor that his once mighty powers have been reduced to only the ability to breath underwater and enhanced strength. The Emperor explains to Namor that they have developed a machine that will restore Namor's full strength, invulnerability and flight. However Byrrah has seen to it that it won't work after stealing the formula needed to operate the machine. Suspecting that Byrrah was responsible, the Sub-Mariner confronts him and forces him to turn over the formula.
Namor then subjects to himself the device and finds his powers restored to normal. Happy to find his experiment a success, the Emperor orders Namor to resume his one man war on the surface world. Despite Namor's pleas that he has friends on the surface (such as Betty Dean) he has no choice but to follow the Emperor's orders. On the surface, the Sub-Mariner spots what appears to be a Russian sub attacking an American ship. Disabling the sub, he witnesses Byrrah and his men and his faithful minions flee the sub, in an attempt to make Namor betray the Emperor's orders.
Namor holds the American ship together and helps it get back to port. There the Sub-Mariner informs the crew of the ship that it was he who helped keep the ship together and get them to safety. When the crew refuses to believe him, the Sub-Mariner angrily sinks it before returning home.
Appearing in "The House of Shadows!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Captain Barracuda's Crew
- Captain Barracuda (First appearance)
- "Baldy"
- Numerous unnamed crewmembers
Other Characters:
- Fantastic Four
- X-Men
- Gotham Boat Line (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed cruise patrons
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Name only)
Races and Species:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Unidentified Gotham Boat Line Cruise Ship
- Captain Barracuda's Boat
Synopsis for "The House of Shadows!"
When both the Human Torch and Iceman take the same cruise in New York Harbor, a spat between the elemental supers breaks out over Johnny's date Dorrie Evans. However, their rivalry for the girl's affections ends when the ship is raided by the pirate Captain Barracuda and his men. The two heroes team up and use their powers to take down Barracuda and his crew, but quickly following the battle, Iceman has to leave in order to protect his secret identity. Afterwards, the Torch realizes he has a newfound respect for his polar opposite.
Notes
- Games Godlings Play!
- Plot by Gerber, Starlin and Wein, script by Gerber.
- Inks (issue pages): Adkins pages 1-7, 10-11, 22-27, 43, Newton pages 14-19, 31-36, 38, Mooney pages 8-9, 30, 37, 39, 44.