Synopsis:
The Defenders, Doctor Strange, Hulk, and Valkyrie, return to headquarters in
Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum. Val tells Clea that she wishes she knew more about
her teammates. Clea casts a spell to give Val visions of their early lives….
“Banished
to Outer Space”
Reprinted
from THE INCREDIBLE HULK (1962) #3.
In
the next room, Hulk slowly vanishes and Clea feels it as she shows Val Namor’s
past….
“Bird
of Prey!”
Writer/artist:
Bill Everett.
Synopsis:
Story reprinted from SUB-MARINER (1954 series) #41.
Teenage
Namor is flying through the skies to make his non-flying pals jealous. He is
fired on by a plane, thinking it is a type of bird. He seizes it and releases
its “eggs,” which explode harmlessly on an iceberg, then rips its tail off,
sending it into a death spiral. When Namor returns home, he is told he is a
hero for downing a Nazi warplane, which humbles him.
Dr.
Strange realizes that Clea’s spell “makes the past live again” …and then he disappears
too….
“To
Catch a Magician!”
Synopsis:
Reprinted from STRANGE TALES #145.
In
an odd fantasy land, Hulk is once again trapped in a spaceship, Namor is
fighting Nazi planes, and Strange is facing Mister Rasputin. Strange casts a
spell drawing them all together where they beat Rasputin and latch onto Clea’s
mind to draw them back where they came from. Clea apologizes for screwing up
and Val admits she has learned that her formidable allies are also good men.
“The
Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer!”
Reprinted
from FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #5.