Last Defenders, The (2008 series) #6

A new set of Defenders—She-Hulk, Krang, Son of Satan, and a new Nighthawk—arrive at the Omegatron to rescue Kyle Richmond by battling Yandroth’s warped monster versions of his former teammates, Hyperion, Dr. Spectrum, and the Whizzer. Yandroth is interested in the newcomers. Kyle is impressed at how the new team works together so well and confidently, following the orders of this Nighthawk who isn’t him. After the baddies are defeated and a satisfied Yandroth has teleported away, Kyle tries to question these Defenders but they put him off with talk of time travel and their limited window for returning to their own time. But She-Hulk pauses to tell Kyle he’s have to figure things out and not to give up on her as this is the greatest thing he’s ever done. They leave and then the Omegatron sends Kyle back to his own time….

Two weeks later, Kyle tries to talk She-Hulk into a new Defenders team, unconnected to the Initiatives. His talk about destiny intrigues her and she is willing to see what he has in mind….

Son of Satan approaches Krang, the new Avenging Son as he is battling pirates, to tell him of a greater mandate, the Defenders….

Kyle approaches Joaquin Pennysworth, SHIELD agent branded a failure and relegated to a desk job, offering him the chance of being the new Nighthawk….

At the Hoboken compound of the Defenders, Kyle is approached by a SHIELD bureaucrat, Agent Perkins, who tells him he is no longer authorized to be in the area which is scheduled to be sold. Kyle responds that he is the one who bought it for his own purposes—and that he has trademarked the name “Defenders.” Perkins departs to inform Tony Stark. And Kyle assembles his four heroes to decide what comes next….

Epilogue: Yandroth looks on all this with satisfaction and, having served its purpose, the Recorder is destroyed by Yandroth. The Defenders have taken the first step and now he waits to see if the Last Defenders are reality’s greatest hope or its greatest liability….