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  Originally posted on the Substack version of this site on January 8, 2026. Unless noted, all art in this entry was published in Defenders #62, August 1978. Written by David Anthony Kraft, pencilled by Sal Buscema, inked by Jim Mooney. What does one do when an unexpected mass of superheroes shows up on your doorstep? Serve them coffee, of course! Even if, as an Asgardian valkyrie, you’ve never brewed a pot of it over your centuries of life. And so, we have one of the goofiest sequences published in a 1970s Marvel comic. Because today feels like a day we could use a little goofiness as a breather. Cover art for Defenders #62 by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton. This cover includes several heroes who weren’t even part of this storyline, like Iron Man and the Human Torch! Clockwise from the centre: Nighthawk, Angel, Hellcat, Iron Man, Human Torch, Dollar Bill, Hulk, Hercules, Nova, Valkyrie, Power Man (Luke Cage), Iron Fist, Jack of Hearts, Captain Marvel, Falcon, Spider-Woman. The Def...

We suspect most heroes follow the Thing's route of relaxation, as did readers of Fun and Games . This comic book/puzzle magazine hybrid had a short, 13-issue run, which ended a month after this ad appeared. The series had a Canadian link, as it was developed and drawn by Halifax cartoonist Owen McCarron . We won't dig too deeply into what exactly turned Spider-Woman on. Marvel Super-Heroes began its life as Fantasy Masterpieces in 1966, a series that reprinted a mixture of 1940s superhero tales and late 1950/early 1960s monster stories. The latter were dropped when the title changed with issue #12 in 1967, replaced by new stories intended to introduce new characters or spotlight existing ones without a series, a la DC's Showcase (with the exception of a Spider-Man tale in #14 not drawn by the web-spinner's regular art team). With #21, the title switched to 1960s Marvel reprints, including early tales of the X-Men and Daredevil. The Hulk took over the lead repr...