Appearing in "Dollar Bill's Documentary Disaster Part 1: Membership Madness!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Defenders for a Day (First appearance)
Black Goliath 
(Joins Team) - Captain Marvel (Joins Team)
- Captain Ultra (Joins Team)
- Falcon (Joins Team)
- Havok (Joins Team)
- Hercules (Joins Team)
- Iron Fist (Joins Team)
- Jack of Hearts (Joins Team)
- Marvel Man (Joins Team)
- Ms. Marvel (Joins Team)
- Nova (Joins Team)
- Paladin (Joins Team)
- Polaris (Joins Team)
- Prowler (Joins Team)
- Son of Satan (Joins Team)
- Stingray (Joins Team)
- Tagak (Joins Team)
- Torpedo (Joins Team)
- White Tiger (Joins Team)
Adversaries:
Other Characters:
- Dollar Bill
- Agent of Fortune (Earth-616) (Only in flashback)
- Spider-Man (Only in flashback)
- Lunatik (Only in flashback)
- Aragorn
- The Presence
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Dollar Bill's Documentary Disaster Part 1: Membership Madness!"
- Synopsis not yet written
Notes
- While this story features many heroes showing up for membership in the Defenders, a number of heroes shown on the cover did not even appear in this issue, these characters are: Iron Man (who does appear briefly in the next issue, but not to join the group), Human Torch, Power Man (Who has already previously been a member of the Defenders), Angel (Who would eventually join up with the Defenders at a later date), and Spider-Woman.
- Lunatik next appears in Defenders #64
- Letters page 'Defenders Dialogue' with letters from Jim Rivers, Dave Cerreta, Jacob Lasky, and Richard Bedard.