THE DEFENDERS: THE VILLAINS
Like most superheroes, the Defenders had their share of foes to battle. Some were defeated with ease, while others became repeat offenders. These enemies of the Defenders are divided below into three groups. The Prime Foes, fought battles which were noteworthy in that their outcome had profound effects on the structure of the Defenders. The Minor Villains fought the Defenders for a usually a single battle and more often than not, were never heard from again. The Supporting Characters were normally used by The Prime Foes or Minor Villains to do the dirty work of these groups.
The Prime Foes: These foes have been at odds with the Defenders on more than one occasion or were featured in a story arc which spanned several issues. Often, these villains provided the catalyst for change within the Defenders. Portions of this are still under construction.
| Villain | Reason for battle | Appearances | Notes |
| Yandroth | To avenge an earlier loss to Dr. Strange, this sorcerer planned on using Omegatron, a Doomsday machine to destroy the world | Marvel Feature #1 | Also dies (?) in this issue |
| Necrodamus | Planned on sacrificing Namor to satisfy the Nameless One | Defenders #1 | Worshipped the Nameless One and Undying Ones |
| The Nameless One | Desired to kill Dr. Strange to avenge his masters, The Undying Ones | Defenders #1,3,20 | The Undying Ones |
| Enchantress | Turned the Black Knight to stone with a kiss | Defenders #4,20 | Amora |
| Executioner | Asgardian who does the bidding of his love, the Enchantress | Defenders #4,20 | Skurge, love slave of Enchantress |
| Loki | Assisted Dormammu in his effort to conquer Earth's dimension in order to regain his sight | Defenders #8,9,10,11 Avengers #116,118 |
Went insane as a result of the Evil Eye's power |
| Dormammu | Set out to use the Evil Eye to allow his Dark Dimension and Earth's to merge | Marvel Feature #2, Defenders #8-11 Avengers #116,118 |
Destroyed (?) by the Evil Eye's power |
| Omegatron | Designed to destroy the Earth by saying its maker's name "Yandroth" | Marvel Feature #1 Defenders #5 |
Created by Yandroth |
| Attuma | Wanted to conquer Atlantis, partnered with the Red Ghost | Defenders #7,8 | Enemy of Sub-Mariner |
| Red Ghost | Wanted to conquer Atlantis using controlled sea-life as his troops | Defenders #7,8 | Ivan Kragoff |
| The Avengers | Tricked into battle with Defenders by Loki | Defenders #9,10 | Tricked by Loki & Dormammu into battle |
| Squadron Sinister | Sold the Earth to Nebulon in exchange for their freedom | Defenders #13,14 | Hyperion, Dr. Spectrum, Whizzer |
| Nebulon | Bought the Earth and wanted it covered with water for his own habitation | Defenders #13,14,33.34 | a.k.a Celestial Man |
| Magneto | Created Alpha the Ultimate Mutant with alien technology to take over the world | Defenders #15,16 | Teamed with Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
| The Blob | Assisted Magneto in plot to rule world | Defenders #15,16 | Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
| Mastermind | Assisted Magneto in plot to rule world | Defenders #15,16 | Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
| Lorelia | Assisted Magneto in plot to rule world | Defenders #15,16 | Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
| Unus | Assisted Magneto in plot to rule world | Defenders #15,16 | Brotherhood of Evil Mutants |
| Alpha | Created by Magneto to conquer world | Defenders #16 | a.k.a. The Ultimate Mutant |
| Wrecking Crew | Destroy Kyle Richmond's buildings in search of a gamma bomb | Defenders #17,18,19 | The Wrecker, Thunderball, Bulldozer and Piledriver |
| Headmen | Put New York in a nightmare, stole Nighthawk's brain, | Defenders #21,31-33 | Dr. Nagan, Jerry Morgan and Chondru |
| Sons of the Serpent | Racist organization who threaten to take over the USA | Defenders #22-25 | White supremists |
| The Empire of the Badoon | Conquerors of Earth in 3000 AD | Defenders #26 | Enemies of Guardians of the Galaxy |
| Lunatik | Professor Turk (Arisen Tyrk) | #61,72 | |
| The Presence | Rejected by Red Guardian | #53-55? | #61 (c) |
| August Masters | Defenders #102 | used Mindy's telepathy | |
| Mindy | Defenders #102 | telepathy | |
The Minor Villains: These villains usually appeared in a single battle and were notable only in that the Defenders were required as a group to defeat them. Portions of this are still under construction.
| Villain | Reason For Battle | Appearences | Notes |
| Calizuma | Deceived the Silver Surfer by posing as harmless humanoid ape-like creatures | Defenders #2 | Led the Warrior Wizards |
| Queen Casiolena | Imprisoned the Black Knight and Enchantress | Defenders #4 | A minor sorceress |
| Fragon | Follows Queen Casiolena's orders | Defenders #4 | Queen Casiolena's Conjurer |
| Cyrus Black | To avenge an earlier defeat by Dr. Strange | Defenders #6 | Used dream creations to attack while he slept |
| Temax | Very powerful Earth Gnome used to battle Defenders (especially the Hulk) | Defenders #11 | Giant Gnome summoned by Chandu |
| Chandu | Employed by Prince John to usurp King Richard the Lion Hearted during the Crusades | Defenders #11 | Arabian Wizard of the Crusades |
| Prince John | Wanted to usurp his brother King Richard | Defenders #11 | Brother of King Richard |
| Modred | Aided Prince John in his effort to usurp his brother, King Richard during the Crusades | Defenders #11 | Evil Magician of Crusades |
| Xemnu | This white furred alien, the last of his race, continually tries to repopulate his planet with Earth's children | Marvel Feature #3, Defenders #12 | previously called the Hulk |
| Power Man | Hired by Nighthawk's secretary to protect building owned by Kyle Richmond | Defenders #17 | Luke Cage, Hero for Hire |
| Sister Celestia | Aided Van Nyborg to sacrifice Val and Strange to allow Nameless Ones entrance to our universe | Defenders #20 | Mother of Barbara Denton |
| Van Nyborg | With Sister Celestia, tried to sacrifice Val and Strange to permit Nameless One access to Earth | Defenders #20 | Cult Leader |
| Tapping Tommy | Kidnaps Kyle Richmond and nearly defeats the entire Defenders team in this silly story | Defenders #29 | Totally lame villain |
The Supporting Characters: These enemies were usually summoned by the Prime Foes or the Minor Villains to do battle against the Defenders, or existed in the worlds or dimensions that the villains occupied. This portion is still under construction.
| Villain | Reason For Battle | Appearences | Notes |
| Devil of the Dark | Summoned by Necrodamus to slow Defenders | Defenders #1 | Guards the entrance to Necrodamus' lair |
| Mindless Ones | Guardians of Dormammu's Dark Dimension, intercepted Defenders advance | Avengers #118 | Live in the outskirts of Dormammu's Dark Dimension |
| Giant Gnomes | Summoned by Chandu to battle Defenders | Defenders #11 | Defeated by water |
| The Elf | Kills people randomly | Defenders #25, 29 | Cameo appearances (25,29) |
| Zinnia | Giant robot used by Emperor Goozot to capture Hulk and Yondu | Defenders #28 | Able to subdue foes with mind control termed "in Thrall" |
| Emperor Goozot | Ruler of a world which features "death-games" as the primary entertainment. | Defenders #28 | |
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