So Marvel Feature #1 involves Dr. Strange sees a mystic threat involving Yandroth. So he summons Hulk and Sub-Mariner. Pretty funny issue.
Together, they beat the villain in just one issue and all go their separate ways.
They finally get a name. And they’re all quitting.
Then, Marvel Feature #2 involves Dr. Strange getting kidnapped by Dormammu. So Clea sends a mystic SOS and summons Hulk and Sub-Mariner. They beat Dormammu in one issue and all go their separate ways.
Then, Marvel Feature #3 involves Jim Wilson watching the filming of a TV show where something goes mystically wrong, so he asks Dr. Strange for help. Hulk comes along and Strange summons Sub-Mariner for help.
At the end of #3, Sub-Mariner tells Dr. Strange to lose his phone number. And Hulk says he doesn’t want to be on a team. Makes sense, because Strange keeps calling them for help and he’s always a dick about it.
The villain above, Xemnu, was the first Hulk.
It was in two Lee/Kirby issues of Journey to Mystery. Xemnu hadn’t been seen since. But he’ll be a fairly regular foe of The Defenders.
After this, they get their own comic.
Even though they’re broken up and not a team.
Cute beginning. Good ideas. Steve Englehart will make this work a lot better than Roy Thomas ever could.