
Netflix’s “The Defenders” finally brings Marvel’s “street level” super hero team to television, but the four leads aren’t the only Marvel characters who’ve staffed the group. In the comics, The Defenders have had dozens of incarnations over the years — fitting since the team is defined by its lack of organization. No bylaws, just a convenient team-up of whoever is available whenever something needs stopping, even if the team doesn’t like each other. Here’s who has signed up as an official team member since the comic’s 1971 debut.
(Note: We’re not counting those who joined the team for a single battle in the 1970s, the so-called “defenders for a day.”)