<div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">The city that never sleeps hosts a number of heroes who never quit. Each has carved out a niche in their battle against crime and injustice of all sorts. Up until this point most of it has been relatively tame and manageable, at least in human terms. But something is emerging from the darkness, things distinctly alien and unnatural, the antithesis of humanity in every sense of the word. It will wait no longer for its opportunity to take hold in the realm inhabited by mankind and will devour anyone or anything that stands in its way. Unfortunately for those heroes, it knows of their exploits whether they have tried to keep a low profile or not. It understands very well how difficult they will make its attempt at conquest and subjugation. And it has quite a perverse appetite for tormenting its enemies.<br/><br/>A lunar eclipse is due tonight. Nothing extraordinary, cosmically speaking, but nothing heralds a dark overlord's hellish hordes than a blanket of darkness in an already light-deprived city. Without warning, the attack will commence. Without mercy, the beasts will strike.<br/><br/><em>We are about to find out just who New York's Finest really are.</em></span></strong></div><br/><br/>(http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/5513956/TheDefendersLSMarvel_article_story_large.jpg)(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/5599/194661-149512-cloak-and-dagger.jpg)(http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Punisher-Blade-Marvel-Comics.jpg)(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/1/19/Heroes_for_Hire_Vol_3_12_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110912184323)