By the end of the first issue, the team have managed to recover all the robots and engage the enemy in battle, but are still defeated and get captured. They escape by pushing a big red button which releases the Defenders' minds, unleashing the latter's' full combat capabilities. The pilots then track down the controllers of the savage aliens. They defeat them by causing the evil alien energy siphon to suck the energy from the sun, causing their space ship to explode.