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Defenders Epic Collection #7
Defenders Epic Collection, Vol. 7: Ashes, Ashes...
Collects Defenders (1972) #110-125, Avengers Annual (1967) #11.
The Defenders face threats Satanic, Seussian and everything in between! Marvel's greatest non-team will take you on adventures made with their own special brand of action and interpersonal drama, topped by a heaping helping of the absurd! In this Epic Collection, the Defenders battle the cosmic Over-Mind, the alternate-Earth Squadron Supreme, the fan-favorite Elf with a Gun, the Avengers and even themselves! Patsy Walker's relationship with Daimon Hellstrom - the Son of Satan - will flower, while classic Defenders - Hulk, Namor, and the Silver Surfer - will return! Out of it all, the New Defenders -featuring Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Moondragon - will rise, and nothing will be the same. Same as it ever was!
The Defenders face threats Satanic, Seussian and everything in between! Marvel's greatest non-team will take you on adventures made with their own special brand of action and interpersonal drama, topped by a heaping helping of the absurd! In this Epic Collection, the Defenders battle the cosmic Over-Mind, the alternate-Earth Squadron Supreme, the fan-favorite Elf with a Gun, the Avengers and even themselves! Patsy Walker's relationship with Daimon Hellstrom - the Son of Satan - will flower, while classic Defenders - Hulk, Namor, and the Silver Surfer - will return! Out of it all, the New Defenders -featuring Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Moondragon - will rise, and nothing will be the same. Same as it ever was!
437 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2017
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J.M. DeMatteis
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DeMatteis, John Marc
Ellis, Michael
Lombego, Wally
Bio:
J.M. DeMatteis was a professional musician/singer and rock music journalist before entering comics in the late 70's.
Credits include Spider-Man, Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams, Justice League, Abadazad, Hero Squared, the Life and Times of Savior 28.
Created I, Vampire , Creature Commandos, Moonshadow, Hero Squared (co-creator), Abadazad, Stardust Kid, Savior 28 and more.
DeMatteis, John Marc
Ellis, Michael
Lombego, Wally
Bio:
J.M. DeMatteis was a professional musician/singer and rock music journalist before entering comics in the late 70's.
Credits include Spider-Man, Moonshadow, Brooklyn Dreams, Justice League, Abadazad, Hero Squared, the Life and Times of Savior 28.
Created I, Vampire , Creature Commandos, Moonshadow, Hero Squared (co-creator), Abadazad, Stardust Kid, Savior 28 and more.
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October 16, 2021
É confuso, né?
Começa com o sempre necessário confronto com os Vingadores, um grupo manipulado pelo Nebulon e o outro pela Supernália - pois é, também não sei bem quem são.
Temos uma história com o Esquadrão Supremo que, como sempre, está sendo controlado mentalmente por um presença alienígena - o Overmind. Temos algumas bombásticas revelações sobre o Nighthawk, a Gata do Inferno, o Daimon Hellstorm e um tal de Homem Milagre. Umas feiticeiras do Império Secreto tentam sequestrar o Visão - aposentado morando com a Wanda no subúrbio. A Gata e o Daimon se casam e, numa história muito ruim, o Doutor Estranho, o Namor, o Hulk e o Surfista prometem nunca mais se chamarem de Defensores o que abre caminho para os Novos Defensores: Fera, Anjo, Homem de Gelo, Valquíria, Serpente da Lua e Gárgula.
Eu não gostei da arte, especialmente nas primeiras edições, os peitos da Valquíria parecem estrábicas, um aponta pro peixe, outro pro gato e em algumas imagens de grupo, claramente, falta um pedaço de alguns personagens.
As histórias são bem qualquer coisa, tem grandes e intermináveis monólogos sobre as dúvidas e inseguranças dos personagens, mas o maior problema é que eu não me importo com os personagens e isso não tem muito conserto.
Ah, claro, no meio de alguma história tem um cara fantasiado de caranguejo.
Começa com o sempre necessário confronto com os Vingadores, um grupo manipulado pelo Nebulon e o outro pela Supernália - pois é, também não sei bem quem são.
Temos uma história com o Esquadrão Supremo que, como sempre, está sendo controlado mentalmente por um presença alienígena - o Overmind. Temos algumas bombásticas revelações sobre o Nighthawk, a Gata do Inferno, o Daimon Hellstorm e um tal de Homem Milagre. Umas feiticeiras do Império Secreto tentam sequestrar o Visão - aposentado morando com a Wanda no subúrbio. A Gata e o Daimon se casam e, numa história muito ruim, o Doutor Estranho, o Namor, o Hulk e o Surfista prometem nunca mais se chamarem de Defensores o que abre caminho para os Novos Defensores: Fera, Anjo, Homem de Gelo, Valquíria, Serpente da Lua e Gárgula.
Eu não gostei da arte, especialmente nas primeiras edições, os peitos da Valquíria parecem estrábicas, um aponta pro peixe, outro pro gato e em algumas imagens de grupo, claramente, falta um pedaço de alguns personagens.
As histórias são bem qualquer coisa, tem grandes e intermináveis monólogos sobre as dúvidas e inseguranças dos personagens, mas o maior problema é que eu não me importo com os personagens e isso não tem muito conserto.
Ah, claro, no meio de alguma história tem um cara fantasiado de caranguejo.
October 24, 2022
A blend of the weird and the wonderful, this Epic Collection has it all. Personal stories of Defenders: Devil Slayer, Hellcat, Damian Hellstrom, Gargoyle. The return of Nighthawk, The Squadron Supreme and more.
The weird stories were tough to get through, but they all lead somewhere (even that damned Elf created by Steve Gerber finally got a full story).
Again, Love the Defenders and their Non-group, but that changes with The New Defenders staring: Beast, Angel, Iceman, Valkirie, and Gargoyle.
So sad about Doctor Strange, Namor, Silver Surfer, and the Hulk--but that is another tale for another time.
The weird stories were tough to get through, but they all lead somewhere (even that damned Elf created by Steve Gerber finally got a full story).
Again, Love the Defenders and their Non-group, but that changes with The New Defenders staring: Beast, Angel, Iceman, Valkirie, and Gargoyle.
So sad about Doctor Strange, Namor, Silver Surfer, and the Hulk--but that is another tale for another time.
January 28, 2020
I'm torn. 3,5 stars? The issues focusing on individual characters are some of the best I've read from Marvel in the '80s — easily as good, if not better as Claremont's X-Men. I also enjoyed the tonal variety from whacky-esoteric to religious-philosophical. Unfortunately there are a lot of filler issues in the beginning and towards the end and the artwork's also bit formulaic and too uneven throughout the volume to earn a full four stars. Still a very nice discovery of an offbeat book from my favorite Marvel era.
June 21, 2022
DeMatteis really does it for me. There is a plesant leval of devil worchip and mystical nonsense in every issue and while I could live without "Elf with a gun" on the whole I was happy to be along for the ride.
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