Thanks!
For me, the very best-est issues ever were 1-12. There was some real Magic to them! You have a lot of those issues in Vol 2. Sorry you did not love them.
Then I loved 13-50. #20-45 were really good! #50 final Fight with Zodiac LMDs! I thought Val was going to kill a few of them (but she did not)!
60-115. I loved #64 where we see Val's full power as she throws a man up to airplane sky level! A feat of Wonder Woman-level strength! "Friend and foe beware-the Valkyrie gone mad!"
Some later issues had guest stars, which was nice and fun.
Then, to me, after that, all magic was completely lost!
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I guess that depends on what you consider "good?"
The book was different things at various times. I loved the first year or so because of the line up and the whole NOT the Avengers / non-team thing. Also, arguably, the Avengers Defenders War was Marvel's first event -- it was pretty amazing, if you read it when it was coming out, as I did. When Gerber came on, it became more quirky, or as Ptrvc said, weird. It was more like a watercooler book. And then David Kraft came on, with a different twist, and then J.M. DeMatteis -- so there was plenty of good, IMO, but it was different, depending on the writer.
Here's a columnist at Comics Bulletin that considers the Gerber run the best.
http://comicsbulletin.com/top-10-1970s-marvels/Originally Posted by Jason Sacks @ Comics Bulletin
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
For me, it would be the Six-Fingered Hand storyline.
But I discovered that long after the series had ended.
I first started reading Defenders with the Squadron Supreme story, so I was only around for a couple years before they became the New Defenders and it was one of the hardest titles to find issues of in my town.
I do remember being excited for the New Defenders. The covers were really good and a few of the new members were pretty new to me at the time.
Unfortunately, it didn't last.
"There's magic in the sound of analog audio." - CNET.
My definitive Defenders lineup would be
Dr Strange
Sub-Mariner
Hulk
Valkyrie
Nighthawk
Hellcat
Based on where I came into the Defenders (around #108) and what I read...
My definitive team would be:
Dr. Strange
Valkyrie
Hellcat
Nighthawk
Gargoyle
Beast
Mainly because they were the more prominent members when I was reading.
"There's magic in the sound of analog audio." - CNET.
Thank you for your responses.
The Defenders appears to be a book that I can actually finish. I've tried to do that with Fantastic Four, Uncanny X-Men and Avengers before, but simply could not because it felt too dated and boring in the early issues. Last time I could finish a complete run was with Excalibur.
I am really looking forward to the addition of Daimon Hellstrom into the book. He's one of my favorite characters.
Oh, then you'll definitely like those issues, with him and Patsy.
Excalibur is great! And now that I think about it, they and the Defenders share a certain ... oddness, that makes the stories fresh, regardless of the times, and not dated. I enjoy the FF and the Avengers, but they are very much of their time periods. I haven't gone back and read Claremont's X-Men, but I wouldn't think they would be that dated -- well, except in Claremont's endless prose. LOL!
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
I really liked this one...
Of course, there were a few covers that weren't so hot...
"There's magic in the sound of analog audio." - CNET.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
I was cleaning out my room and found some issues of Secret Defenders I bought on a whim. Haven't opened them though.
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?
Some Defenders fanart from the previous thread:
by Doc Shaner
by John Byrne
by John Byrne
Namor the Sub-Mariner, Marvel's oldest character, will have been published for 85 years in 2024. So where's my GOOD Namor anniversary ongoing, Marvel?