so many thoughts here. I always thought Gladiator and Moondragon would be fun as teammates on a cosmic team, but putting them on earth is its own kind of genius.... something something pointy ears + "live long and prosper" jokes.... my kid and I were discussing Monet a couple weeks back and we both agreed that anyone with her abilities would and probably should have a bit of a superiority complex. I'd probably say the same for Kalark and Heather.... speaking of whom, I'm also betting Heather would absolutely LOATHE Quentin... probably wouldn't take to kindly to any of the men trying to bark orders at her, for that matter. this would be all kinds of fun.
wait, on second thought.... you could even write it where, a few issues in, Pietro ends up not being fast enough to prevent come sort of catastrophe... so Namor ramps up the tension by calling Northstar in for "whenever they need someone who can move faster than a broadcast signal" lol
^^^Honestly?
Quicksilver beat him out by virtue of me finding a pic w. his arms crossed that matched up w. Namor and Gladiator.
^^^Oh that is F’ing GOLD!
^^^Glad you liked it, I thought it’d be fun too!
^^^ha!!!
you already found the mine lol. maybe I'll take credit for adding to the pot
here's another idea to stir it further...
Kalark watches the whole speedster debacle play out, then calmly approaches Namor/Northstar/Quicksilver with a raised eyebrow and rhetorical questment: "why was any of this even necessary? I'm faster than both of them combined"
on another note, I think you also ended up with a Marvel team that could wipe the floor with the Justice League without just copying the Squadron Supreme
A kind of a different spin on The Defenders…:
• Top tier powerhouse w. a complicated past, THE SENTRY.
• A powerhouse in her own right, AMERICA CHAVEZ.
• The Man of Steel, COLOSSUS.
• The fastest man alive, QUICKSILVER.
• Two old pros, CAPTAIN AMERICA and THIN MAN.
• Mistress of the mystic arts, NICO MINORU.
• Size changing little big man, MICROMAX.
Just a small Avengers line up I’d like to see, w. Janet as leader, Jen bringing the banter and the muscle, Monica providing the most versatile powerset, Steve proving a good Soldier can take orders as well as give them, and Tony for all things tech and being all snarky cool.