The Defenders
monition : contains spoilers forThe Defenders # 4 !
The Marvel Universe is full of powerful sorcerers , such asDoctor Strangeand the dread Dormammu , and now the straight rootage of the conjuration that fuels them has been revealed inDefenders#4 , on sale now in print and digitalDoctor Strange and histeam of Defenders journey back to the Fourth Cosmos on their seeking to stop Doctor Zota from destroying all creation — leading to a stunning divine revelation about magic ’s true beginnings .
Doctor Zota , a criminal from the future tense who uses both scientific discipline and magic in his schema , is traveling back through time , through previous incarnations of the universe of discourse , in a bid to loosen all reality . Doctor Strange hastily assembled a new team of Defenders to facilitate him stop Zota : the Masked Raider , Cloud , Harpy , the Silver Surfer and Taaia , the female parent of Galactus . In issue three , the team land in the Fifth Cosmos , a existence of pure magic , where its natural law and principle were first discovered . The Defenders defeated Moridun , the firstSorcerer Supreme , and after Harpy summoned the Green Door , the team found themselves up against a four - face fleeceable tool bearing an uncanny resemblance to the Incredible Hulk . The Defenders are now in the Fourth Cosmos , a universe of heroic archetype that will come across through the remaining cycles of creation — but the squad also pee-pee a uncovering about the Fourth Cosmos , one that sheds lighting on the origin of magic . The issue is write by Al Ewing , with art by Javier Rodriguez and letters by Joe Caramagna .
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Using their power of communication , Cloud is able to crock up the spoken communication barrier place upright between theDefenders and the denizensof the Fourth Cosmos . After Cloud convinces them to work together , the squad is visit by The Pilgrim , who key itself as “ the Sentience of the Fourth Cosmos … the True Believer . ” The Pilgrim reveal it will take a new form , and the free energy it shed in the process will do two thing : first , it will help oneself transmit the Defenders back to the Third Cosmos to go along their pursuit of Zota , who give them the slip in this issue as well . Secondly , it will help make the Fifth Cosmos — the generator of all magic in the Marvel Universe .
The Defenders#3 made it gain the Fifth Cosmos was thetrue beginnings of magic ; it was a existence of pure magic and the place where beings such as Moridun laid down its laws . However , the origin of the Fifth Cosmos , and what made it the source of magic in the first topographic point , had not been let on until now . Every embodiment of the Cosmos end with its Sentience disgorge its physique , a move that brings that cycle to an final stage and sets the stage for the next . In this case , Pilgrim ’s “ death ” unleashed the energies that would create magic in the next wheel , ensuring its stead in future cycles as well . It was onlyfitting thatDoctor Strange , considered one of magic ’s keen champions , was present to see its nascency .
As the defender continue their head trip to the First Cosmos , AKA the first Marvel Universe , they are seeing the cornerstone for the world they live lay before their oculus , and inDefenders#4 , they find out the true root of magic .
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