The Defenders
WARNING : The following contains spoilers forDefenders # 1
As Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes , theAvengersare one of comics ’ most iconic and powerful superhero teams , butMarvel’sDefendersare the one group that is even more hard-core thanCaptain America and his allies- and they have it off it . As Earth ’s Mightiest , the Avengers are the team best suited for monumental supervillain flak or world - threatening alien invasions . But when affair get downright weird , the Defenders are the one to call .
While the non - team typically saves the Clarence Day , more often than not , they do so by the pelt of their teeth . After all , the guardian are a more loosely cockle group and more of torpedo with rotating members depending on the threat at deal . With the terror gear up up inDefenders # 1by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez though , the situation call for the Defenders ’ newest and most severe roster yet .
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With the Masked Raiderwarning Doctor Strangeof a new threat to all of realism , the Sorcerer Supreme is forced to pile up the Defenders once more using a spell called the Tarot of the Secret Flame , unusual summons his ally , admit the Silver Surfer and the Red Harpy , hazard the modification of Fate itself as he anticipate them . But when unknown summons the Defender of sometime known as Cloud , a sentient nebula , he nearly demolish the world before he can work to give it a corporal form . As unknown works to undo his mistake , he thinks to himself , “ Welcome to the Defenders , Stephen Strange . There are no convention . ”
This says a lot not just about the Defenders as a group , but also about the way its members view their association . Doctor Strange , and by extension , the Defenders as a whole , know that they are n’t the most traditional superhero team . They ’re the group to call when things get too unbalanced to care and there are no other options .
While the Avengers are a standing organization with procedures and regulations , the withstander are n’t as rigid in their social structure . These heroes only come together when the position absolutely demands it and can be comfortably account as an “ in case of emergency , break meth ” chemical group , as opposed to being Earth ’s first and good melody of defense . Without a direful position drawing them together , the withstander happily go their separate way every time .
TheDefenders may not beMarvel ’s most integrated superintendent - team , but they are one of its most dangerous . They ’ve save the world in secret on more than one function from threat that even theAvengerscouldn’t have handled . ground ’s Mightiest Heroes are no pushovers , but they just are n’t quite as severe asMarvel’sDefenders .
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