Essential Defenders, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)

undefined

Get ready for another 500+ pages of non-stop non-team action! Essential Defenders vol. 2 collects 16 more issues of The Defenders, plus five crossover issues, four giant-size stories, and a Marvel Treasury featuring Howard the Duck. Beginning with a throwaway issue of Giant-Size Defenders 1 (which is mostly reprints anyway), the real Defenders arc starts in issue 15, with the now-settled lineup of Dr. Strange, Valkyrie (except when she's off in search of her identity), Nighthawk, and (usually) Hulk (Silver Surfer being completely gone and the Sub-Mariner almost completely). They face Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in their quest to create the ultimate mutant; the Wrecking Crew with the help of Luke Cage, Power Man; and the Sons of the Serpent in an all-out war that swells the non-team roster as never before.

Particularly welcome are the Giant-Size issues, which feature a meeting with the Son of Satan, a confrontation alongside Daredevil with the games-playing Grandmaster, a development in Nighthawk's personal life that leads to a meeting with Yellowjacket and then a faceoff with the Squadron Sinister, and a meeting with the super-cool Guardians of the Galaxy that brings the Defenders to the 30th century to free the human race from the clutches of the Badoon. This 1974-76 run of Defenders was mostly written by Len Wein and Steve Gerber, with the bulk of the pencils by Sal Buscema, and this edition, like all of Marvel's Essentials, is printed in black and white. --David Horiuchi

For:$11.55
Product Rating:

5 Reviews
Info:
Set Price Alert Save to Wish List
Tags:
Jim Mooney, John Tartaglione, Klaus Janson, Len Wein, Mary Skrenes, Mike Esposito, Roger Slifer, Jim Starlin, Sal Buscema, Sam Grainger, Paperback, Amazon

BestDeal

$11.55 at Amazon

ComparePrices

SmartSort

title,desc	merchant	price	seeit
Essential Defenders, Vol. 2 (Marvel... Pages: 616, Edition: Direct Ed, Paperback, Marvel Comics	Amazon 11,619 reviews	$11.55 Coupon 1 coupon available Code:No Code Required Detail: FREE Shipping on orders over $25 at Amazon. Expires:Dec-31-2012 Restriction:Some restrictions apply. See site for details.	See it

*Shipping costs are based on an estimate of the lowest shipping rate available within the contiguous US, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Only merchants with this product in stock are listed (Merchants with this product back ordered have been removed from this list).

Do you see a pricing error? Please let us know by filling out a simple form: Click here

MoreStores

Write a review

ProductReviews89/100 (5 Reviews)

Recent Reviews

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-09-2009; Better than the first volume...; I wasn't sure why I bought Volume 2 of the Defenders since the first one was disappointing. I'm glad I did though, as the team comes together better once the Silver Surfer and Sub-Mariner disappear from the pages. Nighthawk becomes a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-30-2008; Ridding the Universe of Evil Intent; The Silver Surfer has flown off and Sub-Mariner has nearly floated out of the story lines, but this eclectic squad still packs a punch in this hefty volume of 616 pages that covers 1974-1976.Hulk, Nighthawk, Valkyrie and Dr. Strange...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-06-2008; More great "Defenders" tales; Essential Defenders Volume 2 is good fun, nicely mixing straight-up 1970's superhero stories with a peppering of the strange and offbeat. Highlights include a reprint of an actual 1940's-era Submariner story (embedded within an issue of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-15-2007; Defending good taste in comic books; Essential Defenders Volume II: from the very start (the confrontation with Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in issues 15 and 16, by far the best ones there) to the ending (Tapping Tommy and the Maggia goons in issue 30) it's a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

Selected Reviews

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-09-2009; Better than the first volume...; I wasn't sure why I bought Volume 2 of the Defenders since the first one was disappointing. I'm glad I did though, as the team comes together better once the Silver Surfer and Sub-Mariner disappear from the pages. Nighthawk becomes a...; read full review | report as inappropriate