At the end of the day, "The Defenders"is weird and wonderful in a way that we may not see again for a long time. 9/10 Read Full Review

"Defenders" #12 brings Fraction's wacky run on these disparate characters to an end. He draws his large story to a close the way it started, just slightly left of the middle. This isn't an instant classic, but there will be merit in revisiting this story as a whole in a few years after letting the initial read settle in. This issue provides some poignant moments and does cap the series quite nicely. Read Full Review

Yet for someone who has had plenty of misgivings over this iteration of Defenders, I give Fraction some credit for at least trying to wrap up his messy, loose story with a nice bow on top, and I give credit to Marvel for trying to bring this book in for a soft landing with a nice artistic pinch-hitter. This team wasn't the best one Marvel's ever launched, and it wasn't necessarily the best fit for Fraction as a writer " but sometimes you have to play the cards you're dealt, and Fraction is cashing out with some serious skill. Read Full Review

But you know what they say: it's better to have read a great comic with a bad ending, than to have never have read a great comic at all. Something like that, anyway. Read Full Review