Doctor Strange's ragtag Defenders face their final trial in the Third Cosmos, where the concepts of good and evil are locked in primal, eternal conflict. When the Masked Raider's identity is finally revealed, will the truth be their salvation...or their undoing?
Its the final showdown at the beginning of the universe, and somehow Eternity is the least impressive player in the room. Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez have made the Defenders return to the comic page one of the most impressive and gorgeous books on stands. The Defenders are on their way back this summer, so if you havent picked this project up yet, now is the time to. Read Full Review
Defenders has reassembled one of Marvel Comics' oddest teams for a story that builds upon their strangeness with wonderful results and delivers one of the vividly imagined and well-told Defenders tales ever put to paper. Read Full Review
Excellent!
After some intense meta-fictional navel-gazing, this series coasts smoothly to a halt with a corny twist, a classic "power of teamwork" win, and a "home sweet home" end for Dr. Strange (pity he's about to die).
The visuals remain exceptionally powerful, though they're slightly simpler than past chapters. This works well with the primordial setting, I think.
I'm OK with the similar simplicity of the plot resolution. The script still does all its other jobs extremely well, with some nice bits of sparkle poking out of the dialogue.
Overall, this volume of the Defenders was profoundly weird and fun, but definitely not for everyone. This is a story for lazy afternoon contemplation, possibly under the influence of more
Give me more!
I so hope that this one gets the treasury edition it deserves. The art is amazing. And Ewing backs it up with clever, fun writing. I hope the creative team remains the same when the Defenders return, as promised in the back of the book.
Decent ending for a pretty bad book overall.
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