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Defenders By Matt Fraction Vol. 1 (2012)

by Matt Fraction(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Graphic Novels & Comics

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Marvel

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Defenders by Matt Fraction

review 1: I remember considering picking up the singles when this came out. But having been fairly disappointed by Fear Itself and having dropped Matt Fraction's run on Mighty Thor rather quickly, I simply didn't feel like picking up anything by the author for a while, even though the team intrigued me.Now I kinda regret not having picked up the singles. Who knows, maybe they were just missing my money to keep this series going for a while longer. Because this run was actually decent. Because, what do ya know, Matt Fraction wrote I book I actually like!Now the first couple of issues are pretty boring, trite fare (so, yeah, even had I picked this up back then I guess I would have dropped it after the third issue). But then this series picks up. Suddenly all the silly fighting is over... more and we dive deep into the characters' minds, their fears, their wishes, as they search for an explanation to the magic machine that they so foolishly took with them. And then it gets weird. The last couple of issues are so phenomenally different - and better - than the first few it's hard to believe they're part of the same story. If only their had been hints sooner of how truly special this story would get, perhaps the book would have survived to see another story arc.
review 2: I wasn’t sure what to make of the first few issues of this volume, but by issue #4, Fraction has really come into his own, describing a weird group of weird people in a weird world. His depiction of Doctor Strange is sublime, and his Red She-Hulk is quite good too, and it’s these (and the other) characters that really make the story. I look forward to reading more about them.(Also nice to see some continuity from Fraction’s Iron Fist run.) less

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