tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post3583153552632972926..comments2024-03-10T22:13:11.974-04:00Comments on Marvel Comics of the 1980s: 1985 - The New Defenders (Part Three)Jason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-6600735135432105962013-03-07T14:04:31.750-05:002013-03-07T14:04:31.750-05:00Hey Josh, thanks for sharing!Hey Josh, thanks for sharing!Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-21705344264246656222013-03-07T14:01:34.914-05:002013-03-07T14:01:34.914-05:00Jason and Jef
New Defenders was the first comic b...Jason and Jef<br /><br />New Defenders was the first comic book I was a fan of (at the tender age of 9) and I thank you for the treatment you gave to this mostly forgotten series (although I thought the Walrus and Frog-Man story deserved some love!). This was a series that knew how to get the most out of an ensemble of second string heroes and tell some entertaining stories at the same time.<br /><br />Angel, Beast, and Iceman deserved better than to be background scenery in the despicible story of cruddy husband Cyclops and whining bore Marvel Girl that X-Factor was (this is not to forget the inane premise of that series: anti-mutant hysteria is on the rise so let's pretend to be mutant hunters! Wouldn't that just confirm to people that mutants are dangerous? I was 12 and knew that their approach was counter-productive!) Joshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-30971495734788486692012-11-01T08:20:07.500-04:002012-11-01T08:20:07.500-04:00Hey Anonymous, there were great articles and they ...Hey Anonymous, there were great articles and they were written by Jef Willemsen. So if you like his writeup, visit him at clarmindcontrol.blogspot.com!<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. One day I'll get the time to re-read X-Factor...<br />Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-44532227756370357202012-11-01T08:16:54.766-04:002012-11-01T08:16:54.766-04:00Jason, these were great. Thanks for posting them h...Jason, these were great. Thanks for posting them here. Where or are they to be published in Back Issue? Needs to be some Defenders love there :)<br /><br />Jason, agree with you regarding Cyclops. He moved on. But the editorial saw fit to really make him do an unhonourable thing with Maddie and his son. <br /><br />And speaking of X-Factor the original X-Men line up lasted about 11 issues, until Angel was maimed. Still, I didn't mind the book for what it was. Read the series again recently and found myself enjoying the charcters of Leech and Artie a lot. Didn't care for them first time around, but now, being a father I really did like the guys. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-34489047369448544782012-10-28T20:48:04.475-04:002012-10-28T20:48:04.475-04:00Hey ~P~, thanks for dropping by. I remember those ...Hey ~P~, thanks for dropping by. I remember those days of that train wreck called X-Factor! I was so disappointed that Cyclops was a total jerk and left his wife and son for Jean...Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-81514125437036506072012-10-28T20:43:55.012-04:002012-10-28T20:43:55.012-04:00Thanks for the comment David, glad you're enjo...Thanks for the comment David, glad you're enjoying Jef's posts. And thanks to Jef as well, his series has indeed been a great read!Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-41810024604234872132012-10-28T20:34:16.434-04:002012-10-28T20:34:16.434-04:00Gillis waas perhaps the best Defenders writer sinc...Gillis waas perhaps the best Defenders writer since Gerber. I loved his work (and I truly liked Interloper).<br /><br />Sadly, while the title's poor sales did not help, the real reason that Defenders was axed had less to do with the onset of new books in the New Universe line, and more to do with the fact that Marvel wanted to bring back the original X-Men (into a tram called, X-Factor) and three of the original X-Men were New Defenders.<br /><br />Ergo, to free them up for the return of the X-Men, the New Defenders had to end.<br /><br />Jheri Curled Beyonder would have been enough to kill the title, but Gillis made sure to wrap up all lose ends (and leave room for him to pick up some again when he took over Doctor Strange a short while later, and brought back the non-mutant members of the team).~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-655353402659786952012-10-28T20:13:54.113-04:002012-10-28T20:13:54.113-04:00Thanks to Jason for allowing Jef to post these... ...Thanks to Jason for allowing Jef to post these... and most of all thanks to Jef for writing such good stuff! I was not yet born when The New Defenders wrapped up, so I hadn't heard all of this before. I started my Marvel obsession with the 90s TV shows and the trading cards of that era. And to those two genres, it was as if Moondragon had never existed. So reading this was great. I think I'll keep my eyes peeled for a New Defenders trade paperback. It looks worth a read. Thanks!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304178130464809737noreply@blogger.com