Defenders - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Fri, 16 Sep 2022 20:01:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Defenders - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Two Cosmos(es?) for the Price of One in Defenders Beyond #2! https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/29/two-cosmoses-for-the-price-of-one-in-defenders-beyond-2/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42649 As our fearless DEFENDERS continue their epic journey into THE BEYOND, the fearsome fivesome meets THE OMEGA COUNCIL and learns the SECRETS OF CREATION and possibly gains a new non-teammate in Defenders Beyond #2! As told by Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez, with letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky:  Well, Karen! It looks like another...

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]]> 42649 Oh No. We’re Having Another Team-Up in Defenders Beyond #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/26/oh-no-were-having-another-team-up-in-defenders-beyond-1/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42226 The cards are pulled once again, summoning a new non-team of Defenders who must plunge farther back through the prior incarnations of our universe to save them all in Defenders Beyond #1. Words by Al Ewing, pictures by Javier Rodríguez and letters by Joe Caramagna. Karen Charm: I turn the card to reveal “The Prince...

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]]> 42226 Chrises on Infinite Earths: Google Calendar is God (Avengers/Defenders War Pt 2) https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/13/chrises-on-infinite-earths-google-calendar-is-god-avengers-defenders-war-pt-2/ Fri, 13 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40761 Christi and Chris cover the first half of Avengers vs. Defenders (Avengers 117-118 and Defenders 10-11) Support The Chrises Patreon Kofii Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits  “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott Holmes is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial...

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]]> 40761 Chrises on Infinite Earths: No Triumphant Horns https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/29/chrises-on-infinite-earths-no-triumphant-horns/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40387 Avengers vs Defenders Part One Christi and Chris cover the first half of Avengers vs. Defenders (Avengers #115-116 and Defenders #8-9) Support The Chrises Patreon Ko-fi Contact The Chrises Twitter: @ChrisesPod Facebook: @ChrisesPod chrisesoninfiniteearths@gmail.com Music Credits  “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Get Away” by Scott Holmes...

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]]> 40387 Defenders #5 Ends With the End of a Beginning https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/19/defenders-5-ends-with-the-end-of-a-beginning/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37489 The Cosmos begins, the Cosmos ends. A mask is passed on, twice. Being and unbeing battle for the very existence of existence. Welcome to the Third Cosmos. There will be surviving, there will be experience. Defenders #5 is told by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez, with letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Welcome back, Stephanie,...

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]]> 37489 Defenders #4 Has No Words, Should Have Sent a Poet https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/15/defenders-4-has-no-words-should-have-sent-a-poet/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35968 Our fearless Defenders find themselves on the third stop on their multicosmic journey: The archetypal FOURTH COSMOS! Get out your Blake. And your Jung. And your Silver Age Omnibus. Defenders #4 is told to us by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez, with lettering by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Welcome to the Fourth Cosmos, Stephanie! I...

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]]> 35968 Cosmic Is A State Of Being: An Interview With Al Ewing https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/14/cosmic-is-a-state-of-being-an-interview-with-al-ewing/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34591 Since getting his start as a writer at Marvel in 2013, Al Ewing has become one of the publisher’s resident experts in cosmic concepts and big ideas. From The Ultimates and Contest of Champions to his recent and upcoming runs on S.W.O.R.D., Guardians of the Galaxy, Defenders and Venom, Ewing has always shown a willingness...

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]]> 34591 Spider-Man Goes Beyond, Arkham Escapees on the Lam and More Staff Picks for Oct. 6 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/04/spider-man-goes-beyond-arkham-escapees-on-the-lam-and-more-staff-picks-for-oct-6/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34259 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Tony’s Pick: Amazing Spider-Man #75: It’s a Brand New Day as a team of writers and artists drive Peter Parker, and his clone Ben Reilly, back down three-times-a-month lane. Wow, so many kinds of nostalgia...

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]]> 34259 A Long, Long Time Ago in Defenders #1 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/11/a-long-long-time-ago-in-defenders-1/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32571 When existence itself faces extraordinary threats, it needs an extraordinary defense! That’s when you call…The Defenders! Doctor Strange and the Masked Raider take a non-team of Marvel’s weirdest, wildest heroes on a mission that will uncover the hidden architecture of reality itself! This cosmos was not the first to exist…but if the Defenders can’t track...

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]]> 32571 The Defenders Return and DC Recycles in Our Staff Picks for Aug. 11 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/09/the-defenders-return-and-dc-recycles-in-our-staff-picks-for-aug-11/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=32489 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Chris’ Pick: Defenders #1: Remember a couple years ago when Al Ewing tried to make the Masked Raider happen? Well, he’s back, along with Doctor Strange (Hey, isn’t he about to die?), the Silver Surfer...

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