The Defenders was one of the Marvel Comics I didn't read as a kid， so I wasn't sure what to expect with this omnibus。 I had a vague idea of them being a "non-team，" but that was it。 I was really surprised at how good this collection is。Starting off with individual issues of Doctor Strange， Sub-Mariner， and the Hulk， the omnibus then proceeds to Marvel Feature and the Defenders book itself。 Roy Thomas wrote the first few issues， then Steve Engelhart， then Len Wein， with Sal Buscema providing most The Defenders was one of the Marvel Comics I didn't read as a kid， so I wasn't sure what to expect with this omnibus。 I had a vague idea of them being a "non-team，" but that was it。 I was really surprised at how good this collection is。Starting off with individual issues of Doctor Strange， Sub-Mariner， and the Hulk， the omnibus then proceeds to Marvel Feature and the Defenders book itself。 Roy Thomas wrote the first few issues， then Steve Engelhart， then Len Wein， with Sal Buscema providing most of the art in the book。As Marvel reprints the letter columns， it was interesting to read these fifty year old letters arguing for this or that character to be added to the Defenders， and why Sub-Mariner or the Hulk should be left alone。 Being early 70s Marvel， there is a lot of "archaic" speech， which can make things a bit hard to follow at first， but becomes easier at the book proceeds。 Thomas is particularly wordy， but once the transition is made to Engelhart， the reader gets a bit of a break from the exposition。 I'm looking forward to the next volume of this series。 。。。more