Avengers Epic Collection: The Avengers/Defenders War
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Summary
The Avengers battle the Defenders in comics’ first great crossover battle royale！ It’s hero against hero in the sensational summer hit of 1973: Cap vs。 Namor！ Thor vs。 Hulk！ It’s the original， and there’s never been another one like it。 All this， plus the origin of Mantis; an all-hands-on-deck battle with the Zodiac; the Avengers vs。 Thanos and the Cosmic Cube; a Giant-Size adventure alongside Golden Age heroes Miss America and the Whizzer; the wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal; the return of Ultron; and an increasingly tense love triangle between the Scarlet Witch， the Vision and Mantis！ And as an added bonus feature， rare Avengers pinups， profiles and more from the pages of the ’70s fanzine F。O。O。M。！
COLLECTING: Avengers （1963） 115-128， Giant-Size Avengers （1974） 1， Defenders （1972） 8-11， Captain Marvel （1968） 33， Fantastic Four （1961） 150
COLLECTING: Avengers （1963） 115-128， Giant-Size Avengers （1974） 1， Defenders （1972） 8-11， Captain Marvel （1968） 33， Fantastic Four （1961） 150
Reviews
James Kelly
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How does one review a comic book that was one of the delights of one's childhood？ You don't because you can't。 Suffice to say that I love this today as I loved it when I was a twelve-year-old。 I have read it recently and enjoyed it immensely too。 A great tale full of your fave supers。 How does one review a comic book that was one of the delights of one's childhood？ You don't because you can't。 Suffice to say that I love this today as I loved it when I was a twelve-year-old。 I have read it recently and enjoyed it immensely too。 A great tale full of your fave supers。 。。。more
Marcelo Soares
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Ah， os anos 70。Antes de qualquer coisa: Homem de Ferro com Nariz！Sério！ Com Nariz！Bom， a pauleira começa com os Vingadores vs os Defensores。Capitão vs Namor！Thor vs Hulk！Latinha vs Gavião！Valquíria vs Espadachim e o Bigode！Mantis vs Doutor Estranho！Surfista vs Visão & Wandinha！Agora， por que diabos eles estão brigando？Pois é， numa aventura anterior o Cavaleiro Negro virou pedra e está na casa do Dr Estranho， o Dormamu engana os Defensores para conseguir o tal Olho Malvadão （Evil Eye）， enquanto i Ah， os anos 70。Antes de qualquer coisa: Homem de Ferro com Nariz！Sério！ Com Nariz！Bom， a pauleira começa com os Vingadores vs os Defensores。Capitão vs Namor！Thor vs Hulk！Latinha vs Gavião！Valquíria vs Espadachim e o Bigode！Mantis vs Doutor Estranho！Surfista vs Visão & Wandinha！Agora， por que diabos eles estão brigando？Pois é， numa aventura anterior o Cavaleiro Negro virou pedra e está na casa do Dr Estranho， o Dormamu engana os Defensores para conseguir o tal Olho Malvadão （Evil Eye）， enquanto isso， o Loki diz pros Vingadores que os Defensores querem o Olho Malvadão para conquistar o mundo e se vingar da humanidade。 Mas a grande pergunta é por que alguém acreditaria no Loki？O cara tá sempre de verde e amarelo， tem umas coisas estranhas na cabeça， adora magia， não é muito fã da ciência， passa o tempo todo mentindo。。。 Eu acho que o Loki é bolsominion。 Só acho。Claro， tudo se resolve， os heróis se unem baixam o cacete no Dormamu， o Loki fica louco e de castigo no quartinho do pensamento da mansão dos Vingadores。Depois temos um plano maligno do Colecionador para， bom， colecionar os nossos heróis。 Como o Colecionador é um fuckin' Ancião do fuckin' Universo o plano envolve ele se disfarçar de Toninho Zé Ruela， o organizador do desfile de carnaval super heroico de Cu do Judas。 Aí é dose。 Depois o Zodíaco aparece numa história que é uma loucura; temos naves espaciais， a origem da Mantis - sempre achei que ela fosse meio-planta -， traição e picaretagem nas fileiras do sindicato criminoso astrológico e um cara fantasiado de caranguejo。Depois temos o primeiro retcon sobre a origem da Feiticeira Escarlate e do Mercúrio - personagens que nunca tiveram uma boa origem。 Do nada， o Whizzer aparece na Mansão para pedir ajuda， pois ele tem um filho nuclear （o Nuklo） perdido numa cápsula do tempo que foi encontrada pelos Vingadores。 Claro， o pau come。 E no meio da função， o Whizzer diz que ele e a Miss América foram a Wundagore， tiveram um casal de filhos aí ele saiu para comprar cigarro e só se lembrou disso agora。 Então o Whizzer e a Miss America eram os pais da Wandinha e do Pietro。 Por uns， sei lá， 15 minutos。O mais legal é que na próxima edição temos a pior decisão da Crystalys dos Inumanos， se casar com o Mercúrio， e， mesmo que os Vingadores， os Inumanos e o Quarteto se unam para enfrentar o Ultron， a Wandinha não fala nada sobre descobrir quem é o pai deles pro irmão。 Verdade que o Mercúrio， em todas as fases， é um baita dum fia da puta， mas， sei lá， não custava nada contar pro cara。Na volta do casamento， a Wandinha contrata a tia Agatha Harkness como coach neo quântica de bruxaria e elas enfrentam o Necrodamus - também não sei bem quem é。 Enquanto a Mantis vai se esfregar no Visão para ver "esse esquema de ficar duro que nem diamante"。 Desde o início deste volume tem uma tensão amorosa mal resolvida no quatrilho Visão， Wandinha， Bigode do Espadachim e Mantis; continua mal resolvida。Então deixo a questão: Wandinha ou Mantis？ Eu sei quem me daria um fora。Em algum momento também tem uma história muito chata do Thanos contra o Capitão Marvel original que é um porre。Eu achei bem divertido， tem alguns vícios da época， algumas partes meio chatas， a arte também é meio inconstante - com nariz ou sem nariz？ -， tem muita coisa ridícula - o plano do Colecionador， o retcon dos gêmeos， alguém acreditar no Loki -， mas é um gibi de 73/74， não dá pra querer muito。Ah， e o Loki continua no quartinho do pensamento， acho que esqueceram ele lá。 。。。more
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Space Dragon
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Goofy 70s superhero fun。 Can recommend it as a starting point for the Advengers title。
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This collection could easily have been titled Mantis， featuring The Avengers as this character gets the most attention。 My only exposure to Mantis is through the GotG movie。 That version of Mantis and this Mantis have nothing but the name in common。 The book takes most of its time asking， who is Mantis？ Where did she come from？ Why does she refer to herself in the third person？ Will she drop her boyfriend， Swordsman， to steal the Vision away from Scarlet Witch？ （view spoiler）[ （hide spoiler）] This collection could easily have been titled Mantis， featuring The Avengers as this character gets the most attention。 My only exposure to Mantis is through the GotG movie。 That version of Mantis and this Mantis have nothing but the name in common。 The book takes most of its time asking， who is Mantis？ Where did she come from？ Why does she refer to herself in the third person？ Will she drop her boyfriend， Swordsman， to steal the Vision away from Scarlet Witch？ （view spoiler）[ （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Rob
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I was so thrilled to find this！ When I was nine， I was enthralled by this adventure of the Avengers and Dr。 Strange， Dormammu， Loki et al--so much so that I remember parts of it panel by panel all these many years later！ When I managed to find this collection， I was able to relive it all， and it has lost none of its power in the intervening forty-something years！ It's an excellent example of why the current Marvel movies are so wonderful: many， many years worth of epic adventures with fascinatin I was so thrilled to find this！ When I was nine， I was enthralled by this adventure of the Avengers and Dr。 Strange， Dormammu， Loki et al--so much so that I remember parts of it panel by panel all these many years later！ When I managed to find this collection， I was able to relive it all， and it has lost none of its power in the intervening forty-something years！ It's an excellent example of why the current Marvel movies are so wonderful: many， many years worth of epic adventures with fascinating characters from which to draw！I highly recommend this collection！ As Stan Lee would say， EXCELSIOR！ 。。。more
Christopher （Donut）
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This was indeed epic， in the sense of how much material is in here， and how long it took to read。In the other sense of "epic，" however， the only truly awe-inspiring comic in here was one issue of Jim Starlin's Captain Marvel， and guess what？ That's available elsewhere。In the end， I skimmed a lot。 Saying this is like renouncing my heritage， but bronze age comics。。Let's just say the standouts really did stand out。 This was indeed epic， in the sense of how much material is in here， and how long it took to read。In the other sense of "epic，" however， the only truly awe-inspiring comic in here was one issue of Jim Starlin's Captain Marvel， and guess what？ That's available elsewhere。In the end， I skimmed a lot。 Saying this is like renouncing my heritage， but bronze age comics。。Let's just say the standouts really did stand out。 。。。more
Barry Bridges
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More classic Avengers action！
Brian Poole
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Marvel’s Epic Collection series gathers a key era in Avengers history with The Avengers/Defenders War。The manipulations of villains Dormammu and Loki pitted the titular hero teams against one another in a quest for a power object that could restore petrified hero the Black Knight。 The team also struggled against the grand schemes of the criminal cartel Zodiac， which propelled the heroes to Vietnam on the trail of potential info about the past of their mysterious guest Mantis。 Mantis caused addit Marvel’s Epic Collection series gathers a key era in Avengers history with The Avengers/Defenders War。The manipulations of villains Dormammu and Loki pitted the titular hero teams against one another in a quest for a power object that could restore petrified hero the Black Knight。 The team also struggled against the grand schemes of the criminal cartel Zodiac， which propelled the heroes to Vietnam on the trail of potential info about the past of their mysterious guest Mantis。 Mantis caused additional drama， once her romance with reformed villain-turned-Avenger Swordsman went sour and she made a play for the Vision， whose romance with the Scarlet Witch had hit a rocky patch。 The Avengers allied with their friend Captain Marvel for their first significant clash with uber-villain Thanos。 Other familiar foes included Ultron， the Collector， Klaw and Solarr。 The appearance of World War II hero the Whizzer suggested a possible familial tie with the Scarlet Witch and forced the team to deal with Whizzer’s powerful， badly deformed son Nuklo。 The Avengers and Fantastic Four attended the wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal at the Great Refuge of the Inhumans， which nearly turned deadly。 Scarlet Witch and her new mystic instructor Agatha Harkness faced off with a deformed mystic desperate to harvest their souls。 Finally， a mysterious newborn star appeared over Avengers Mansion， for reasons the team didn’t yet understand， but which attracted the notice of their old foe Kang。This installment of the Epic Collection series captures a key story in the Avengers pantheon and provides the run-up to one of the book’s most famous sagas。 Writer Steve Englehart navigated the book into modern waters， focused on a strong core cast of Thor， Iron Man， Captain America， Vision， Scarlet Witch， Black Panther， Swordsman and Mantis。 Englehart played the characters off one another in sly ways， stoking interpersonal tensions and jealousies that married a compelling layer of soapy drama to the superhero action。 He also firmly placed the team at the center of the Marvel Universe， with a wide array of guest stars popping up。While mega-crossovers between books are commonplace today， in the early ‘70s such events weren’t as common and never this long， which makes The Avengers/Defenders War a landmark， a turning point in how such stories were packaged and marketed， running for three months in both books。 But more than breaking new business ground， Englehart embraced long-term plotting and essayed some daring content。 Mantis was a bold creation， an overtly sexual character of mixed European/Vietnamese heritage at a time when the Vietnam War was an open sore for the American public。 Englehart effectively used the divisive Mantis as a dramatic catalyst that helped shape his big ideas， blazing the path toward his gonzo masterpiece， The Celestial Madonna Saga。 In between， he made strong use of a variety of familiar villains and mined some genuine emotional depth from his large， shifting cast。 Englehart is regarded as a key shaper of the Avengers franchise for good reason and these stories show off the sophistication of his plotting， even as the writer clearly chafed against the bombastic narrative conventions of the genre at the time。The art came from a variety of 1970s Marvel staples， including Bob Brown， the Buscema brothers， Dave Cockrum， Rich Buckler and Don Heck。 It was classic， clean and straightforward， keeping the action moving at a brisk pace， even if it seemed quaint compared to some of the more daring， experimental work of Marvel’s young guns of the period。 That newer approach is typified by the Captain Marvel issue included in the collection， showcasing the dazzling， innovative work of the young Jim Starlin。 The more traditional approach seemed less impressive contrasted with Starlin’s unfettered imagination， but its merits shouldn’t be discounted， especially the issues with Cockrum as inker （coming off his breakout on DC’s Legion of Super-Heroes and just before ascending to the A List with the re-launch of Uncanny X-Men）。 Brown was the principal penciler and acquitted himself admirably overall。 The one aspect that might give modern audiences pause is the coloring choices for the Southeast Asian natives that appeared in several issues， a gaudy yellow/orange mix that was an echo of a less enlightened former era。For any fans interested in a crucial era of the original series， The Avengers/Defenders War is a must read。 。。。more
Shawn Manning
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Enormously entertainingWhile positively dopey at times， it's all great fun。 These are the Avengers I grew up with。 Yeah the art and writing lack the sophistication of today， it blasts along at a pace amusement park rides can only dream about。 One final thing， the amount of storytelling at this price makes this volume a real bargain。 Enormously entertainingWhile positively dopey at times， it's all great fun。 These are the Avengers I grew up with。 Yeah the art and writing lack the sophistication of today， it blasts along at a pace amusement park rides can only dream about。 One final thing， the amount of storytelling at this price makes this volume a real bargain。 。。。more
Zack！ Empire
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It's good in the beginning and at the end， but the middle is tough to get through。 That might just be because I don't really care about the villain organisation Zodiac。The storyline that the book gets it's name from is really great。 I've wanted to read it for a long time。 I had wanted to pick up a collection but it seemed to always be out of print。 It's a pretty basic by the numbers Super hero fights Super hero story， where a misunderstanding leads to the two groups duking it out， but it's told It's good in the beginning and at the end， but the middle is tough to get through。 That might just be because I don't really care about the villain organisation Zodiac。The storyline that the book gets it's name from is really great。 I've wanted to read it for a long time。 I had wanted to pick up a collection but it seemed to always be out of print。 It's a pretty basic by the numbers Super hero fights Super hero story， where a misunderstanding leads to the two groups duking it out， but it's told in a really good way。 The middle of the book was harder to read， but I just couldn't get in to the story。 The art isn't as strong either。 The book ends on a higher note， with Thanos showing up， and Crystal and Quicksilver getting married。 In true Marvel fashion the wedding is interrupted by a villain， Ultron-7。 Really liked this story， and as a bonus， the Fantastic Four show up。The book ends on a cliffhanger （！） which sucks， but it definitely makes me want to get Volume 8 when it comes out。 。。。more
Jesse Bradstreet
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5。5/10A collection of Avengers titles from 1973/74 that I got a digital copy on Amazon of for a dollar， this "Avengers/Defenders War" Epic Collection presents a nearly complete view of the Avengers story at this time。 As a kid， I'd read， or at least looked through， all of the core titles， as my dad had owned them all， but this is the first time I read the "Defenders" issues collected here， and a couple other odds and ends as well。 This collects a number of stories， the bulk of which is the titul 5。5/10A collection of Avengers titles from 1973/74 that I got a digital copy on Amazon of for a dollar， this "Avengers/Defenders War" Epic Collection presents a nearly complete view of the Avengers story at this time。 As a kid， I'd read， or at least looked through， all of the core titles， as my dad had owned them all， but this is the first time I read the "Defenders" issues collected here， and a couple other odds and ends as well。 This collects a number of stories， the bulk of which is the titular superhero smash-up。 It's some fun， but with a lame driving plot line involving a team up between Loki and Dormamu， the snorefest of a flaming head from the Dr。 Strange movie。 The Defenders here are very different from the ones in the Marvel Netflix series， which I forgot was a thing; the team includes Dr。 Strange， Silver Surfer， Hulk， Namor， and Valkyrie。 Watching our heroes go at it is sorta fun， even if it's terribly contrived。 The other big story arc here is a four-part story which starts off as a showdown between the Zodiac Cartel （a big ridiculous super villain group that I like way too much）， has a Mantis origin story in the middle （she's an Avenger， not a Guardian of the Galaxy， and her story is very different from the movie universe）， and finishes with a rather convoluted and throwaway story about a Kree monster trying to destroy the world。 We also get the last two parts of the Cosmic Cube storyline （good story， but poor presentation as there's at least five other Captain Marvel issues which are essential to understanding the overall story， plus some random titles in other books that aren't totally necessary， but can be found in the solid "Avengers VS。 Thanos" trade）， as well as a number of more minor arcs。 My favorite of these is a silly little story about the Collector， pictured on the cover of the trade oddly enough， trying to capture the Avengers at a fictionalized version of a real life superhero parade。 We also have a fake out origin story of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver， which was later revealed to be a sham， the wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal of the Inhumans， a two part crossover into the Fantastic Four comic which includes a rather lame battle with Ultron， and a couple other random bits。 My review might sound negative， and Steve Englehart， the guy writing the majority of this collection， isn't the finest Avengers writer， but there's plenty of cool/fun bits of mythology， entertaining moments， and classic 70s comic art to make this a worthwhile read。 。。。more
Tony Romine
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