| Essential Defenders Volume 3 TPB: v. 3 (Essential): v. 3 (Essential (Marvel Comics)) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ed Hannigan, Steve Gerber, Gerry Conway, David Anthony Kraft, Roger Slifer, John Warner, Don Mcgregor, Chris Claremont
Artists: Sal Buscema, Klaus Janson, Keith Giffen, Dan Green, Mike Royer, Chic Stone, Dave Cockrum, Mike Golden, Carmine Infantino, George Tuska, Ed Hannigan, Bob Lubbers, Jim Mooney, Don Perlin, Bruce Patterson
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 348466
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0785126961
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9780785126966
ASIN: 0785126961
Publication Date: July 18, 2007
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An outstanding volume July 14, 2008
There is so much crammed into this volume, a whole host of writers and artists for a start and oddly that does not make as much of a mess of things as it did in so many other titles.
The starting line-up Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, Hulk and Nighthawk are joined at varying stages by a new (female) Red Guardian, Luke Cage Power-Man and finally by Hellcat with able assistance from Clea, Son of Satan, Moon Knight, Wonder-Man, Ms. Marvel and the Sub-Mariner briefly returns. Dr. Strange even leaves the group for a while at a time when the group seem destined to break-up.
There are so many great story lines collected here from the superbly weird Head-Men with their new recruit Ruby allied with Nebulon the Celestial Man in the celestial mind control saga. Egghead and a new Emissaries of Evil (Rhino, Solarr and Cobalt Man), The Red Rajah, a new Scorpio and Zodiac, and the nuclear threat of The Presence as the team enter the Soviet Union.
Some old favourites show up like Plantman, Eel, Porcupine and a not particularly clever branch of AIM.
The last story sees the return of Dr. Strange and a homage to the Blue Oyster Cult as Vera Gemini seeks revenge and Xenogenesis, the re-birth of the Demon race. There are also nods towards Rush, The Beatles and the Rolling Stones in this name-dropping volume.
It's not just action here though, Valkyrie goes to jail and to college where she meets a Lunatik (two, if you count Dollar Bill), Nighthawk and Hellcat get on fairly well and as for that Elf with a gun......
Well worth the money, it's a shame that the proof-reader did not notice that it repeats the blurb from volume 2 on the back which has no relevance at all to this volume, apart from that darn Elf.
A 70's classic July 6, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ignore the Amazon synopsis - I have this book in front of me and it reprints Defenders #31-60 and Annual #1. You not only get the complete Headmen/Nebulon saga (#31-40 & Ann 1) but also the classic "Who Remembers Scorpio" story arc (#46-50). Comics don't get much better than this.
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