![]() They also met increasingly weird menaces such as the bizarre Headmen and Lunatik, who bedeviled them to the point of distraction. Following several battles between members of both groups, the Defenders gained a sort of recognition from the Avengers by the end of the overall conflict and utilized a device won in the war, the so-called Evil Eye, to revive another champion from a stone-like state, the Black Knight.įrom that point, the Defenders welcomed an ever-growing parade of eclectic and sometimes eccentric personages into their loose ranks, including Hellcat, the Son of Satan, Luke Cage, the Thing, Daredevil, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Howard the Duck. Once the Defenders grew into something resembling an ongoing team upon the arrival of Valkyrie and Nighthawk, they found themselves manipulated by the dreaded Dormammu and the wicked Loki into a “war” with the Avengers. When that location suffered severe damage, the Defenders began a long series of moves from headquarters to headquarters, seeking refuge in whatever port would have them until some event would force another move. ![]() The Defenders first operated out of Doctor Strange’s infamous Sanctum Sanctorum, his Greenwich Village home, but relocated to Nighthawk’s riding academy on Long Island for a time. Even then and after, the idea of such a group retained a nebulous quality, despite individual efforts to rein it in. This “non-team” concept prevailed for a while, remaining in operation through the loss and gain of prominent associates, until a later time when the X-Men’s Beast attempted to forge a more structured Defenders. While Doctor Strange acted as de facto leader, in truth his fellow Defenders tended to do as they wished and often threatened to leave at the smallest provocation. “Members” came and went, many times living and fighting with the group for lack of a better place to be. Unlike the more formal Avengers, the original Defenders operated without any true structure or charter. Soon after, the loose affiliation of powerful personas attracted others to ally themselves with it, including the warrior Valkyrie, Hawkeye the archer, and criminal-turned-hero Nighthawk. On that day, the idea of the Defenders took root and began to grow organically. When that alliance also fell apart at mission’s end, it took the threat of evil sorcerer Yandroth’s Omegatron device to once more bring Doctor Strange, Namor, the Hulk, and the Surfer all together to smash both. Neither of the two surly individuals cared to continue their association with the magician, but when another menace subsequently reared its ugly head, Namor and the Hulk teamed again to enlist the cosmic Silver Surfer in their efforts to put it down. The seeds of what would become a unique idea in Super Hero teams were planted in a series of clashes between Doctor Strange, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, and a clutch of demonic beings known as the Undying Ones.Īfter battling the evil entities on his own on several occasions, Strange called first upon Namor the Sub-Mariner, and then later the green gamma-spawned Hulk to aid him in this plight. Sten Lee is credited with writing the lyrics.The world’s mightiest “non-team” stands the test of time without structure or rules to defend the world against threats both strange and deadly-they are the Defenders! Their famous themesong is played extramely loudly when James and Maso discuss Marvel's Defenders series. ![]() There was also a short lived comic book series published by Star Comics, which is an imprint of Marvel. They were featured in an animated television series produced in 1985 which lasted 65 episodes. A team comprised of Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and Lothar.
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