Saturday, July 22, 2006
Comic Art
INTRODUCING "THE DEFENDERS"
It is the least coherent team of any super hero team, at it's core are personalities that are true loners - which is what has made it fun over the years - They are "The Defenders". On your right is issue #1 - their first appearance, and yes, I have a NM copy in my collection - cool, huh.
The guy on the right there, wit the bright red cape - that's Dr. Strange - Master of the Mystic Arts. He's the glue that holds the Defenders together. He has all sorts of magic abilities and fights foes no one else can possibly imagine. When he needs help he calls on a few friends - often never the same group two story arcs in a row - and they get busy. But the three you see here are the most consistent members of the "team" - The Hulk - who has mystic abilities no one can ever figure out which means Strange can control him better than most, of course never completely or he wouldn't be the Hulk, and - Namor, the Sub-Mariner - a water breathing half Atlantean, half-Human ankle-winged walking, swimming, flying ego. These guys cannot possibly get along, which is where the dramatic tension often comes from.
This is a bit more modern rendering of the core group. I hate the art, it's just juvenile, but check out that fourth memeber - The Silver Surfer. We've discussed him before, he is one of the best characters ever in the Marvel stable, and one of the most spectacular to look at, except in this picture where he loks like some sort of google-eyed, petulant child - give me a break, this guy rides a surfboard through the stars at the speed of light!
I throw in this picture just to show you how the line-up changes radically in this mag. Look in the upper left and check out this team - Doc Strange, and The Beast of X-Men fame, Reed Richards, the amazing elastic leader of the Fantastic Four and someone I doubt most people recognize - Daimon Hellstrom, bascially a demon trying to overcome his evil nature. Hellstrom shows up a lot in the Defenders.
There are a lot of other marginal, not recognizable to the general public characters that show up in this title - Valkerie - sort of like Thor but a woman with a winged horse - Nighthawk - way cool looking, but he never really caught on - Hellcat, the orginal woman you never wanted to date, the list goes on, check it all out here
I try to use this space to introduce people to the breadth of comic characters and what they have to offer so talking about the Defenders will give me a chance to do just that - I hope you enjoy this series over the next few weeks.
Related Tags: comic, comic art, art, The Defenders, Marvel, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Namor, Silver Surfer
It is the least coherent team of any super hero team, at it's core are personalities that are true loners - which is what has made it fun over the years - They are "The Defenders". On your right is issue #1 - their first appearance, and yes, I have a NM copy in my collection - cool, huh.The guy on the right there, wit the bright red cape - that's Dr. Strange - Master of the Mystic Arts. He's the glue that holds the Defenders together. He has all sorts of magic abilities and fights foes no one else can possibly imagine. When he needs help he calls on a few friends - often never the same group two story arcs in a row - and they get busy. But the three you see here are the most consistent members of the "team" - The Hulk - who has mystic abilities no one can ever figure out which means Strange can control him better than most, of course never completely or he wouldn't be the Hulk, and - Namor, the Sub-Mariner - a water breathing half Atlantean, half-Human ankle-winged walking, swimming, flying ego. These guys cannot possibly get along, which is where the dramatic tension often comes from.
This is a bit more modern rendering of the core group. I hate the art, it's just juvenile, but check out that fourth memeber - The Silver Surfer. We've discussed him before, he is one of the best characters ever in the Marvel stable, and one of the most spectacular to look at, except in this picture where he loks like some sort of google-eyed, petulant child - give me a break, this guy rides a surfboard through the stars at the speed of light!
I throw in this picture just to show you how the line-up changes radically in this mag. Look in the upper left and check out this team - Doc Strange, and The Beast of X-Men fame, Reed Richards, the amazing elastic leader of the Fantastic Four and someone I doubt most people recognize - Daimon Hellstrom, bascially a demon trying to overcome his evil nature. Hellstrom shows up a lot in the Defenders.There are a lot of other marginal, not recognizable to the general public characters that show up in this title - Valkerie - sort of like Thor but a woman with a winged horse - Nighthawk - way cool looking, but he never really caught on - Hellcat, the orginal woman you never wanted to date, the list goes on, check it all out here
I try to use this space to introduce people to the breadth of comic characters and what they have to offer so talking about the Defenders will give me a chance to do just that - I hope you enjoy this series over the next few weeks.
Related Tags: comic, comic art, art, The Defenders, Marvel, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Namor, Silver Surfer
