Captain America. Iron Man. Thor. Doctor Strange. Namor the Sub-Mariner. The Hulk. The world's greatest heroes at the forefront of its two most titanic teams! But when the dread Dormammu and the lying Loki manipulate the Defenders and Avengers in an effort to obtain the awesome Evil Eye, the groups' first team-up is almost their last! Hero vs. Hero across the world, with world-destroying power as the stake! Guest-starring Sunfire and Prester John, later of Cable and Deadpool fame! Collects Avengers #115-118, Defenders #8-11
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
This is a great reminder of why you loved Marvel comics when you were a kid, big characters, big fights big villains and the good guys always win. The Hulk vs Thor,Captain America vs Sub mariner and Hawkeye vs Iron Man aaahh.
Best of all few of these comics were available to us in the UK at the time and now would cost an arm and a leg to buy.
You may have read bits of it and wondered what happened next all those years ago. Find out and remember what is was like to be a kid again.
Indulge yourself, you won't regret it.
Best of all few of these comics were available to us in the UK at the time and now would cost an arm and a leg to buy.
You may have read bits of it and wondered what happened next all those years ago. Find out and remember what is was like to be a kid again.
Indulge yourself, you won't regret it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
THE GOOD: If you grew up reading Marvel stuff in the 70's, you'll like this. It's a classic old-school punch first, ask questions later, heroes-fight-heroes-then-team-up affair. Proper nostalgia. If you're a crossover completist, this is where it really started. Avengers/Defenders War was the first Marvel crossover of it's kind. Before this, a story might lead in to another series, but it was normally no more than two issues. It's also a great example of why Hawkeye wasn't always too popular with his teammates back in the day.
THE BAD: It hasn't aged particularly well. You kind've have to read it knowing when it was written and forgiving it for dodgy dialogue and hokey scenarios. It's silly stuff.
THE EVIL EYE: All-in-all, it's nice to have on the shelf, but it's more for hardcore Marvel fans and a blast from the past for those who read it the first time around. Anyone under the age of 35 will probably read it wondering why not one of the heroes has twigged that something called "the Evil Eye" will only give them a spot of bother.
THE BAD: It hasn't aged particularly well. You kind've have to read it knowing when it was written and forgiving it for dodgy dialogue and hokey scenarios. It's silly stuff.
THE EVIL EYE: All-in-all, it's nice to have on the shelf, but it's more for hardcore Marvel fans and a blast from the past for those who read it the first time around. Anyone under the age of 35 will probably read it wondering why not one of the heroes has twigged that something called "the Evil Eye" will only give them a spot of bother.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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13 Jun 2002
By merlebuck
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Format:Paperback
The Avengers/Defenders War trade paperback is a wonderful look back at a bygone era of the Marvel Age. It was the prototype for the kind of ultra-dramatic crossover spectacular that a decade and a half later reached binge proportions. Unlike the Secret Wars/Atlantis Attacks/Onslaught/etc. crossovers, the storyline is self-contained within the pages of the two team mags, and has a definite beginning and an ending. And it has loads and loads of charm- and thank goodness for that!
This trade covers the whole of Avengers #116-118 and Defenders #9-11, as well as the parts of Avengers #115 and Defenders #8 that acted as prologue to the later issues. The trade is 128 pages in length, with a stunning cover by fantastic contemporary comic artist Carlos Pacheco- it's a real winner! Not only that, but the pages have been recolored, which means no dot-matrix headaches for you and me. I like that! The art is fine, with able work done by Bob Brown and "steady as she goes" Sal Buscema, and Steve Englehart's scripts are never short on drama.
The setup of the story revolves around the dread Dormammu's planned conquest of "the Universe!" Unable to do so without compromising his pledge to Dr. Strange to never invade our universe (oh how honorable!), he enlists the aid of a blind Loki to help him undertake a plan to merge his universe with our universe. And voila! No inner conflicts, no cowardly deceit! Our universe is now his universe, and he can enslave it at will.
The plot involves drawing the Defenders unwittingly into gathering together the pieces of the Evil Eye, an artifact that will help Dormammu merge the two realities. Standing in the way of the unknowingDefenders is the Avengers, who slowly realize the import of what is happening. Several battles ensue, including Dr. Strange vs. Black Panther and Mantis in an Iowa cornfield, Vision and Scarlet Witch vs. Silver Surfer in a volcano, and Iron Man vs. Hawkeye in Monterrey, Mexico! My favorite battle is between Swordsman and Valkyrie. Those of us who know the inevitable tragic fate of the Swordsman will find in his dialogue the tragic pathos of one who's time is near, and the battle scenes are straight out of Errol Flynn- well planned and ably drawn.
The final chapter, en epilogue if you will, is kind of anticlimactic, and there is a weird glitch where the lettering is off balance in about 5% of the pages, which is annoying. And Englehart inflicted Loki with a strange case of Norse ebonics throughout, whereupon he would moan such ignominy as "I be blind!" But overall, it was a real hoot to read this trade, and would highly recommend it for fans of Avengers, Defenders, Marvel comics, and team comics in general.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
We need more 70's books from that bygone era!
8 Aug 2002
By mark twain
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Format:Paperback
This is the classic Avengers/Defenders book that you can't put down! The classic 70's writers and artists are all here. Steve Englehart, writer and Bob Brown and Sal Buscema as artists. It's about Loki, the Avengers first adversary and how he teams up with Dr. Strange's nemesis, Dormammu! It's an all out slug festival to the finish with Marvel's finest talent. I wish they made them like this again. All the artists today get their contract and are in and out like yesterday's news. Bob Brown was one of Marvels most under rated artists. He also did the art chores on Daredevil. Sal Buscema was a workhorse and provided a lot of classic material that still stands up today. Writer Steve Englehart was another one of those names you never heard a lot about..however they were the mainstay at Marvel in the 70's ...
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Takes you back to your youth, and shows how great Marvel can be!
8 Jun 2008
By W. Gonzalez
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really enjoyed re-reading this collection from 1973. I remember when it was being published and my brother and my best friend would wait at the gift shop for each new issue. I was a "big" collector back then, and this was the highlight of all my collection. Avengers vs. Defenders, the hours we spent debating who was stronger, smarter, more super. Truly a great collection, for first time readers and old folks like me, who want to relive the greatest comics of our own day.
Buy it you won't be sorry.
Nuff said.
Buy it you won't be sorry.
Nuff said.
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