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Marvel Feature (1971) #4
Marvel Feature #4
Ant-Man is working on an experimental drug with his new research assistant: a bright young man named Peter Parker.
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20 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 12, 2018
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April 18, 2021
MARVEL FEATURE #1-4, THE DEFENDERS #1–5 (The Dynamic Defenders)
This serves as an excellent introduction to a team of super-heroes that, while a bit haphazard in its makeup compared to more defined teams (such as The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, and The Avengers), still fills its roster with a diverse enough group of personalities to be a fresh and energized ensemble. Each of the clashing personalities effectively serves a needed role to make the team have a nuanced tonal dynamic, allowing it to feel fresh and interesting from a standpoint of character interactions.
Perhaps the reason this team can get away with being slightly more haphazard in its makeup than some of the others is because the driving force of this storyline isn’t so much the characters themselves as much as the overarching threat; a threat introduced in the first issue which, although seemingly subdued then, returns in full force in the final issue.
This threat effectively creates two very good bookends, one at the beginning and one at the end. By having the introductory threat return in the final issue, it allows the reader to have two points of comparison; the storyline comes full circle with where it beginning, allowing the reader to reflect on everything that changed between those two points. In framing it this way structurally, it allows the story to go on several developed subplots; and while spending time exploring a different subplot unique to each character, meanwhile the main threat is still growing in the background. It’s perfect, because these subplots can develop without feeling like distractions, since the main threat ultimately returns to center stage in the final issue.
It’s a very well told story. Even if the dynamic of the characters and their relationship to one another still isn’t quite figured out yet, this storyline provides an effective ticking timebomb and antagonist to satisfy its readers in the meantime. I eagerly await returning to a more fully developed version of this team in its next storyline, The Avengers/Defenders War…
Stay tuned…
This serves as an excellent introduction to a team of super-heroes that, while a bit haphazard in its makeup compared to more defined teams (such as The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, and The Avengers), still fills its roster with a diverse enough group of personalities to be a fresh and energized ensemble. Each of the clashing personalities effectively serves a needed role to make the team have a nuanced tonal dynamic, allowing it to feel fresh and interesting from a standpoint of character interactions.
Perhaps the reason this team can get away with being slightly more haphazard in its makeup than some of the others is because the driving force of this storyline isn’t so much the characters themselves as much as the overarching threat; a threat introduced in the first issue which, although seemingly subdued then, returns in full force in the final issue.
This threat effectively creates two very good bookends, one at the beginning and one at the end. By having the introductory threat return in the final issue, it allows the reader to have two points of comparison; the storyline comes full circle with where it beginning, allowing the reader to reflect on everything that changed between those two points. In framing it this way structurally, it allows the story to go on several developed subplots; and while spending time exploring a different subplot unique to each character, meanwhile the main threat is still growing in the background. It’s perfect, because these subplots can develop without feeling like distractions, since the main threat ultimately returns to center stage in the final issue.
It’s a very well told story. Even if the dynamic of the characters and their relationship to one another still isn’t quite figured out yet, this storyline provides an effective ticking timebomb and antagonist to satisfy its readers in the meantime. I eagerly await returning to a more fully developed version of this team in its next storyline, The Avengers/Defenders War…
Stay tuned…
March 15, 2022
Truly dumb, but a lot of fun.
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