An outstanding volume
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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.
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A 70's classic
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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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