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Well, I haven't touched Loki in nearly 10 years! And I'm pulling them right out of the last story I did with them—kind of a time-travel deal, maybe something more metaphorical, we'll see how it plays. So Loki hasn't changed at all, it's the world around them that's changed. I'm kind of the opposite—I feel like I've changed massively and I'm not done changing yet. Maybe part of this is just meeting back up with an old friend to compare notes. -- Al Ewing

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Me and Javier get to go really deep into the Marvel cosmos with nobody really putting any brakes on us. You know, we’ve been able to do some stuff on that book that I think is going to kind of re-write the rules of a whole bunch of things. And I remain slightly surprised that nobody’s stopped us. -- Al Ewing

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“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” - Charles Darwin

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"We've got a unique opportunity in this book to present a situation that the America of then would feel fully equipped to deal with, and throw the America of now into it and then see how she does. Is a doctor still a doctor when they have to operate without any of their usual equipment? Of course they are. Is America Chavez still the paramedic for the multiverse even without her old power levels, dimension doorways, etc.? Of course she is. Why wouldn't she be?"
-- Al Ewing

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"DEFENDERS is always a personal journey for me - using the "instruments" left behind by previous voyagers to craft a new song - and just maybe find a way to new "cosmic truths" worthy of the Marvel mavens of old! Let's open the door together, pilgrim -

javiercaster has the key!"
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laughing_tree

The thing about pastiche is that it's a fun technique, but at the same time, it's only a technique. I really like what we did with Taaia, and I love that she made such a strong impression, but I feel like the only real way to pay tribute to the King is to send this character even further into the unknown than before, as part of an attempt to really get to grips with some kind of higher truths -- at least, as best as we're able to in a cape comic. The King demands nothing less. So we're going to try! -- Al Ewing

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alliterator

"Like last time, we build the Marvel Universe out in a direction nobody was looking, and this time, it's going to end up with some far-reaching consequences. Where are we going? Into the Mystery, right to the very top of the highest realms, to map the Marvel Godhead the way only Defenders could do it!"
-- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

Adam's someone I keep coming back to. Actually, the only reason I step away from him is because I want to see what other writers do, and it was nice to see him made use of in the recent Doctor Doom comic written by Christopher Cantwell, for example. To answer the question... Dr. Adam Brashear is a super-scientist with a history of exploring cosmic strangeness, power on a par with the Silver Surfer at least, and a tendency to have adventures outside the spotlight. To me, that's not just a worthy addition to the Defenders, that's the new leader of the Defenders. -- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

Expect to sort of put it down and kind of sit for a minute. And let yourself come down a little bit. -- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

I say I have no desire to write individual Marvel characters, but that sort of falls by the wayside when you talk about one aspect of Marvel from the 70s, which is the idea that all of these concepts are these huge giant-sized humanoid beings that hang around and gab at each other, essentially. That's catnip to me. -- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

You know, I don’t do this stuff with a plan. I really don’t. I didn’t write that speech for The One Above All — I just wanted to do a recap page. You were talking earlier about the numbers of the cosmos. The reason that it’s the Eighth Cosmos is that there is a video game token called Iso-8, and I was writing a Contest of Champions book at the time based on the video game. And I was writing The Ultimates at the same time, so I was like, “okay, Iso-8 is what Cosmic Cubes are made out of, because it’s eight points so it’s a cube, and also the reason it’s Iso-8 is because this is the eighth multiverse. So the one that we just had is the seventh, and then Galactus came from the sixth. So that’s fun, there must be five more.” And then that was what Ultimates ended up being about. So someone in Burbank, or Palo Alto, or wherever these games are made came up with Iso-8, and now Marvel’s entire cosmology is based on that. And the nice thing is, you can do all this stuff, and it’s so big that it doesn’t really affect anyone else. -- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

Part of the appeal of the Avengers is their cool stuff and their cultural cache - even while they're on the outs with the US Government, they're still living in a Celestial, they still have spaceships and quinjets and all the other cool toys, they're still automatically respected and treated as A-listers. The Defenders are essentially a commune of outsiders and people who can't hack it in the establishment world, who collectively sleep on Doctor Strange's couch. -- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

I feel like most Defenders just couldn't make it in the Avengers, not because they're any less powerful or heroic, but because they just can't fit into that buttoned-down world of charters, chairpersons and wearing shoes to the meetings. And that's why we all love them - because sometimes, saving the universe involves being guided by the Tarot through deep time travel into unknown psychedelic realities and you need a non-team that can handle those vibrations... and look good doing it. -- Al Ewing

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laughing_tree

I have always had a fondness for all of the usual mythology and legends from around the world but 'Journey to the West' is a particular favourite. I first discovered it through the Japanese TV series, 'Monkey', that achieved cult status in Britain during the seventies. -- Alan Davis

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laughing_tree

It was nice writing Galactus again, too. I like where Jason’s gone with him, but there was that moment I had to sort of let him go and bid him farewell, because my time with him is over, so it was slightly bittersweet too, in a nice way. I think I gave him a decent goodbye in the end. -- Al Ewing

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Entries tagged with title: defenders

Defenders Beyond #5 - "Kether: The House of Ideas"

Defenders Beyond #4 - "Da'at: The Land of Couldn't-Be-Shouldn't-Be"

"...Wouldn't You At Least Try?"

Defenders: Beyond #4: "Da'at: The Land of Couldn't-Be-Shouldn't-Be"

Defenders: Beyond #3: "Tiphareth: The White Hot Room"

Defenders Beyond #2 - "Yesod: The Second Cosmos"

Defenders: Beyond #2: "Yesod: The Second Cosmos"

Defenders Beyond #1 - "Malkuth: The Neutral Zone"

Defenders #5 - "3rd Cosmos: The Hierophant" [series finale]

Defenders #4 - "Fourth Cosmos: The Lovers"

Defenders #3 (2021) - "Fifth Cosmos: The High Priestess"

Defenders #2 (2021) - "Sixth Cosmos: Judgment!"

Defenders #1 (2021) - "Eighth Cosmos: The Magician"

Avengers/Defenders: Tarot #4 (2020)

Avengers/Defenders: Tarot #3 (2020)

Avengers/Defenders: Tarot #2 (2020)

Avengers/Defenders: Tarot #1 (2020)

Defenders #91

Defenders #90

Defenders: The Best Defense - "The Throne, the Power, the Damned, and the Devil"

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