Avengers vs Defenders: The Time Loki Saved The Day

Today we cover the Avengers vs Defenders cross over that takes place in Avengers 115-118 and Defenders 8-11 written by Steve Englehart and art by Bob Brown and Sal Buscema

[@dandelatorre1870]

I am a collector from this era, I like your review of this series which is by far my favorite. I just subscribed to your channel.

[@cavotiscomics3423]

Hey thanks for the sub that super cool of you, and wow you have been collecting for a crazy long time, how do you the space issue, I have been collecting for less time and space for my stuff is a big problem. Also back when you started collecting where do you get your comics, I got my first comics at the local super market I would save up and do a weekly pilgrimage, boy I loved that time

[@BruceNewhouse]

It’s from around the summer of “73. It transversed both the Averages and Defenders series, alternating each issue. Note in those days the Defenders were the first antiheroes, enigmas and/or anomalies, while the Avengers were public heroes. Also, note that three of the Defenders were considered international security threats (Hulk, Silver Surfer & Sub-Mariner). To this day, it is my favorite storyline. I love the storyline, dialogue, premise, ink, colors and characters.

[@cavotiscomics3423]

@@BruceNewhouse after all these year do you still read comic books?

[@BruceNewhouse]

@@cavotiscomics3423 Only old ones from the late 60s to the late 80s. My first comics were Avengers 110, Daredevil 99, Hulk 161, Defenders 6, X-Men 81 and Justice League of America 105 (circa March “73). They came from a luncheon deli that had comics on revolving racks. Most villains were on a street/real world level with one global threat per year, and the all powerful universal threats were used sparingly. Today’s comics have too many Omega Level characters in my opinion. It is fun reminiscing.

[@afroscifizianzcomix7836]

This looks great. I love reading Marvel comics from the early 1970's. I recently reread SUPREME POWER#1 which has reprints of the early Squadron Supreme appearances in Avengers in the 70s. They were great reads. By the way I have friends from Ghana and Nigeria who irritated by similar things as you are with people thinking Africa is just one country. Lol. I have had a map of the world on my wall since I was 25 to keep me in check.

[@cavotiscomics3423]

70 stuff are real gems, I have to find more stuff with the squadron supreme, you know my best friend used to live in Ghana and her invited me to go work their, but I have kids and my ex wife did not want to go.

[@BruceNewhouse]

The 12 issue Squadron Supreme miniseries in “85/86, was fantastic.

[@vasp99]

Marvel has always been about crossovers . Long before the Avengers/Defenders War there was the Fantastic Four / Avengers 2 issue crossover dealing with the Hulk , circa FF 23-24 ( double check that though) .

[@cavotiscomics3423]

You are totally right, even before that in Timely Namor and the Human Torch Too