THE DEFENDERS (VOL.2) #12 REVIEW. A complete waste of my time and money.

cover by erik larsen kurt busiek & erik larsen (w)/erik larsen & ivan reis (p)/ ? THE SCOOP: It's a double-sized 'Nuff Said issue that ushers in a new direction for Earth's Most Reluctant Heroes! ? THE STORY: The lead story, written, penciled and inked by Erik Larsen brings his run to a finish, as the Defenders are brought by the curse to a realm in which there is no sound. They can't get along when they can communicate -- so how will they cope in a world where they can't? In the second story, written by Kurt Busiek and Jo Duffy, and drawn by Ivan Reis, the Defenders have had enough of the curse, and travel into the bowels of the Earth to petition Gaea to release them -- and her response sends the team and the series in a radically new direction! OVERLORDS: DEFENDERS AGAINST THE EARTH starts in February... but the action starts right here! ?

[@mikefanofGDNgenuinedarksyde703]

My eyes, Fallout Boy, the goggles, they do nothing! Good gods, Marinus, Larsen's caricaturization in his art style, here... It's extreme, and this was still as early in Larsen's career as not far from 30 years ago! All of the characters look cartoony, but Hulk really stands out to me. And when you'd begun reviewing this series, all too long ago, I'd thought I'd remembered Larsen's the Hulk in the “Revenge (not Return) of the Sinister Six” storyline with fondness. He still looks better there than here, I think. Or looks less-bad. Aragorn!? Gaia is '90s environmentalist BS, emphasis on mental. It's B.S. Sounds like the '90s affectation of speaking by Nighthawk really got to you. Not that it wasn't annoying when that was being propagated in media. This was another blown, complete waste of time by Erik Larsen. How foreseeable! Time to review another from the one and only original volume of the Defenders. Yeesh, Larsen. I don't understand the appreciation. Sell these, Marinus, and we'll move on to something else. May your weekend have been enjoyable otherwise, be well and I'll talk to you later.

[@darksydeiscomics1891]

It's not good at all. Embarrasing to say at least. yeah the Sinister Six story was actually fun. This cringefest is not.😑. Aragorn! God i can't stand this wimpy-speak from characters that never spoke this way. Can't stand it!! Yeah i want to pick a good story to start off. Expecially the story with the Headmen. that would be nice. Yes. selling is a good idea. Get out of here!!!😅. You too, Mike. Have a great one!!