Marvel Comics Bringing Back THE DEFENDERS With Doctor Strange As Leader; Here's The Possible Lineup

Marvel Comics Bringing Back THE DEFENDERS With Doctor Strange As Leader; Here's The Possible Lineup

Exciting news for fans of the Defenders today as Marvel Comics has announced that Doctor Strange will lead a new iteration of the team. Who will join him? Well, he have a list of his possible teammates...

By JoshWilding - Feb 10, 2021 12:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

For some of you, when you think of "The Defenders," heroes like Daredevil, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist likely come to mind. However, in the comic books, the team is vastly different, and has frequently seen heroes like Doctor Strange, Hulk, Silver Surfer, and Namor the Sub-Mariner assemble. 

Now, the team is coming back, but they're seemingly going to look a lot different. 

In a teaser image shared by Marvel Comics, we see that Doctor Strange is looking to assemble the "New Defenders," while The Masked Raider is shown by his side. That character is a relatively new addition to the Marvel Universe and is a reimagined version of an obscure Golden Age hero. He wears the Eternity Mask, the focal point of Marvel Comics #1000, and is likely the first member of this team.

Who do we see on those Tarot Cards? Well, there's Beast, Cloud, Daimon Hellstrom, Harpy, Hulk, Moondragon, Namor, Silver Surfer, and Valkyrie, so it looks like we're getting a mix of A-List superheroes and some characters who have perhaps been a little overlooked on the page in recent years. 

Artist Javier Rodriguez came up with this awesome teaser image, but there's no word on a writer.

Who would you like to see in Doctor Strange's New Defenders?
 

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Spike101
Spike101 - 2/10/2021, 1:26 AM
A classic lineup of the good doctor along with Namor, the Surfer and Bruce would be amazing! Maybe even Valkyrie too
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 2/10/2021, 1:39 AM
@Spike101 - was about to say that. That line-up to me is so weird, yet so fitting for some reason
hummingbird68
hummingbird68 - 2/10/2021, 4:47 AM
@Spike101 - Lets not forget Hulk from that original line-up. The Defenders was one of my favourite team comics back in 1978 when I first started collecting comics.

Whatever happened to Nighthawk he was around for quite a while as a Defender?
InvictusPox
InvictusPox - 2/10/2021, 5:02 AM
@hummingbird68 - " Lets not forget Hulk from that original line-up."

The Hulk is who @Spike101 was referring to in his list as "Bruce", when he said "A classic lineup of the good doctor along with Namor, the Surfer and Bruce would be amazing! Maybe even Valkyrie too"
hummingbird68
hummingbird68 - 2/10/2021, 5:10 AM
@InvictusPox - Oopps, I really need to put my glasses on for the computer more often lol
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/10/2021, 9:20 AM
@bkmeijer - it would be amazing to see 🤞
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/10/2021, 9:22 AM
@InvictusPox - exactly, just seeing who’s paying attention 😂
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 2/10/2021, 12:30 PM
@Spike101 - too bad we won't get them on the big-screen probably (probably only like A-Force in Endgame)
Dunejedi
Dunejedi - 2/10/2021, 1:43 AM
Correct me if I’m wrong but, with the exception of Harpy, hasn’t every champion appearing on a card already been a member of The Defenders?
dracula
dracula - 2/10/2021, 2:10 AM
Too bad the Hulk is pretty much done. Not much more can be done with him (and what was done in his last 3 movies was kind of rushed). Plus will his arm even heal
tripttwe
tripttwe - 2/10/2021, 5:35 AM
@dracula - the HULK is never done. He can go Gray, lose the Banner mindsync due to some unforeseen trauma. End up lost again on some Canadian snowfield... the possibilities are endless.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 2/10/2021, 6:04 AM
@dracula - Immortal Hulk says hi.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 2/10/2021, 2:11 AM
Who the hell is the masked raider
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 2/10/2021, 5:22 AM
@JFerguson - Good question
rychlec
rychlec - 2/10/2021, 4:16 AM
Hope to see Moondragon show up here as well as in Guardians 3. Anyone have casting ideas for her?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/10/2021, 4:34 AM
Surfer is a must.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 2/10/2021, 8:21 AM
@BlackBeltJones -
Superspecialawesomeguy
Superspecialawesomeguy - 2/10/2021, 4:34 AM
As long as my boi Norrin's back then it's all cool by me lol.



InvictusPox
InvictusPox - 2/10/2021, 5:05 AM
@Superspecialawesomeguy - And his trusty partner, Toomie!
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 2/10/2021, 8:21 AM
@Superspecialawesomeguy -
tripttwe
tripttwe - 2/10/2021, 5:39 AM
I see Surfer as more of a loner. His movement is so advanced, and his thought process just doesn't strike me as team player. This could be althemore reading to read it. The same could easily be said for HULK, Namor and Strange. Any suggestions/ guesses on who is, or should be writing this?
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 2/10/2021, 5:46 AM
I loved Beast on the Avengers. The Defenders? Not so much. Cool that they're going back to the classic style and team. "The more things change, the more they stay the same"
PicolasCage
PicolasCage - 2/10/2021, 5:47 AM
We’re totally getting a Defenders movie or show in Phase 5.

Now that Feige is CCO, there’s been a lot of conspicuous synergy with the comics priming people for stuff to come in the MCU.

For example in the comics, we’ve recently gotten new series based around:
-Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova
-Shang-Chi
-USAgent
-Taskmaster
-Falcon and the Winter Soldier
-Eternals
-S.W.O.R.D.

And others that I’m probably forgetting. Those are all characters that are confirmed to be coming in Phase 4. Extrapolating that logic, you can make guesses about which other characters will likely be coming to the MCU relatively soon by taking a look at comics focused on weirdly specific and/or obscure characters.

For example, there are new comics based around:
-Werewolf by Night (who’s rumored to appear in Moon Knight)
-Juggernaut
-Power Pack (who we know are one of Feige’s favorites)
-Defenders (with a roster of many existing MCU characters, as well as characters like Namor who’s been rumored to appear in BP 2, Moondragon who’s been rumored to appear in GotG 3, etc).
soberchimera
soberchimera - 2/10/2021, 6:13 AM
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