) Ewing’s charming dialogue and otherworldly narrative are encumbered only by its large quantity of exposition (e.g. (I’ve waxed poetic about the meaningfulness of Ewing’s Loki: Agent of Asgard as a trans narrative before, which is available to read here. It’s a joy to have Ewing writing Loki again, given the care with which Ewing writes trans characters. Just as Defenders was before it, Defenders: Beyond acts as an experimental playground for its storytellers Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez to explore the myriad of ways comics convey time, space, and story.Įwing, as always, writes a perfect balance of playfulness and gravitas. Galactus’ mom, Loki, and Tigra) before they set off on an adventure to save reality itself.
Told from the perspective of the superhero Blue Marvel, Defenders: Beyond #1 follows the gathering together of a new group of Defenders (Blue Marvel, America Chavez, Taia a.k.a. But while there’s comfort in familiarity, Defenders: Beyond is proof that some of the best comics happen when comics creators push boundaries and are given the creative liberty to do so. Superhero comics as a genre are prone to stagnation: character growth is discouraged, death is a minor inconvenience, and creators have little incentive to go against the status quo either narratively or visually.
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