#21,358: Defenders (1972) #147
"...and Games!"
Title: Defenders (v1)
Editor-in-Chief:
Jim Shooter
Editor:
Carl Potts
Writer:
Peter Gillis
Artist:
Don Perlin
Inker:
Art Nichols
Cover Artist:
Frank Cirocco
Colorist:
Michele Robinson
Letterer:
Janice Chiang
Cover Date: September 1985
Release Date: June 1985
Pages: 22
Cover Price: $0.65
Times Read: 296
Times Rated: 205
Universe:
Earth-616
Issue Blurb
Hotspur is a demon that loves to have fun. The New Defenders discover that his idea of fun is destroying property and killing people and he has the power to warp their minds anyway he wishes.
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RAYx_1
+2
Mar 28, 2026
Wow! Such a crappy issue. It started badly, and it just kept digging.
BaronBytes
+1
Aug 24, 2025
The one good thing for Angel's blindness is that he couldn't see this mess.
I'm still unsure what did reminding Cloud of Moondragon actually accomplish. There was lightning and magic and stuff. Invincible villain with dumb backstory is defeated.
I'm still unsure what did reminding Cloud of Moondragon actually accomplish. There was lightning and magic and stuff. Invincible villain with dumb backstory is defeated.
VikingLegion
+3
Jul 26, 2025
Is Val going to need a new hairstyle after getting her braid chopped off? is about all I took away from this bizarre mini-arc.
Well that's over, what's coming up next? Oh, Dazzler. Cool, cool, cool...
Well that's over, what's coming up next? Oh, Dazzler. Cool, cool, cool...
adie
+1
Dec 29, 2024
One of the best series of the seventies just disappeared down the toilet
Jsarich
+3
Jun 14, 2024
Man, that fight reminded me of playing on a playground as a kid. There was always that onea**holekid that would play make believe and refuse to lose. Just Nuh uh you didn't touch me cause I have a force field now. or some bulls**tlike that. This Hotspur guy is annoying.
MJJMayor
+5
Feb 17, 2024
I don't really understand the narrative purpose of Gargoyle's late arrival to this fight. He may as well have gone with the group last issue.
Guess we're about to start seeing much less of Cloud. I was very interested if they were going to go anywhere with her Moondragon love and genderfluidity, but seems like no.
Guess we're about to start seeing much less of Cloud. I was very interested if they were going to go anywhere with her Moondragon love and genderfluidity, but seems like no.
Feb 14, 2024
Funnily enough that's the same way you beat Tottenham Hotspur
andfor
+2
Mar 16, 2023
If Hotspur is the leader of the Lords of Fun, Peter Gillis is the leader of the Lords of Confusion and Don Perlin is the leader of the Lords of Boredom
gumchewspit
+2
Aug 6, 2021
This is the cheap, no brand, generic knockoff version of Claremont's X-Men.
bastos
+8
Jul 24, 2021
Worst summary ever:
Terrible.
The Defenders fight dreams. Except that they have guns. And want to fight guns, and don't. Iceman has some icy Dr. Octopus arms. Or maybe not. And Gargoyle sees everyone at a party. With blood. Maybe. And Someone can't tell their name. And will save Cloud. And it's Seraph. Behind a mask. Maybe.
Terrible.
The Defenders fight dreams. Except that they have guns. And want to fight guns, and don't. Iceman has some icy Dr. Octopus arms. Or maybe not. And Gargoyle sees everyone at a party. With blood. Maybe. And Someone can't tell their name. And will save Cloud. And it's Seraph. Behind a mask. Maybe.
Marksman
+11
Nov 2, 2020
What a hot mess. I was going to be kind and give it 2 stars as yhis title was one of my faves from the 70s. Then Seraph pulls off the Scooby Doo mask, automatic 1 star...
smitty22
+5
Aug 17, 2020
Yikes, this title is going no where at a speed so fast I am afraid of the damage it will do if it hits something. Yeah, make sense of that comment, easier than making sense of this title.
Russ
+8
Aug 7, 2020
C'mon, Russ, just 5 issues left. You can do five issues....
2 stars. Barely.
2 stars. Barely.
go2shaw
+4
Jun 2, 2020
It's a good thing this title is dead to me now. Otherwise, I might feel compelled to comment about how bad it was and that I'm looking forward to the final issue..
Nsmash
+4
Feb 14, 2020
Interloper dresses like the pimp of the deep forests.
phogbear
+8
Sep 16, 2019
Okay I complained about the focus on Mondragon a few issues back. I don't like the character, but those were coherent solid stories at least. I could at least follow along and didn't get confused.
grayrender
+9
Jun 15, 2019
What is sad about the spiral of this series is that there is still plenty of creativity from the staff on it, but there just doesn't seem to be a coherent direction. They could have stuck with the action comedy format and been fine, or the hard horror, but none of the forays into other genres have any coherence or commitment behind them anymore.
skywalker3880
+10
Nov 1, 2018
This used to be a title I looked forward to and now I feel like it should have been cancelled about 10 issues ago. This was just plain bad.
Apr 8, 2018
I hate this lineup so much, it actually makes my teeth hurt.
Mar 21, 2018
The cover is awesome despite not having anything to do with the actual story.
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