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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Fearless Defenders #1 by Cullen Bunn Defenders (Valkyrior) (Earth-616) One night, Misty Knight stopped some mercenaries from smuggling ancient Asgardian artifacts, though they manage to get away with their primary target. Misty took the recovered artifacts to Dr. Annabelle Riggs, who was excavating a viking burial site and inadvertently awakened the dead vikings with one the artifacts. Misty battled the vikings and was soon joined by Valkyrie, who sensed the commotion. When the fight was over, Valkyrie agreed to take Annabelle and Misty to Asgardia to seek council on the matter. [1] The mercenaries kidnapped Dani Moonstar and brought her to Caroline Le Fay, who wanted to become a Valkyrie like Dani. In Asgardia, the All-Mother explained to Valkyrie, Misty, and Annabelle that the dead Vikings signalled the return of the Doom Maidens: corrupted Valkyries, who come to fill the void left by Valkyrie's inability to assemble a new Valkyrior. Hela, aware of the Doom Maidens' return, brought Hippolyta from the Underworld to help set things right. [2] The All-Mother teleported Valkyrie, Misty, Annabelle, and Hippolyta to Harrowpoint Island, Washington, where Caroline le Fey had taken Dani Moonstar to use her in a ritual to summon the Doom Maidens. Once inside le Fey's chamber, the heroes discovered that the Doom Maidens had already arrived. During the subsequent battle, Annabelle managed to free Dani before the Doom Maidens halted their fighting, recognizing Valkyrie as their "sister". [3] The heroes retreated to Misty's safe house in New York City as the Doommaidens gave chase. There, Valkyrie had a vision from long ago of herself leading an attack on Odin. Valkyrie decided to take Dani and Hippolyta and lead the Doommaidens away from the city, while Misty and Annabelle called Heroes for Hire for help. [4] Age of Ultron. Wolverine (Logan) and Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) tried to assassinate Ultron's creator, Henry Pym to prevent Ultron from taking over the world. In the divergent timeline created by Pym's death, Morgan le Fay and her husband Dr. Doom conquered half the planet. Le Fey and Doom's daughter, Caroline, recruited Hippolyta to seek revenge for abandoning her as a child. In Latveria, Caroline and Hippolyta discovered that Doom had died and was replaced by Ares, Hippolyta's father. Hippolyta defeated Ares and took back command of the Amazons, who were subdued by him. [5] Post-Age of Ultron. In Descanso de Deus, Brazil, Valkyrie, Hippolyta, and Moonstar ascended to a mountaintop mesa littered with stone carvings that mark an arena. They soon confronted Caroline Le Fay, Mr. Raven, and the Doom Maidens astride their demonic dragons, which douse the three with hellfire before Hippolyta heaves a stone carving at one of the dragons, knocking it out of the sky. The Doom Maidens dismount and attack, and Valkyrie, Hippolyta, and Moonstar fended them off before realizing that they were outnumbered. Moments later, Misty and Annabelle arrived on the scene with a battalion of superheroes, including Hellcat, Tigra, Black Cat, Spider-Woman, She-Hulk, Elektra, Storm, Thundra, Tarantula, Black Widow, Captain Marvel, and Colleen Wing. The heroes launched themselves into the fight and managed to subdue the Doom Maidens, even as Thundra questioned Annabelle's continued presence. In the midst of the fighting, Moonstar spotted Caroline and confronted her, fighting and subduing Mr. Raven before Caroline explained that Moonstar is "the battery" that powers the ritual to awaken the Doom Maidens. She then explained that Valkyrie brought Moonstar to Brazil in order to power the Valkyrie's transformation into the maiden of rage. Valkyrie then transformed and destroyed Hermotha, leaving She-Hulk to prepare to battle the newly awakened Maiden of Rage. Fearless Defenders Vol 1 1. In the North Atlantic Ocean, a storm rages as Misty Knight, "badass private investigator," infiltrates a container ship and summarily incapacitates the crew, discovering a cache of "ugly trinkets" on board. Moments later, a helicopter arrives carrying the crew of Caroline Le Fay, who open fire on Misty and force her to dive into the ocean with one of the "trinkets." Le Fay's men retrieve the crate of artifacts, noting that "some of the lesser relics were lost." The next day, at "a mass Viking grave" in the White Mountain National Forest, Misty meets with Dr. Annabelle Riggs, who "grew up watching a lot of Indiana Jones," to deliver the artifact, which Riggs identifies as "a representation of an Asgardian messenger spirit" that is a sort of music box. Riggs accidentally activates the relic, and its music reanimates the Viking corpses, which attack the team of archaeologists. Misty fights the undead warriors using the Satan Claw 2.0, a "Stark Industries cybernetic replica," before Valkyrie arrives. The pair battle the Vikings until Valkyrie realizes that the corpses have been reanimated by the music of the relic. She protects Riggs from the attacking Vikings until Riggs kisses her, then uses the sword Dragonfang to shatter the relic, silencing its music and deanimating the Viking corpses. As Valkyrie prepares to return to Asgard, Riggs persuades her to allow her to accompany her, and Misty offers to accompany the pair as a bodyguard, though Valkyrie warns of "filth and vermin. deceit and insanity. of torture and seduction and. of rage." She explains that the Doommaidens are rising, and claims that she is responsible. Solicit Synopsis. NEW TEAM! NEW VILLAINS! NEW CREATORS! Valkyrie and Misty Knight are the Fearless Defenders and not since Power Man and Iron Fist has an unlikely duo kicked this much—well, you know. Writer Cullen Bunn (Venom, Sixth Gun, The Fearless) and new-to-Marvel artist Will Sliney (MacGyver, Star Wars) bring you the book everyone is going to be talking about on Thursday morning. Fearless Defenders #1 Review. Despite some truly unfortunate armor – the phrase “boob saucers” wouldn’t be off the mark – Valkyrie brings with her a quiet dignity that is well suited to Misty Knight’s natural chutzpah. Misty is given some of the best lines of the book – even Valkyrie tells her “Your levity is good” with that trademark Asgardian deadpan – and the two of them are an ass-kicking dream team. Joining the duo as they track down a legendary undead menace is Dr. Annabelle Riggs, who suffers from the same affliction Natalie Portman’s character did in Thor (a sudden and overwhelming attraction for beautiful Asgardian warriors that is powerful enough to rob her of her senses). Veronica Gandini’s colors are slick and sophisticated and while Will Sliney’s art is technically proficient for the most part, it does occasionally fall into cheesecake territory, with more than its fair share of bizarrely contorted spines and overly prominent T & A. The prevalence of back-breaking hypersexual poses – Misty Knight is a frequent victim of anatomical impossibility – is disappointing considering how well-written and thoroughly badass Bunn’s ladies are. The women of Fearless Defenders deserve better. But if one can look past the impossibly protruding chests and mind- bogglingly rotund derrieres, this a series not to be missed. The Fearless Defenders #1. NEW TEAM! NEW VILLAINS! NEW CREATORS! Valkyrie and Misty Knight are the Fearless Defenders and not since Power Man and Iron Fist has an unlikely duo kicked this muchwell, you know. Writer Cullen Bunn (Venom, Sixth Gun, The Fearless) and new-to-Marvel artist Will Sliney (MacGyver, Star Wars) bring you the book everyone is going to be talking about on Thursday morning. Bunn does an amazing job laying out the story, setting everything up in a way that is easy to understand as well as entertaining. You have these two really different characters headlining a series, and Bunn makes it work to his advantage. The result is this very quirky dialogue and really clever interaction between two very different individuals. You also have the basis for a very interesting story and a very brief introduction to the villain in this ongoing. Great pacing and pretty art made this book a fun read. I loved what I saw here and I am definitely excited to read more. Read Full Review. The only way female team books are going to stick around is if people buy and read them. If that is something you like, then you need to read this book. This book should be looked at for its own merit, but it goes without saying that this is almost like a dry run for the all female X-Men in April. If Fearless Defenders continues to have a great mix of character exchange, development and action, I think interest will continue to grow. Read Full Review. Truly, if Defenders carries on in the same direction as its premier issue, it’s going to do well. Sure, it’s a female-dominant cast, but they’re awesome for being awesome, not because they’re women. Read Full Review. Full of action and amusing banter, Bunn delivers a fun opening issue with an interesting nuance of mystery bookending the story. Not all of the lines are winners, but the cheeky dialogue keeps things moving along at a good pace and sets the characters up for great interactions and story progression. Slineys pencils are engaging and well-complemented by Veronica Gandinis color work, rounding out the action with flair. Its still early days for this title, but overall this book is off a solid start. Read Full Review. Veronica Gandini's colors are slick and sophisticated and while Will Sliney's art is technically proficient for the most part, it does occasionally fall into cheesecake territory, with more than its fair share of bizarrely contorted spines and overly prominent T & A.