Defenders (2005) #2

This is among the books I'd bought based on the recent news that the Defenders would be reuniting, at least temporarily. The point was to have a look at other times such reunions took place.

I'd already bought the first issue of this series and, well...hated it. This is just not my cup of tea. Comedic books that clash with long-estabished characters' usual personalities don't tend to work, in my opinion. When Doctor Strange and the Silver Surfer became well-known, people were not buying their books for a giggle. You can maybe make it work with the Hulk who, while we're on the subject, graces the cover.

When we last saw the team, they had been whisked away to Dormammu's dimension by Doctor Strange and were preparing to be overwhelmed by the villain's hordes. Namor does not do much in this book, but his first appearance at least demonstrates his power.

Sadly, that's about as much contribution from the avenging son as we're going to get. We are offered page after page of Dormammu and his sister Umar babbling and bickering like children and this kind of "hilarious" filler.

The prince speaks for me here and I wish that command applied to everyone. That's about it for Namor in this particular issue but I can't complain, he gets more face time than the Silver Surfer does. The bulk of the book is dedicated to the Dormammu and Umar comedy show.

Only three more issues to go, but unless they go on sale at some point, I'm going to read a lot of other books before I get to them.