![]() Joining him in this new venture, were mostly fellow former West Coast Avengers like the Scarlet Witch, U.S. ![]() ![]() They did this by using a Chaos computer with a hex mainframe that would work in conjunction with the Scarlet Witch's hex powers, to predict and pinpoint exactly where the team should show up and head off that particular disaster, rather then just wait and respond. Speaking of fringe teams, here's another one that started off as a spin-off of a popular team book, Avengers West Coast, in Force Works.Ĭreated by Iron Man and debuting in July of 1994 shortly after he disbanded the West Coast branch of the Avengers, Force Works was meant to represent a new sort of team that would be more proactive in attempting to shutdown disasters alien invasions and attacks by MU super-villains. I mean shit, they had the Secret Avengers, and used that whole gimmick for awhile, why not bring it back the Secret Defenders again? Personally, I feel with the decent amount of 90's nostalgia still permeating through Marvel these days, that the Secret Defenders concept is due for a comeback, be it brief or more long term. ![]() The book chugged along for another year or so, abandoning the whole "rotating cast" gimmick for a more stable line-up of Z-list "heroes" before being cancelled with #25 in March of 1995. Strange didn't stay on the book long as the main leader, handing off the reigns to former Avenger Dr. In that respect, DeFalco basically used the same approach and line of thinking that Brian Bendis would later use himself with the Avengers in 2003, when he created the New Avengers. Despite initial rejection at the idea by some, he got his wish and the book became a reality doing exactly what he wanted publishing a team book composed of popular Marvel characters. The real reason this book even existed in the first place was because then editor-in-chief of Marvel, Tom DeFalco, wanted a team book composed of all the popular stars at the time, like Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Punisher, etc. I mean shit, Strange recruited Captain America and the Scarlet Witch on the very next case after the first team. That and the fact that really anybody could be on the team. Strange would start all over again.įor the time as a young kid, I loved it, especially due to initial cast of Wolverine, Nomad, Spider-Woman, and Darkhawk. Once the villain or villains were defeated and the mission over, everybody went back home, and Dr. Using tarot cards, he'd pick each operative that was beneficial to fighting that week's evil menace.īasically it was the concept of the non-team taken literally, turning the Defenders into the Mission Impossible of the MU, meaning the "team" was composed of a regularly rotating cast of characters for that particular story arc. Strange needed a team of certain superheroes to help him out on certain missions that would come up. The in-continuity MU reason for the Secret Defenders being created was that Dr. I thought of at least 10 teams to make up a top 10 list, and here's what I've come up with.ĭebuting in 1993, in The Secret Defenders was a team much in the same vein as it's popular predecessor, the Defenders, formed and for a time, led by Dr. When I say fringe, I mean teams that were outside the already established mainstream teams like the Avengers or X-Men, either as an off-shoot of one of these franchise teams mean to cash in on the already established name, or that they were teams uniquely created for that specific time period in the hopes of becoming a new and profitable franchise for the company. So today I figured I'd talk briefly about some of the fringe Marvel teams of the 90's.
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