Correct. The Defenders combined the supernatural, with political satire, and the deconstruction of many superhero motifs before this was commonplace in the medium.

Agreed. The Defenders line-up of Valkyrie, Hellcat, Nighthawk, Hulk, and Dr. Strange as the advisor if not actually a therapist to this non-team of individualistic and psychologically damaged superheroes is the combination that worked best and made the Defenders unique as well as quirky and often quite spooky.…