Well Kosh, I've never loved the Serpents nor Wrecking Crew, some of my least favorite Thor stories always involved the Crew. Heck, even one of my favorite periods of Avengers, and the Serpents story remains my least favorite story during that run! 'Course with GS Defenders #2 and #3 that will probably be thrown in in Defenders Masterworks vol. 3, I'll be onboard maybe! With a half-off sale of course!

Anyway, I agree with you on vol. 2 of Defenders Masterworks though. I just didn't want to bring this thread down on the current Masterwork but since you brought it up...

Yeh, it's a tough pill to swallow for 4 whole comics unreprinted. (#'s 7, 12-14) And a 15 page (lead story #8) and 9 page story (GS #1) but I really like these early Defenders stories. And I'm a big Hawkeye fan!

But heck, even at the standard 38% discount, or $34.09 I'm having a hard time with this. Can't imagine how you'd justify $45 unless you REALLY loved this material!

As for the Hulk issue, that WOULD have been nice, but since it wasn't a direct x-over I don't think it would have been very typical of the Masterworks program! They did cram vol. 2 pretty full as is and kept the cost down to $55!

I do remember griping about vol. 2 when it was first announced though, because I had JUST broken down and bought vol. 8 of the X-men Masterworks and voila there's vol. 2 announced for Defenders negating pretty much the reason I bought the X-Men Masterworks, aside from the MTU and Hulk issues. And then they announce a MTU Masterworks!!! Ah well, guess that Xmen Masterworks will be chucked to the curbside eventually, when MTU gets to vol. 4 and the Hulk gets to whatever volume! Had I known that a MTU line was starting up and Defenders was a getting a 2nd vol. soon though...