Defenders: Beyond Vol 1 (2022–2023)

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Status: Finished

Type: Limited Series (Team)

Publication Date: September, 2022—January, 2023

Genre: Super Hero

Featuring: Defenders

5 issues • 89 images • 5 reprinted issues • 1 TPB edition

Defenders: Beyond #1
"Malkuth: The Neutral Zone"
Release date: July 20, 2022
Cover date: September, 2022

Defenders: Beyond #2
"Yesod: The Second Cosmos"
Release date: August 24, 2022
Cover date: October, 2022

Defenders: Beyond #3
"Tiphareth: The White Hot Room"
Release date: September 28, 2022
Cover date: November, 2022

Defenders: Beyond #4
"Da'at: The Land Of Couldn't-Be-Shouldn't-Be"
Release date: October 19, 2022
Cover date: December, 2022

Defenders: Beyond #5
"Kether: The House of Ideas"
Release date: November 23, 2022
Cover date: January, 2023

See Also

• Loki: Agent of Asgard, then Thor (Vol. 6) #24
• Ultimates (Vol. 3), then Ultimates 2 (Vol. 2)
• Defenders (Vol. 6)

Trivia

• "The Mystery" is a term Al Ewing often used to describe the realms located on the Outside, beyond the Far Shore. He conceived a "Mystery Map" after he saw how a few of them could fit on the Tree of Life; this series is a journey up the middle pillar.
  • "Malkuth: The Neutral Zone"
  • "Yesod: The Second Cosmos"
  • "Tiphareth: The White Hot Room"
  • "Da'at: The Land of Couldn't-Be-Shouldn't-Be"
  • "Kether: The House of Ideas"
• Each of the five issues is narrated by one of the five Defenders:
  • The Blue Marvel for issue #1.
  • Taaia for issue #2.
  • Tigra for issue #3.
  • America Chavez for issue #4.
  • Loki for issue #5.
• Javier Rodríguez, the artist for both this series and Defenders (Vol. 6), explained that the team leaders for the Defenders have an effect on the page design for their respective series. Since the leader here is the Blue Marvel, panels are designed with a grid in mind unless magic or exceptional events interfere.

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