History ComicBook / TheDefenders2017

''The Defenders'' is a 2017 series written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis and illustrated by David Marquez. Unlike the previous [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders]] teams, they are specifically tailored after the roster from [[Series/TheDefenders2017 the Netflix show]], with the four main heroes being ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, and ComicBook/JessicaJones.

It started when Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Daredevil broke up a drug operation that just happened to be run by Diamondback -- the same Diamondback that, years earlier, had been Luke Cage's arch-enemy and had died. In retaliation for this, Diamondback targets each one of them in their secret identities and shoots Jessica Jones in her office.

After Jessica gets out of the hospital, she, Luke, Danny, and Daredevil team up to find and stop Diamondback and, in the process, form a team to defend the streets.

* RetCanon: The very comic itself, given the line-up consists of the same line-up as a the TV show: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, with Jessica having jack all to do with any of the other Denfeder teams before this point.

''The Defenders'' is a 2017 series written by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis and illustrated by David Marquez. Unlike the previous [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders]] teams, they are specifically tailored after the ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' Netflix show, with the four main heroes being ComicBook/LukeCage, ComicBook/IronFist, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, and ComicBook/JessicaJones.

* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: Iron Fist and Elektra have a brutal, all-out brawl in issue #7 that goes back-and-fourth throughout.

* CutShort: Bendis's run on the book, due to his defection to Creator/DCComics.

* CutShort: Bendis's run on the book, due to his defection to Creator/DCComics.

* OhCrap: Diamondback, at the end of issue 4, when he's informed he's being shipped to prison in the same transport as the Punisher.

* ShoutOut: The opening of issue 1 is a homage to the famous WebComic/CtrlAltDel loss.jpg meme.

* RetCanon: The very comic itself, given the line-up consists of the same line-up as a the TV show: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, with the former two having all all to do with any of the other Denfeder teams before this point.

* ClothingDamage: Luke loses his shirt thanks to Frank Castle, then grouches about losing ''yet another'' shirt. Daredevil asks him why he doesn't just get one made of unstable molecules (they're expensive).

* WrongGenreSavy: Black Cat seems to be under the belief that Diamondback, who wants to be the new Kingpin, can conduct himself in a reasonable fashion the way she did. She ends up [[spoiler: getting a load of bullets in her stomach for her trouble]].

* BackFromTheDead: Diamondback, not only is he now alive and well he CameBackStrong and is able to fight evenly with Jessica and move faster then Matt and Danny.

* JerkassHasAPoint: In the third issue, when Frank Castle points out that he doesn't trust Daredevil because he doesn't know who he is, Luke says that he has a point and that in order to truly work with him, they should at least know his name. Daredevil (who, at this point, has had his entire secret identity restored so that ''nobody''[[note]]Sans Gwenpool[[/note]] knows who he is) says that he'll think about it.
* LampshadeHanging: At the beginning of issue four, Hammerhead points out how Inhuman Growth Hormone is just Mutant Growth Hormone, the old Marvel bad drug du jour, with a different name.

* OhCrap: Diamondback, at the end of issue 4, when e's informed he's being shipped to prison in the same transport as the Punisher.

* TooDumbToLive: A junkie takes some I.G.H. and then decides to mix it with some other drugs while she's there. This kills her.

* TheWorfEffect: Somehow, Diamondback is able to beat down ''Luke Cage'' in the very first issue. In the third issue, he ''catches'' Danny's iron fist. In the fourth he beats up Jessica, which is subverted seconds later when Danny gets right back up again and kicks his ass.

* ArcWelding: It's revealed Hammerhead took some I.G.H on the same night he fought Spider-Man (Miles) when the latter came vengefully knocking on his door.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Black Cat may be a villain, but Diamondback's level of violence is a bit too much even for her. She actually [[PetTheDog saves Luke]] by bringing him to a hospital. It's at least partly out of pragmatism though, as killing Luke in such a brutal manner is garantueed to get the entire Superhero community coming after them. She ''does'' state that a good man like Luke deserved better than to die like that.

* TheWorfEffect: Somehow, Diamondback is able to beat down ''Luke Cage'' in the very first issue. In the third issue, he ''catches'' Danny's iron fist.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Black Cat may be a villain, but Diamondback's level of violence is a bit too much even for her. She actually [[PetTheDog saves Luke]] by bringing him to a hospital. It's at least partly out of pragmatism though, as killing Luke in such a brutal manner is garantueed to get the entire Superhero community coming after them.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Black Cat may be a villain, but Diamondback's level of violence is a bit too much even for her. She actually [[PetTheDog saves Luke]] by bringing him to a hospital.

* JerkassHasAPoint: In the third issue, when Frank Castle points out that he doesn't trust Daredevil because he doesn't know who he is, Luke says that he has a point and that in order to truly work with him, they should at least know his name. Daredevil (who, at this point, has had his entire secret identity restored so that ''nobody'' knows who he is) says that he'll think about it.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: It apparently never occurs to DB that Black Cat would save Luke instead of letting him die.

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-->'''Daredevil:''' I think we need to work together. I think people on the street need to ''know'' we're working together.\\

'''Daredevil:''' I think we need to work together. I think people on the street need to ''know'' we're working together.\\
'''Iron Fist:''' Yeah, sure... We've talked about this before... If the Avengers, and whatnot, are up there...we need to be down here.