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    Major Spoilers Question of the Day: Avenger, Defender Or Champion Edition

    Matthew PetersonBy Matthew PetersonMay 8, 20179 Comments1 Min Read

    It’s a common refrain among those who take things literally, at the most basic face value: The Avengers don’t actually do much in the way of avenging.  The Defenders have a slightly better shot at literally living up to their group designation, thanks to the name being a bit more vague.  Nearly all superhero-type activities involve defending one thing or another, and as for The Champions, they’re super-hip in that way that only a group of teens created by men in their forties can be.  Still, whether Avenger, Defender or Champion, they’re part of pop culture, which means we get to snarkily assess them as characters and symbols, leading to today’s definitional query…

    The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) doesn’t want to discuss what team is more popular, cooler or has the hottest co-workers, but instead the literal meaning of their names, asking: What would you choose as your super-team affiliation: Avenger, Defender Or Champion?

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    Once upon a time, there was a young nerd from the Midwest, who loved Matter-Eater Lad and the McKenzie Brothers... If pop culture were a maze, Matthew would be the Minotaur at its center. Were it a mall, he'd be the Food Court. Were it a parking lot, he’d be the distant Cart Corral where the weird kids gather to smoke, but that’s not important right now... Matthew enjoys body surfing (so long as the bodies are fresh), writing in the third person, and dark-eyed women. Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as: Fear! Surprise! Ruthless efficiency! An almost fanatical devotion to pop culture! And a nice red uniform.

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    9 Comments

    1. Malone_hasco on May 8, 2017 12:00 pm

      Avengers. I’ve seen that they get credit cards and government jobs.

    2. Brenning Dragonbred on May 8, 2017 12:05 pm

      Avengers, solely for the fact I already have an Avengers ID card (came with a special issue of Wizard in the mid/late 90’s). Also have a JLA ID card from another promo they had, so I’m set for the big two universes.

    3. stevebizlib on May 8, 2017 1:05 pm

      Fantastic Four, thank you very much!

    4. Daniel Langsdale on May 8, 2017 2:24 pm

      As you ask, solely based on the meaning of the word in the name, I’d be a Defender first and foremost. Potentially that could lead me to become a Champion at what I do, and I suppose that’d be okay, but if I became an Avenger then that would mean that I failed to do my job.

    5. Lemmy Caution (@_Lemmy_Caution) on May 8, 2017 2:50 pm

      NEW Defenders from 1983 since New Warriors and Power Pack are not options.

      • Matthew Peterson on May 8, 2017 3:34 pm

        New Warriors is always the right answer.

    6. Sam B on May 8, 2017 4:52 pm

      Ultimates. Every other team is junior league.

    7. Slappy on May 8, 2017 6:42 pm

      New Teen Titans (I’am 43 but act 5 according to my wife. I think that balances out.)

    8. Ron on May 8, 2017 6:55 pm

      Defender, because I wouldn’t want to be part of a team that would have me as a member.

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