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* StableTimeLoop: or at least, it will be if Loki goes back...

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** Issue #3 connects the Phoenix Force with Tipareth. Not the first time this has happened, as it occurred way back in ''X-Men'' issue #108.

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** Issue #3 connects the Phoenix Force with Tipareth. Not the first time this has happened, as it occurred way back in ''X-Men'' issue #108. Through the issue, the Phoenix uses a lot of lines it's said during its time with the X-Men.


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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Loki tries trapping a Beyonder inside a story, which works, but by the same rules drags the Defenders in as well, and in this story there's cosmic consequences and a ticking clock - namely, Taaia's injuries.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: The Beyonder admits that in the White Hot Room, its home, the Phoenix Force can overpower him.


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* ImprobableWeaponUser: The Beyonder clocks the Phoenix with a blender. He admits it's odd, given they're cosmic entities, but he didn't feel like creating anything new when the blender was already there.


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* NotMeThisTime: America, having just recently learned her entire backstory was a lie, is suspicious of seeing Loki again. Loki has to assure America what's happened isn't their doing.


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* PercussiveTherapy: America and Taaia take advantage of being attacked by giant monsters in issue #5 to vent some of their current angst.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: In issue 5 [[spoiler:the One Above All tells Taaia that she can't take the knowledge of what Galan will become back to her cosmos. Blue Marvel suggests afterward that she might be able go back without it, but Taaia rejects it as hiding from her son's pain]].
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* BoldInflation: As in his previous appearances, The One Above All "speaks" in giant, bolded text without speech bubbles.


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* SequelHook:
** The Beyonder gets annoyed by Loki's decision, and storms off in a temper, refusing to go back to the Second Cosmos.
** Taaia [[spoiler:remains in the Eighth Cosmos, determined to retain the knowledge about Galactus somehow.]]
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Face to... well, [[TheFaceless non-face]] with the One Above All, Adam's first question is to immediately ask if it ''is'' above all. He sets an endless horde of monsters on them, though the characters quickly note that if someone ''that'' powerful was truly upset by the question, he could've done far worse.


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* VaguenessIsComing: Whatever "The Dominion" is, the Beyonders can't describe it. [[spoiler:Even The One Above All can only show a glimpse of an enormous crown hovering over a ruined world.]]
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** Concepts from the UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}} [[spoiler:surrounding The One Above All]] appear again, just like Ewing's previous ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk''.
** [[spoiler:The idea that The One Above All may not actually be above all was briefly explored in ''Thanos: The Infinity Conflict'', when the Living Tribunal wonders as such after The One Above All admits Thanos's wreckage of the cosmos is starting to spiral out of even his control.]]


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* MythologyGag: A very meta case. The "creatures of the pre-creation" [[spoiler:The One Above All]] summons are monsters from the horror comics Marvel published from ''ComicBook/FantasticFour #1'', which established the Marvel Universe as we know it. So they're "pre-creation" not in the sense that they're older than the Marvel Universe in-universe, but out of universe.
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** Tigra channeling the Tiger God to challenge Phoenix Taaia is much like T'Challa doing the same to confront Logos in the Superflow.
** Glorian using his own substance to make his "maybe-verses" is similar to Molecule Man using his own molecules to seed the multiverse recreated by Franklin in the aftermath of Secret Wars.

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* EldritchAbomination: Beyond the Beyonders and [[spoiler:the One Above All]], who are {{Humanoid Abomination}}s, [[spoiler:the Dominion fits this to a tee. When the One Above All shows the Defenders a glimpse of what's to come, they can only see a gigantic crown across five realities, with this being the closest thing their human minds can approximate.]]



* EvenMoreOmnipotent: The Beyonder, whose race the comic establishes to have unlimited power -- case in point them more-or-less effortlessly slaughtering the Celestials and other cosmic entities in the lead up to ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', admits upfront that he would certainly lose to the Phoenix Force, especially when he's in the White Hot Room.

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** In Issue #5, [[spoiler:Adam asks the One Above All if he really ''is'' above all. The One Above All deflects the question, but he does mention "the storyteller", who Tigra asks if that is him or someone else.]]

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* TakeThat: Glorian considers the current (eighth) multiverse a failure because it's a mere continuation of the previous one. He intends to fix this by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. Taaia tells him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter. It's hard not to read this as a swipe at Creator/DCComics.
** [[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Seventh Cosmos Loki]] considers their current incarnation a rehash of their old self.

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Glorian considers the current (eighth) multiverse a failure because it's a mere continuation of the previous one. He intends to fix this by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. Taaia tells him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter. It's hard not to read this as a swipe at Creator/DCComics.
** [[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Seventh Cosmos Loki]] considers their current incarnation to be a rehash of their old self.self, and seriously considers invoking LiteralSplitPersonality in the final issue.
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** [[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard Seventh Cosmos Loki]] considers their current incarnation a rehash of their old self.
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* EvenMoreOmnipotent: The Beyonder, whose race the comic establishes to have unlimited power, admits upfront that he would certainly lose to the Phoenix Force, especially when he's in the White Hot Room.

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* EvenMoreOmnipotent: The Beyonder, whose race the comic establishes to have unlimited power, power -- case in point them more-or-less effortlessly slaughtering the Celestials and other cosmic entities in the lead up to ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', admits upfront that he would certainly lose to the Phoenix Force, especially when he's in the White Hot Room.
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** The Beyonders' appearing as blonde humans refers back to the first time ''The'' Beyonder assumed a human form for itself, initially copying Steve Rogers. The Beyonder changed his appearance, including the black hair, shortly after.
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* VillainousRescue: Taaia almost dies fighting The Beyonders in issue two but [[spoiler:she's possessed by The Phoenix Force, who in the next issue uses her to attack the rest of the team.]]
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* AuthorAppeal: Tigra's involvement in the story is because Javier Rodriguez likes her.
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* AuthorAppeal: Tigra's involvement in the story is because Javier Rodriguez likes her.


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** Issue #3 connects the Phoenix Force with Tipareth. Not the first time this has happened, as it occurred way back in ''X-Men'' issue #108.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Beyonder writes off his behavior in ComicBook/SecretWars1984 as him being [[GooGooGodLike a kid]] who'd learned about the world from watching toy commercials, mashing them together. A pretty apt metaphor since that event was mostly written to improve toy sales.


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* MediumBlending: In Issue #2 there were no panels in the Beyond, only the lines from their Concordance Engine. Whenever the Defenders have the upper hand on the Beyonders the panels come back. As utilized by Loki, See Below.
* NinjaProp: Loki is able to briefly trap a Beyonder just by moving around and monologuing until he was surrounded by panels. They are the God of Stories and that Beyonder happened to be in one.


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* OnlySaneMan: Tigra didn't have anything to do with this story before the spell [[KidnappedByTheCall dragged her into it]], of the team she the only member who hasn't done this sort of thing [[ButForMeItWasTuesday way too many times.]]

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* CoversAlwaysSpoil: The cover for issue #3 shows [[spoiler:Taaia as the Phoenix]], spoiling the reveal and WhamShot at the end of the previous issue.



* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Beyonders take on human form to interact with the humans (and Loki and and Taaia). The Beyonder goes one step further, taking his original appearance from ''Secret Wars II'', jheri curl and all.

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* EvenMoreOmnipotent: The Beyonder, whose race the comic establishes to have unlimited power, admits upfront that he would certainly lose to the Phoenix Force, especially when he's in the White Hot Room.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Beyonders take on human form to interact with the humans (and Loki and and Taaia). The ''The'' Beyonder goes one step further, taking his original appearance from ''Secret Wars II'', jheri curl and all.



* SpoilerCover: Downplayed. None of them fully reveal the twist, but one VariantCover confirms that there will be a "shocking" sixth member of the team revealed on the final page of the first issue, a surprise that's not in any of the pre-release publicity. [[spoiler: It's the Beyonder]].

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Downplayed. None of them fully reveal the twist, but one One VariantCover confirms that there will be a "shocking" sixth member of the team revealed on the final page of the first issue, a surprise that's not in any of the pre-release publicity. [[spoiler: It's the Beyonder]].Beyonder]].
** The cover for issue #3 shows [[spoiler:Taaia as the Phoenix]], spoiling the reveal and WhamShot at the end of the previous issue.
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* CoversAlwaysSpoil: The cover for issue #3 shows [[spoiler:Taaia as the Phoenix]], spoiling the reveal and WhamShot at the end of the previous issue.
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* TakeThat: Glorian considers the current (eighth) multiverse a failure because it's a mere continuation of the previous one. He intends to fix this by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. Taaia tells him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter. It's hard not to read this as a TakeThat aimed at Creator/DCComics.

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* TakeThat: Glorian considers the current (eighth) multiverse a failure because it's a mere continuation of the previous one. He intends to fix this by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. Taaia tells him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter. It's hard not to read this as a TakeThat aimed swipe at Creator/DCComics.
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* TakeThat: Glorian declares his plan to is "fix" the multiverse, since he sees the current one is just a failure for being a mere continuation, by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. The Defenders tell him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter.

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* TakeThat: Glorian declares his plan to is "fix" the multiverse, since he sees considers the current one is just (eighth) multiverse a failure for being because it's a mere continuation, continuation of the previous one. He intends to fix this by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. The Defenders tell Taaia tells him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter.matter. It's hard not to read this as a TakeThat aimed at Creator/DCComics.
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* TheBusCameBack: Glorian returns for the first time in almost a decade, still stuck in the Land of Never-Was after his death in ''Silver Surfer''. He's followed shortly after by the Fourth Eternity and Cloud.

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* AndIMustScream: The first thing Glorian does is trap Loki inside a tree, with the implication the same applies to ''all'' the odd looking tree things dotted around the place. Loki's no more fond of this than any of the other times they've been stuck in a tree.



* TheBusCameBack: Glorian returns for the first time in almost a decade.

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* BodyHorror: Glorian has chunks missing out of his body, because it's how his reality-warping powers work now.
* TheBusCameBack: Glorian returns for the first time in almost a decade.decade, still stuck in the Land of Never-Was after his death in ''Silver Surfer''. He's followed shortly after by the Fourth Eternity and Cloud.



** Among the images Glorian creates for the Beyonder are Dazzler, who he briefly romanced, and Boom-Boom, asking if they're still friends.



* AGlitchInTheMatrix: America notices something's wrong with Glorian's reality when her mothers, previously atomized across space and time, turn up alive with no explanation beyond "just go with it".



* LotusEaterMachine: Glorian traps everyone but Loki in a "what if", where Adam Brashear ignored JFK's order to go into retirement, then became president, Tigra is an adored A-list hero, America has her original backstory restored, has found her sister and saved her parents, and Taaia is the herald to Galactus the Lifebringer.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler:At some point, Kosmos turned back into the Beyonder, and went back to the Beyond to rejoin the rest of his race]].

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* TakeThat: Glorian declares his plan to is "fix" the multiverse, since he sees the current one is just a failure for being a mere continuation, by rebooting it, as many times as he feels is necessary. The Defenders tell him that you can't just constantly reboot a universe and hope that'll fix things, because if nothing else, even the people in it will come to feel they don't matter.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: The Beyonders's actions are to prevent the coming of something called "The Dominion". Which, given these are beings who can kill Celestials and yet are unable to stop this thing, is bad news.

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: The Beyonders's Beyonders' actions are to prevent the coming of something called "The Dominion". Which, given these are beings who can kill Celestials and yet are unable to stop this thing, is bad news.



** Issue #2 does a lot of welding. [[spoiler:The Beyonders are revealed to have been created by the Celestials, are the same as the Omega Council from ''Defenders 2012'', and the Beyond is the remains of the second multiverse. The Enigma Force -- aka the Uni-Power and [[ComicBook/KingInBlack God of Light]] -- is revealed to have originated from the Concordance Engine]].
** Issue #3 ties together the Phoenix Force and the Tiger God of the White Tigers, which have never even interacted before.

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** Issue #2 does a lot of welding. [[spoiler:The Beyonders are revealed to have been created by the Celestials, are the same beings as the Omega Council from ''Defenders 2012'', and the Beyond is the remains of the second multiverse. The Enigma Force -- aka the Uni-Power and [[ComicBook/KingInBlack God of Light]] -- is revealed to have originated from the Concordance Engine]].
** Issue #3 ties together the Phoenix Force and the Tiger God of the White Tigers, which have never even interacted in a story before.



** Much of the Beyonders's history is gone over in issue #2, including their actions in the run-up to ''Secret Wars'', and Adam's own run in with the Beyond Corporation in ''Captain America and the Mighty Avengers'', as well as Monica Rambeau's dealings with the same. The start of the story also recaps the history of the first multiverse as laid down in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2015''.
** At the end of issue 2, Taaia is badly injured by a Beyonder, and her near-death state summons a cosmic entity to them, [[spoiler:who introduces itself the same way it did to the X-Men back in ''X-Men'' issue #100.]]

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** Much of the Beyonders's Beyonders' history is gone over in issue #2, including their actions in the run-up to ''Secret Wars'', and Adam's own run in with the Beyond Corporation in ''Captain America and the Mighty Avengers'', as well as Monica Rambeau's dealings with the same. The start of the story also recaps the history of the first multiverse as laid down in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2015''.
** At the end of issue 2, Taaia is badly injured by a Beyonder, and her near-death state summons a cosmic entity to them, [[spoiler:who [[spoiler:the Phoenix. It introduces itself the same way it did to the X-Men back in ''X-Men'' issue #100.]]

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* ArcWelding: Issue #2 does a lot of welding. [[spoiler:The Beyonders are revealed to have been created by the Celestials, are the same as the Omega Council from ''Defenders 2012'', and the Beyond is the remains of the second multiverse. The Enigma Force -- aka the Uni-Power and [[ComicBook/KingInBlack God of Light]] -- is revealed to have originated from the Concordance Engine]].

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** Issue #3 ties together the Phoenix Force and the Tiger God of the White Tigers, which have never even interacted before.


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** Much of Adam's time in the White Hot Room is a reference to Jean Grey's (or Phoenix that thought it was Jean) afterlife experience in ''Classic X-Men'' #44.


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* EtTuBrute: America uses the Eternity Mask to fight the Phoenix Force with... the Phoenix Force. Apparently the Force is of two minds about what to do with the non-team.


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* GodlySidestep: When Adam meets the construction worker in the White Hot Room, he asks if he's God or Death or both. The only response he gets is "I am as I am."


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* ParadoxPerson: Loki is an impossible person. In issue #3, the Phoenix says if they keep existing, they'll threaten the existence of the current Loki, and it might be required to erase Loki entirely.
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** America Chavez is ''not'' happy to see Loki (let alone the pre-''Secret Wars'' Loki) again. It's unsurprising considering their shared history from the Kieron Gillen era of ''Young Avengers'' (i.e. America throwing Kid Loki through a Korean restaurant window in their first meeting).

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** America Chavez is ''not'' happy to see Loki (let alone the pre-''Secret Wars'' Loki) again. It's unsurprising considering their shared history from the Kieron Gillen era of ''Young Avengers'' (i.e. America throwing Kid Loki through a Korean restaurant window in their first meeting).- [[spoiler:Loki spent most of that series manipulating the rest of the team for Loki's own benefit]].
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* AuthorAppeal: The new ''Defenders'' roster is comprised almost entirely of characters Ewing's either created (Taaia) or written before, from ''Mighty Avengers'' and ''The Ultimates'' to ''Loki: Agent of Asgard''.
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* SeenItAllBefore: Issue #1 begins with Dr. Brashear noting that being contacted by the spell of a dead man isn't even the weirdest day he's had ''that week''.

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