The start of March proved that superheroing is a team sport. Marvel released six team books to kick off the new month, including the new spin-off series Domino: Hotshots, which continued the adventures of Neena Thurman’s band of mercenaries. In this outing, Black Widow and White Fox joined the team. However, the top team book belonged to Uncanny X-Men. Hotshots scored a modest 19 points in its debut beating only Meet the Skrulls which only earned 2 points since its main characters did not meet the scoring criteria yet. They finished behind other team books such as Black Order (21), Champions (29), Avengers (36) and Uncanny‘s leading 40 points. Despite the majority of the mutants being part of the “Age of X-Man,” Cyclops managed to bring together a team of seven other characters to face a technologically upgraded Dark Beast.
The “Age of X-Man” released its next spin-off title, Prisoner X, but the Bishop-led title only earned 13 points and placed third out of four event titles from the week. Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History scored three points for the lowest performance for an event while Avengers: No Road Home continued to be the top event book with 27. Amazing Spider-Man‘s latest entry was classified as an event book since it was sandwiched between the 16th and 17th issue of the series with a special “Hunted” tag. The Black Cat-centric story scored 22 points. The Immortal Hulk took the top honors for solo titles, beating out Conan the Barbarian (7), Deadpool (10) and the finale to the Killmonger mini (10). Hulk put up a score of 15 with the biggest point coming from Betty Banner’s Red She-Hulk persona resurfacing.
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #1 (13) |
| Beast – Claws, Melee Bishop – Melee, CD (Remembers the real world) Forge Honey Badger Ink Mirage – CD (Remembers the real world) Polaris Antagonist(s) Shadow King |
| Amazing Spider-Man #16.HU (22) |
| Black Cat – Agility, Claws, Explosive, Melee, Tech, Thief, Weapon Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl Antagonist(s) Black Ant – Melee, Shrink, Size, TU (Taskmaster), DA (Black Cat) Hammerhead Taskmaster – Shield, Weapon, TU (Black Ant), DA (Black Cat) |
| Avengers: No Road Home #4 (27) |
| Hawkeye – TU (Nightmare) Hercules – Melee, TU (Spectrum) Hulk – TU (Nightmare) Nightmare – TU (Hulk) Rocket Raccoon – TU (Nightmare) Scarlet Witch – Magic, Sense, TU (Spectrum) Spectrum – Energy, Flight, Speed, TU (Scarlet Witch) Vision – TU (Spectrum) Voyager Antagonist(s) Nyx – Ensnare, Intangibility, CD (Reveals her origin) |
| Avengers #16 (36) |
| Black Panther – Suit Blade – Agility, Melee, Vampirism, Weapon, CD (Frees Robbie from his possession) Captain America – Melee, Shield, Shield Defensive Captain Marvel – Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Will Power Crimson Dynamo Darkstar Ghost Rider (JB) Ghost Rider (RR) She-Hulk – Melee Thor – Durability, Flight, Melee, Strength, Weapon Ursa Major Vanguard Antagonist(s) Dracula Shadow Colonel – LT |
| Black Order #5 (21) |
| Black Dwarf – DA (Emperor Attican) Black Swan – Intellect, DA (Emperor Attican) Corvus Glaive – Weapon, LT, DA (Emperor Attican) Ebony Maw – Assassin, Deception, Weapon, LT, DA (Emperor Attican) Grandmaster Nova – Flight Proxima Midnight – Vehicle, DA (Emperor Attican) |
| Champions #3 (29) |
| Bombshell – Energy Brawn Dust – Morph, Sand Falcon (JT) – Flight, Speed Ms. Marvel – Size, Stretch, LT Nova – Vehicle Patriot – Shield Power Man – Energy Snowguard – Flight, Morph, Speed Spider-Man (MM) – Crawl Viv – Flight, Intangibility Antagonist(s) Mephisto |
| Conan the Barbarian #4 (7) |
| Conan – Blade, Business, Creature, Melee, Weapon, CD (Bonds with a caged lion over their captivity and sets it free) |
| Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #1 (3) |
| The Rider – Morph Uatu |
| Deadpool #10 (9) |
| Deadpool – Assassin, Blade, Durability, Fourth Wall, Heal, Melee, Weapon Antagonist(s) Hammerhead |
| Domino: Hotshots #1 (19) |
| Black Widow – Tech, Weapon, CD (Joins the Hotshots) Diamondback – Weapon Deadpool Domino – Gun, Probability, Weapon, LT Outlaw – Durability, Melee White Fox – Claws, Speed, CD (Joins the Hotshots) |
| Immortal Hulk #14 (15) |
| Betty Banner – Tech, CD (Survives a gunshot thanks to the reemergence of her Red She Hulk persona) Doc Samson – Melee Hulk – Heal, Morph, Personality, Rage Iron Man Antagonist(s) Bushwacker – Assassin, Morph, Weapon |
| Killmonger #5 (10) |
| Black Panther Black Widow Antagonist(s) Killmonger – Agility, Blade, Explosive, Gun, Sense, Weapon, CD (Gets revenge on his former lover who betrayed him) |
| Meet the Skrulls #1 (2) |
| Iron Man – Tech |
| Uncanny X-Men #13 (40) |
| Banshee Cyclops – Optics, Optics Offensive, LT Havok – Energy, Energy Offensive Hope Karma – Melee, Telepathy Magik – Blade, Melee, Teleport, Teleport Offensive, Weapon, DA (Dark Beast) Mirage – Weapon Multiple Man – Absorb, Creature, Sleuth, Weapon Wolfsbane – Melee Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Sense Antagonist(s) Dark Beast – Bionics, Bionics Defensive, Bionics Offensive, Morph, Tech, CD (Returns from the dead with a cyborg body) Forearm |
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