Once a hero, always a hero. The Fantasy Comic League Illuminati cemented that latest ruling on scoring characters who are taking a break from their super powered personas. In regards to the latest week of Marvel Comics, this worked in favor of Jane Foster and Betty Banner who appeared in the latest Thor and Immortal Hulk issues. Both characters had been depowered, but recent events indicated they will be returning to their super powered personas soon. Eddie Brock, one character that did not benefit from this ruling, was left by the Venom symbiote. Unfortunately for him the ruling indicated that the sentient alien suit would be the one to score the points and its ‘hosts’ were regulated to civilians while not bonded with Venom.
Apart from the new ruling, the top characters and books from March 20 included Conan who appeared in the top event book Avengers: No Road Home (27 points). He scored 15 points in two books and narrowly edged out Captain Marvel’s 14 points across her three appearances. Carol’s latest book tied Thor with 24 points for top solo title from the week. Jason Aaron’s Thor set the stage for the long-gestating and much-anticipated “War of the Realms” which begins next month. With one war looming, another came to an end. The Avengers‘ Vampire War, also penned by Aaron, wrapped up with Dracula regaining his strength and resuming his reign as the top vamp in the Marvel Universe. Avengers earned the overall book of the week, as well as best scoring team book, with 44 points.
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
Age of X-Man: Nextgen #2 (20) |
Anole Armor – Melee Beak Bling! Dr. Cecilia Reyes Glob – Wax, CD (Learns his wax blocks out the effects of the new reality) Husk Maggot Match Pixie Primal Rockslide Sally Blevins Shark Girl Sunfire Trance Transonic |
Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler #2 (15) |
Gloriana – Deception, Flight Hellion Kylun Lady Mastermind Magma – Geokinetics Mercury Nightcrawler – Teleport, SC Stepford Cuckoos – Telepathy Surge |
Avengers: No Road Home #6 (27) |
Conan – Blade, Creature, Melee, Weapon, TU (Scarlet Witch), LT, SC Hawkeye (CB) – TU (Hulk) Hulk – TU (Hawkeye), CD (Absorbs the power of one of the Night Shards) Nightmare – TU (Hulk) Rocket Raccoon – TU (Hulk) Scarlet Witch – Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Sense, TU (Conan), LT Voyager Antagonist(s) Nyx – Teleport |
Avengers #17 (44) |
Black Panther – Suit, Weapon Blade – Blade, Durability, Melee, Weapon, LT, DA (Shadow Colonel) Captain America – Shield, Shield Defensive, Shield Offensive Captain Marvel – Energy, Flight Crimson Dynamo Darkstar Ghost Rider (JB) Ghost Rider (RR) – Melee Iron Man – Flight, Repulsors She-Hulk – Durability, Energy Thor – Creature, Flight, Lightning, Weapon Ursa Major Vanguard Antagonist(s) Dracula – Heal, LT, CD (Regains his strength and dominance) Shadow Colonel – Melee, Optics, Weapon, CD (Suffers defeat and then tossed aside by Dracula, his father) |
Captain Marvel #3 (24) |
Captain Marvel – Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Speed, Strength, LT Echo – Assassin, Blade, Weapon Hazmat – Gun, Weapon She-Hulk – CD (Joins the Rebellion) Spider-Woman (JD) – Energy, Energy Offensive Antagonist(s) Rogue – Melee, Strength |
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 (10) |
Human Torch (JS) – Flame Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Sense, Webs, LT, SC, DA (Hale) Antagonist(s) Kingpin |
Guardians of the Galaxy #3 (41) |
Beta Ray Bill Gamora Groot – Stretch, CD (Takes over Star-Lord’s command of the team) Moondragon Nova (RR) – Durability, Energy, Flight, Speed Phyla-Vel Star-Lord Antagonist(s) Annihilus – Energy Black Dwarf – TU (Hela) Black Swan – TU (Hela) Corvus Glaive – TU (Hela) Ebony Maw – TU (Hela) Gladiator – Durability, Flight, Optics Hela – Blade, Weapon, TU (Black Order), LT Nebula – Durability, LT Proxima Midnight – TU (Hela) Starfox The Rider – Durability, Vehicle |
Immortal Hulk #15 (11) |
Betty Banner Doc Samson – Durability, Strength Hulk – Heal, Melee, Rage, Strength Nick Fury, Jr. Antagonist(s) Bushwacker |
Jessica Jones: Purple Daughter #3 (17) |
Captain Marvel – Flight Emma Frost – Melee Jessica Jones – Durability, Will Power, TU (Purple Man), CD (Gives control over her body to Purple Man), DA (Purple Son) Luke Cage Purple Woman Antagonist(s) Purple Man – Melee, Possession, TU (Jessica Jones), DA (Purple Son) |
Marvel’s Spider-Man: City at War #1 (9) |
Spider-Man (PS4) – Durability, Melee, Sense, Tech, Webs, SC, CD (Upgrades suit), DA (Shocker) |
Meet the Skrulls #2 (2) |
Antagonist(s) Galactus – Energy |
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4 (10) |
Spider-Man (MM) – Agility, Crawl, Invisibility, Melee, Sense, Webs, SC, CD (Kisses Barbara Rodriguez after a drawn-out flirtation), DA (Frost Pharoah) |
Savage Sword of Conan #3 (7) |
Conan – Blade, Creature, Melee, Strength, Weapon, SC |
Thor #11 (24) |
Balder Freyja – Flight, Strength, Weapon, SC Hildegarde Jane Foster – CD (Learns her cancer is in remission) King Thor Lady Sif – Weapon Loki Odin Thor – Durability, Flight, Lightning, Weapon, SC Valkyrie – Weapon Volstagg Antagonist(s) Malekith |
Uncanny X-Men #14 (34) |
Callisto – Weapon Chamber – CD (Joins the X-Men) Cyclops – LT Havok – Energy, Energy Offensive Karma Magik – Melee, Teleport, Teleport Offensive, Weapon Mirage – Arrow Multiple Man – Creature, Melee, Weapon Mystique – Deception Wolfsbane – Assassin, Claws Wolverine – Claws, Heal, Sense Antagonist(s) Dark Beast Reaper Scrambler – Exploit |
Venom #12 (9) |
Venom – Melee, Morph, Symbiote, Telepathy, CD (Leaves Eddie Brock) Antagonist(s) The Maker – Stretch, Tech |
West Coast Avengers #9 (32) |
Fuse – Durability, Melee, Morph, TU (Marvel Boy), LT, CD (Reveals a Wakandan heritage via his sister’s new ability) Gwenpool – Blade, Creature, Weapon, TU (Marvel Boy) Hawkeye (CB) – Melee, Weapon, TU (Marvel Boy) Hawkeye (KB) – Melee, Weapon, TU (Marvel Boy) Kid Omega – Telekinesis, Telekinesis Offensive, Telepathy, TU (Marvel Boy) Marvel Boy – Crawl, Durability, Melee, Strength, TU (West Coast Avengers) Ms. America |
Wolverine: Infinity Watch #2 (19) |
King Thor Loki – Deception, Morph, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Wolverine) Phoenix (JH) Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Durability, Melee, TU (Loki) Antagonist(s) Warbringer – Durability, Heal, Melee, Strength |
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