Weekly Marvel Review: July 10, 2019 (Week 28)

Sue Storm, the Fantastic Four’s most powerful member, proves just how strong she is on her own. The Invisible Woman’s debut issue of her new ongoing series is hard to miss with 27 review points. Ten characters appear in the Solo Book of the Week, including Nick Fury and Nick Fury, Jr. highlighting Sue’s little-known espionage work. Thor follows behind Invisible Woman with 25 points and explores some “War of the Realms” fallout for 18 characters.

The official “War of the Realms” epilogue fails to deliver the heavy number of points that the rest of the series had done. Omega clocks in with a low 16 point review score. Apocalypse & the X-Tracts more than doubles that total with 34 to snag another Top Event Book for the “Age of X-Man” event before it reaches its conclusion. The Avengers take a moment to unwind from the War of the Realms with a team bathing session in a Celesital hot spring. Most of them anyway, as Black Panther confronts Phil Coulson and his mysterious Squadron Supreme of America. Avengers’ 22 points earn them Top Team Book, easily topping the 9 points of an emaciated Champions team in their latest issue.

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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.

 

Age of X-Man: Apocalypse & the X-Tracts #5 (34)
Colossus – Durability, Melee, Strength
Dazzler – Energy, Energy Offensive
Eye-Boy – Gun, Melee, Sense, Weapon, LT
Jean Grey – Flight
Kitty Pryde – Intangibility, Weapon
Magneto – Flight
Nature Girl
Nightcrawler
Storm – Flight
X-23
X-Man – Flight
Antagonist(s)
Apocalypse – Deception, Durability, Heal, Melee, Morph, Size
Amazing Spider-Man #25 (18)
Doctor Strange
Lizard – Intellect, Tech
Spider-Man (MoH)
Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Melee, Sense, Webs
Antagonist(s)
Beetle
Kindred – Crawl
Lady Octopus – Suit
Mysterio – Deception
White Rabbit
Avengers #21 (22)
Black Panther – Claws, Computer, Suit, LT
Blade – Creature, Vehicle
Captain America
Captain Marvel – Vehicle, LT
Ghost Rider (RR) – Flame, Vehicle
Iron Man – Suit
She-Hulk
Thor
Antagonist(s)
Agent Coulson – Weapon
Mephisto
Black Cat #2 (5)
Black Cat – Claws, Tech, Thief, LT
Champions #7 (9)
Ms. Marvel – CD (Steps down as leader of the Champions)
Nova – Computer, Weapon, LT
Viv Vision – Flight, CD (Assumes leadership duties of the Champions)
Giant-Sized X-Statix #1 (18)
Anarchist – Energy
Dead Girl – Demonic, Intangibility, LT, CD (Reforms X-Statix)
Doop – Flight, CD (Rejoins X-Statix)
Mr. Sensitive – CD (Rejoins X-Statix)
Phat
Venus Dee Milo
Vivisector – Claws, Morph, CD (Rejoins X-Statix)
Invisible Woman #1 (27)
Black Widow – Tech
Brainstorm – Tech
Human Torch
Invisible Woman – Deception, Espionage, Flight, Invisibility, Telekinesis, Telekinesis Defensive, Telekinesis Offensive, Vehicle, TU (Nick Fury), SC
Mr. Fantastic – Stretch
Nick Fury – Vehicle, TU (Invisible Woman)
Nick Fury Jr. – Espionage, TU (Invisible Woman)
Powerhouse
Thing
Antagonist(s)
Doctor Doom
Ironheart #8 (16)
Doctor Strange – Artifact, Flight, Intellect, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Teleport, TU (Ironheart)
Ironheart – Flight, Repulsor, Tech, Weapon, TU (Doctor Strange)
Wasp (NvD)
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8 (9)
Spider-Man (MM) – Agility, Crawl, Durability, Energy, Sense, Strength, Webs, Will Power
Savage Sword of Conan #7 (5)
Conan – Blade, Melee, Weapon, SC
Symbiote Spider-Man #4 (12)
Black Cat
Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl, Melee, Webs
Antagonist(s)
Kingpin – Melee
Mysterio – Melee, Tech, Teleport, CD (Bonds with the symbiote suit)
Thor #4 (25)
Balder
Black Panther
Daredevil
Doctor Strange – Flight
Freyja
King Thor
Lady Sif
Loki – CD (Claims the title of King of Jotunheim)
Odin – CD (Tells Thor he is proud of him)
Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl
Thing
Thor – Teleport, CD (Vows to rebuild Asgard)
Valkyrie (JF)
Antagonist(s)
Hela
Karnilla
Laufey
Malekith – CD (Receives his eternal punishment for the War of the Realms)
Sindr
Venom #16 (4)
Venom – Melee, Weapon, SC
War of the Realms Omega #1 (16)
Daredevil – Sense, TU (Heimdall), CD (Receives Asgardian Batons)
Heimdall – Sense, TU (Daredevil)
Loki – Magic
Punisher – Gun, Weapon
Thor
Valkyrie
Valkyrie (JF) – CD (Adopts the Valkyrie persona)
Wolverine & Captain America: Weapon Plus #1 (16)
Captain America – Melee, Shield, Shield Defensive, Shield Offensive, TU (Wolverine), SC
Fantomex
Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Heal, Sense, Vehicle, TU (Captain America), LT
Wolverine vs Blade Special #1 (22)
Blade – Blade, Explosive, Heal, Melee, Projectile, Strength, Weapon, TU (Wolverine), DA (Varkis)
Doctor Strange – Intellect, Magic, TU (Wolverine)
Wolverine – Claws, Claws Defensive, Claws Offensive, Heal, Sense, TU (Blade), DA (Varkis)

 



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2 replies

  1. Woohoo!! Cashed in on Invisible Woman!!…

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