The Avengers ain’t afraid of no Ghost Riders. Robbie Reyes has had enough of his demonically possessed vehicle and he turns to his teammates for assistance. Black Panther calls in Daimon Hellstorm, a specialist in exorcism, to lend a hand, but Johnny Blaze, the original Ghost Rider and current King of Hell, intervenes and teleports Robbie to his domain. Avengers‘ 31 review points easily secures the Top Team Book of the Week and top overall in a week where the 13 released titles averaged 14 points.
The Daughters of Liberty convene once more in Captain America, the Top Solo Book of the Week with 20 points, and convince Steve Rogers to give his patriotic persona a break. However, the big twist in the issue belongs to the reveal of Dryad’s secret identity: Peggy Carter. With little competition in regards to events, Jonathan Hickman’s Powers of X stands alone takes top honors with a meager 12 points. Powers trades action for plot development and introduces some new characters in his trip through the time stream. The two main future characters, Rasputin and Cardinals, prove to be popular additions and are justly awarded Fantasy Comic League review points.
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Avengers #22 (31) |
| Black Panther – TU (Hellstrom), LT Blade – Weapon, TU (Hellstrom) Captain America – TU (Hellstrom) Captain Marvel – Melee, TU (Hellstrom) Ghost Rider (JB) Ghost Rider (RR) – Morph, Vehicle, TU (Hellstrom) Hellstrom – Demonic, Flight, TU (Avengers) Iron Man – Suit, TU (Okoye) Okoye – TU (Thor) She-Hulk – Melee, TU (Okoye) Thor – Mjolnir, TU (Okoye) |
| Black Panther #14 (6) |
| Black Panther – Vehicle Manifold – Teleport Shuri Storm |
| Captain America #12 (20) |
| Agent 13 Captain America – Shield, Shield Defensive, Shield Offensive, CD (Sets aside the Captain America persona) Dryad – Computer, CD (Reveals her identity as Peggy Carter) Echo Invisible Woman Iron Patriot Misty Knight Mockingbird Nick Fury, Jr Spider-Woman Storm White Tiger Winter Soldier Antagonist(s) Baron von Strucker |
| Conan the Barbarian #8 (4) |
| Conan – Melee, Weapon, WIll Power |
| Death’s Head #1 (19) |
| Death’s Head – Gun, Melee, Tech, Weapon Hulkling – Melee, Morph, Strength, Weapon Wiccan – Flight, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Teleport Antagonist(s) Yondu – Weapon, LT |
| Fantastic Four #12 (26) |
| Alex Power – Gravity, LT Artie Bentley-23 Brainstorm Dragon Man – Teleport Human Torch – Flight Invisible Woman Leech Lightspeed – Flight, Speed, CD (Joins the Future Foundation) Mr. Fantastic – Tech Powerhouse Thing – Durability, Strength, Vehicle Antagonist(s) Hulk Puppet Master – Possession |
| Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #9 (7) |
| Captain America Iron Man Prowler – Crawl Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl, Webs |
| Marvel Comics Presents #7 (12) |
| Iron Man – Business, Melee Winter Soldier – Espionage, Melee, Weapon Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Heal, SC |
| Marvel Team-Up #4 (17) |
| Captain Marvel – Durability, Energy, Flight, Melee, Speed, TU (Ms. Marvel) Ms. Marvel – Fists, Grow, Melee, Shrink, Size, Stretch, TU (Captain Marvel) Antagonist(s) Wastrel – CD (Reveals his identity as Mar-Vell) |
| Powers of X #1 (12) |
| Cardinal Magneto Mystique Professor X – Telekinesis Rasputin – Blade, Durability, Strength, Weapon Toad Antagonist(s) Nimrod the Greater |
| Runaways #23 (9) |
| Chase Stein Dazzler Gert Yorkes Karolina Dean Molly Hayes Nico Minoru Victor Mancha – Computer, CD (Revives Doombot) |
| Thanos #6 (13) |
| Blood Brothers Death Ebony Maw Gamora – Melee Magus Proxima Midnight – Weapon Thanos – Blade, Energy, Melee, Weapon |
| Venom Annual #1 (6) |
| Captain Marvel Venom – Crawl, Melee, Symbiote, Webs |
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