“We only make peace with our enemies. That’s why it’s called making peace.” Professor Xavier accomplishes something long thought impossible when he welcomes several of the X-Men’s longtime enemies into the newly established mutant nation. All he had to do was work with a few other notable bad guys, Proteus and Mr. Sinister, to create a mutant cloning program, proving his strength to Apocalypse. The latest House of X issue not only topped the rest of the weekly books with 66 points but also blew the minds of readers. Writer Hickman redefined the concept and weight of comic book deaths when Cyclops and his team of X-Men quickly returned from the dead thanks to Professor Xavier’s use of Cerebro and a quintet of mutants, including a surprise explanation of Goldballs’ powers.
New series, Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda, kicked off by capturing the Top Team Book of the Week with 39 points. After intermediate appearances throughout the year in the Avengers title, the covert team of heroes receive their moment in the sun. The first issue mainly follows Black Panther, team leader Okoye, Wasp and Fat Cobra while the other agents are dealing with separate missions gathering intel across the globe. Janet Van Dyne factored into the Top Solo Book of the Week as well, albeit a small role. Tony Stark: Iron Man and the rest of his usual cast of characters including War Machine, Jocasta and Bethany Cabe earned 26 review points as they confronted Ultron and his devious plan to merge humans with their computer/AI/robotic counterparts!
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Absolute Carnage #3 (29) |
| Captain America – TU (Venom) Hulk – Melee, Tech, TU (Venom), CD (Bonds with the Venom symbiote) Scorpion Spider-Man (MM) Spider-Man (PP) – TU (Venom) Thing – TU (Venom) Venom – Melee, Symbiote, Webs, TU (Captain America) Wolverine – TU (Venom) Antagonist(s) Carnage – Creature, Deception, Durability, Morph, Symbiote Green Goblin – Heal, Strength |
| Absolute Carnage: Lethal Protectors #X (25) |
| Cloak – TU (Iron Fist) Dagger – Energy, TU (Iron Fist) Firestar – Flight, TU (Iron Fist) Iron Fist – Fist, Weapon, TU (Firestar), LT Misty Knight – Stealth, Weapon Morbius – TU (Iron Fist) Antagonist(s) Carnage – Symbiote, LT Demagoblin – Flame, Vehicle Man-Wolf |
| Aero #3 (14) |
| Aero – Flight, Melee, Sense, Speed, Weapon, Wind, Wind Defensive, Wind Offensive, TU (Wave) Wave – Water, Water Offensive, TU (Aero) |
| Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda #1 (39) |
| American Eagle – Melee Black Panther – Melee, Sense, Tech, LT Broo Fat Cobra – Energy, Energy Offensive, Melee, Sense Gorilla Man – Tech Ka-Zar – Creature Man-Wolf – Melee, Morph, Vehicle, Weapon Okoye – Blade, Melee, Tech, Weapon Roz Solomon – Espionage Sentry – Flight Wasp (JvD) – Energy, Flight, Melee, Shrink, Size, Speed, LT |
| Dead Man Logan #11 (8) |
| Logan – Claws, Claws Offensive, Vehicle Antagonist(s) Mr. Sinister (OM) Sabretooth (OM) – Creature, LT |
| Death’s Head #3 (22) |
| Death’s Head – Blade, Gun, Melee, Weapon, TU (Hawkeye) Hawkeye (KB) – Arrow, Exploit, Trick Arrow, TU (Death’s Head) Hulkling – Flight, Melee, TU (Death’s Head) Wiccan – Flight, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Teleport, TU (Death’s Head) |
| Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #12 (10) |
| Human Torch Invisible Woman Mr. Fantastic – Stretch Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl, Sense, Webs, SC Thing |
| Guardians of the Galaxy #9 (24) |
| Drax – CD (Returns from the dead) Groot – Melee, Stretch, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Magus – Telekinesis Moondragon – Energy, Telepathy, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Rocket Raccoon – Tech, Weapon, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Star-Lord – Melee, Will Power Antagonist(s) Cosmo – Telepathy Patriarch – Computer, Possession |
| History of the Marvel Universe #3 (2) |
| Galactus Powerhouse |
| House of X #5 (66) |
| Apocalypse – CD (Makes peace with Professor X and the X-Men) Archangel – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Beast Black Tom Cassidy Callisto Cyclops – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Cypher Daken Elixir – Biokinetics, CD (Works as a member of The Five to preserve mutant legacies) Emma Frost – Telapathy Emplate Exodus Forearm Frenzy Glob Goldballs – Biokinetics, CD (Works as a member of The Five to preserve mutant legacies) Gorgon Hope – Exploit, Tech, CD (Works as a member of The Five to preserve mutant legacies) Husk – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Jean Grey – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Lady Mastermind M – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Magneto Marrow Masque Mentallo Mesmero Mr. Sinister Mystique – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Nightcrawler – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) Polaris Professor X – Tech, Telepathy, CD (Reveals how he can restore the X-Men back to life) Proteus – Energy, CD (Works as a member of The Five to preserve mutant legacies) Random Sage – Computer Sebastian Shaw Selene Storm Tempus – Chronokinetics, CD (Works as a member of The Five to preserve mutant legacies) Wildside Wolverine – CD (Returns to life in a cloned body) |
| Magnificent Ms. Marvel #7 (5) |
| Ms. Marvel – Fist, Melee, Stretch, Suit |
| Savage Sword of Conan #9 (6) |
| Conan – Blade, Durability, Melee, Weapon, Will Power |
| Tony Stark: Iron Man #16 (26) |
| Bethany Cabe – Deception, Tech Iron Man – Flight, Intellect, Suit, TU (Machine Man), LT Jocasta Machine Man – Melee, Stretch, TU (Iron Man) War Machine – Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Machine Man) Wasp (JvD) Antagonist(s) Gauntlet Ultron – Energy, Energy Offensive, Melee Vision Wonder Man |
| Valkyrie: Jane Foster #3 (11) |
| Heimdall – Creature, Weapon, TU (Valkyrie) Valkyrie (JF) – Arrow, Creature, Flight, Weapon. TU (Heimdall) Antagonist(s) Grim Reaper |
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