Event Book of the Week: Annihilation – Scourge: Omega #1
Writer: Matthew Rosenberg; Art Team: Manuel Garcia, Rafael Fonteriz, Wayne Faucher, Manuel Garcia, Federico Blee, Rachelle Rosenberg and Erick Arciniega
The Negative Zone and the Fantastic Four prepare for their defeat at the hands of the Void and his Cancerverse invading army, but a hero all too familiar with the Cancerverse returns with reinforcements. Nova, Richard Rider, rallies a host of cosmic allies to turn the tide and save the day. Rider makes the ultimate sacrifice by absorbing the Cancerverse but an unlikely ally, Annihilus, returns Nova to life at the behest of Silver Surfer. Thirty-seven characters appear in the finale of the event for a review score of 136 points.
Team Book of the Week:Guardians of the Galaxy #12
Writer: Donny Cates; Art Team: Cory Smith, Victor Olazaba and David Curiel
Rocket Raccoon and his master engineering skills stand alone against the Universal Church of Truth. Before Patriarch’s machine can consume Earth, Rocket frees his allies and they put an end to the Church’s influence. After they win the battle, the Guardians rally together in support of saving Rocket’s life. Twenty-three characters appear for a review score of 60 points.
Solo Book of the Week: Gwenpool Strikes Back #5
Writer: Leah Williams; Art Team: David Baldeón, Jesus Aburtov and Guru-eFX
Gwen’s last ditch effort to remain relevant and convince Marvel editorial to keep her around reaches an existential conclusion. With the help of Ms. Marvel, Gwen considers her origin and the source of her abilities. Could she be a mutant? It’s not confirmed, but by the end of the issue she does walk through a Krakoan door to reunite with her mutant love interest, Kid Omega. Twenty characters appear for a review score of 28 points.
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| 2099 Omega #1 (9) |
| Spider-Man (2099) – CD (Learns he is responsible for restoring the differing 2099 timelines) Uatu the Watcher (2099) – Sense, CD (Dies) Antagonist(s) Doom (2099) – Energy, Magic, DA (Uatu) |
| Agents of Atlas #5 (24) |
| Aero Brawn – Melee, Strength, LT Crescent Jimmy Woo Namor – Creature, Will Power Shang-Chi – Computer Silk – Crawl, Melee, Sense, Webs Sword Master – Blade, Weapon Wave White Fox – Melee, Morph |
| Amazing Spider-Man #36 (17) |
| Silver Sable Spider-Man (2099) Spider-Man (PP) – Durability, Intellect, Strength, Tech, Weapon, Webs, DA (Doctor Doom) Antagonist(s) Chameleon Doctor Doom – Creature, Energy, Flight, Melee, Suit |
| Annihilation – Scourge Omega #1 (136) |
| Annihilus – Tech, TU (Human Torch), CD (Returns Nova to life) Aquarian – TU (Nova) Beta Ray Bill – Flight, Lightning, Melee, TU (Human Torch) Bug – Weapon, TU (Nova) Captain Marvel – Energy, Flight, Melee, TU (Nova) Ch’od – Melee, TU (Nova) Cloak – Flight, TU (Nova) Corsair – Weapon, TU (Nova) Cosmo – TU (Nova) Dagger – TU (Nova) Darkhawk – Flight, Melee, Weapon, TU (Nova) Firelord – Flight, TU (Nova) Firestar – Flight, TU (Nova) Gladiator – Flight, Melee, TU (Nova) Hepzibah – TU (Nova) Human Torch – Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, TU (Silver Surfer), LT Invisible Woman – Flight, Invisibility, Telekinesis, Telekinesis Defensive, TU (Silver Surfer) Justice – Flight, Melee, TU (Nova) Lockjaw – Melee, TU (Human Torch) Marvel Boy – Flight, TU (Nova) Mr. Fantastic – Stretch, TU (Silver Surfer) Nova (FR) – Energy, Flight, TU (Nova) Nova (RR) – Energy, Flight, Speed, TU (Nova), LT, CD (Sacrifices his life to defeat the Cancerverse), DA (Cancerverse) Nova (SA) – Energy, Flight, TU (Nova) Pip the Troll – TU (Nova) Quasar – Energy, Flight, Melee, TU (Nova) Rage – TU (Nova) Raza – Weapon, TU (Nova) Rom – TU (Nova) Silver Surfer – Energy, Speed, Vehicle, TU (Human Torch), DA (Sentry) Smasher – Flight, Melee, TU (Nova) Speedball – TU (Nova) Thing – Melee, Will Power, TU (Silver Surfer), LT Thunderstrike (KM) – Flight, Weapon, TU (Nova) Uranian – Energy, Flight, TU (Nova) Antagonist(s) Blastaar Sentry – Flight, Melee, Optics, Speed, Strength |
| Avengers #28 (36) |
| Black Widow – Tech, Vehicle, CD (Rejoins the Avengers) Blade Captain America – Shield, Shield Defensive, Shield Offensive, Weapon Captain Marvel Ghost Rider (RR) – Demonic, Vehicle, Weapon Iron Man – Flight, Repulsor Odin – Mjolnir She-Hulk – Energy Thor – Melee Antagonist(s) Firelord – Flight, TU (Silver Surfer) Silver Surfer – Energy, Intangibility, Vehicle, TU (Firelord), LT Terrax – Flight, TU (Silver Surfer) |
| Black Panther #19 (10) |
| Black Panther – Energy, Melee, Sense, Suit, LT Okoye Shuri Antagonist(s) Killmonger – CD (Returns with the N’Jadaka symbiote) |
| Conan: Serpent War #2 (16) |
| Conan – Blade, Creature, Melee, Weapon, TU (Dark Agnes) Moon Knight – Melee, Strength, Weapon, TU (Solomon Kane) Solomon Kane – Blade, Gun, Weapon, TU (Moon Knight) |
| Daredevil #15 (16) |
| Daredevil – Sense, Stealth, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Elektra) Elektra – Blade, Stealth, Tech, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Daredevil) Antagonist(s) Kingpin – Durability, Melee |
| Excalibur #4 (26) |
| Apocalypse – LT, CD (Joins Excalibur) Captain Britain (Psylocke) – Shield, Telekinesis, CD (Joins Excalibur) Gambit – Energy, Energy Offensive, Thief, CD (Joins Excalibur) Gloriana Jubilee – Energy, Melee, CD (Joins Excalibur) Monarch Pete Wisdom Rictor – Geokinetics, Geokinetics Offensive, Sense, Vibrations, Vibrations Offensive, CD (Joins Excalibur) |
| Fallen Angels #4 (7) |
| Cable (Young) Psylocke – Telepathy, TU (X-23) X-23 – Tech, TU (Psylocke) |
| Future Foundation #5 (19) |
| Alex Power – Gravity, LT Artie Maddicks – Telepathy Bentley-23 – Tech Dragon Man Leech Lightspeed – Flight, Speed, LT Lyja the Lazerfist – Morph, CD (Joins the Future Foundation) Nomad – CD (Joins the Future Foundation) Onome |
| Ghost-Spider #5 (8) |
| Ghost-Spider – Crawl, Melee, Webs Antagonist(s) Jackal – Claws, Melee, DA (Miles Warren) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy #12 (60) |
| Beta Ray Bill – Flight, Weapon, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Bug – TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Ch’od Corsair Darkhawk – Flight, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Firelord – Flight, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Gamora – Weapon, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Groot – Size, Stretch, Weapon, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Lockjaw – TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Magus – Energy, Flight, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Major Victory – Flight, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Mantis – Telepathy, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Moondragon – Energy, Flight, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Nebula – TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Quasar – Flight, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Phyla Vell – Energy, Flight, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Raza – TU (Guardians of the Galaxy) Rider Rocket Raccoon – Tech, TU (Guardians of the Galaxy), DA (Patriarch) Silver Surfer Star-Lord – Weapon, TU (Rocket Raccoon) Terrax Antagonist(s) Patriarch |
| Gwenpool Strikes Back #5 (28) |
| Atlas Black Cat Black Panther Captain America Captain Marvel Gwenpool – Fourth Wall, Melee, CD (Learns she is potentially a mutant) Hawkeye (KB) Hulk Iron Man Kid Omega Ms. America Ms. Marvel – Fist, Grow, Size, Stretch, DA (Gwenpool) Punisher She-Hulk Spider-Man (MM) Spider-Woman (JD) Thor Tigra Wasp (NvD) Wolverine |
| History of the Marvel Universe #6 (2) |
| Galactus Powerhouse |
| Invaders #12 (37) |
| Captain America – Melee, Shield, Vehicle, TU (Namor) Iron Torch – Computer, Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, TU (Namor) Namor – Flight, Melee, Will Power, TU (Captain America), DA (Machan) Spider-Man (PP) – Webs, SC Spitfire – Flight, Melee, Speed, Vehicle, TU (Namor) Thing – Strength, SC Toro – Flames, Flight, Melee, TU (Namor) Winter Soldier – Vehicle, TU (Namor) |
| King Thor #4 (12) |
| Balder King Thor – Flight, Lightning, Mjolnir, Weapon, CD (Sacrifices himself to fend off entropy at the end of time) Lady Sif – CD (Becomes the new Guardian of the Bifrost) Thor Valkyrie (JF) – Creature |
| Marauders #4 (17) |
| Bishop – Gun, Weapon, CD (Joins the Marauders) Iceman Kate Pryde – Intangibility, Intangibility Defensive, Intangibility Offensive, Melee Pyro – Flames Storm – Flight, Lightning, Weather, SC |
| Marvel’s Spider-Man: Velocity #5 (6) |
| Spider-Man (GV) – Crawl, Intellect, Speed, Tech, Webs |
| New Mutants #4 (11) |
| Angel Armor Beak Boom-Boom – Energy Glob Match Pixie Sage – Computer Shark-Girl |
| Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 (23) |
| Cammi – Gun, Melee, Suit, Weapon Gladiator – Flight Punisher – Blade, Explosive, Gun, Weapon Rider – Cosmic, Demonic, Durability, Flames, Gun, Heal, Melee, Morph, Weapon Antagonist(s) Mephisto |
| Runaways #28 (12) |
| Chase Stein – Weapon Gert Yorkes – Creature Karolina Dean – Energy, Flight Molly Hayes Nico Minoru – Melee, Weapon Victor Mancha |
| Scream: Curse of Carnage #2 (4) |
| Scream – Crawl, Hair, Symbiote |
| Tony Stark: Iron Man #19 (24) |
| Bethany Cabe Black Panther Captain Marvel Iron Man – Flight, Intellect, Melee, TU (Wasp), LT, DA (Ultron) Jocasta – TU (Wasp) Machine Man – TU (Wasp) Thor Vision War Machine Wasp (JvD) – TU (Iron Man) Wonder Man Antagonist(s) Ultron – Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight |
| X-Force #4 (30) |
| Apocalypse Beast – Computer, Intellect Cypher Domino Emma Frost Exodus Forge – Weapon Jean Grey – Computer, Flight, Telekinesis, Telepathy Kid Omega Magneto Mr. Sinister Multiple Man (No Appearance) – Creature Mystique Nightcrawler Professor X Sage – Intellect, Telepathy Sebastian Shaw Storm Wolverine – Claws, LT |
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