To quote another popular piece of Disney entertainment: “This is the Way.” The merry mutants of Krakoa continue to live an immortal life of luxury, but Nightcrawler, their resident theologian, worries they live an immoral life as well. Kurt battles with the carefree approach to death he witnesses, be it in the Crucible or in the field when Pixie willingly sacrifices herself to a shotgun blast to the face. He turns to numerous characters for advice on how to establish a new ‘way’ of life for the X-Men. New characters added to the Fantasy Comic League database include Spider-Man antagonist, Desmond Charne, aka Mirage; Mordred; Chondu the Mystic; Khora of the Burning Heart; Slab; Match; and Medusa.
Book the Week – Women of Marvel #1 (Review score: 80 Points; 39 Characters). Ten years after the first volume of Women of Marvel, a second anthology book celebrating some of Marvel’s modern ma’ams hits the stands and spotlights some of their queens (Emma Frost and Medusa), their femme fatales (Lady Deathstrike and Mystique), and their gorgeous green gals (Hulk and Gamora). Other characters to receive a short story include Hela, Misty Knight and Marvel Girl herself, Jean Grey.
Hero of the Week – Marvel Girl (Review score: 16 Points/4 Appearances; 4.0 Pts/App). Jean’s biggest performance for the week comes in Benjamin Percy and Garry Brown’s X-Force series which sees her team with her former X-Force teammate Kid Omega to battle his inner demon. Her return to the book nets her a Team-Up point since she ditched the black ops term earlier in the series. She also appears in the aforementioned Women of Marvel, plus a cameo in S.W.O.R.D. and Way of X for a total of four appearances, tops for all Marvel characters.
Antagonist of the Week – Carnage (Review score: 10 Points/1 Appearance; 10.0 Pts/App). An anthology book opens up the possibility for a lot of points, and Carnage proves that yet again with his second issue of Carnage: Black, White & Blood. The first story deals with the fallout of King in Black and the symbiote’s latest death at the hands of Venom’s new symbiote followers. In two additional stories, the symbiote seeks revenge of a Ravencroft guard and then takes a new host in the frozen wilderness of Canada.
Performance of the Week – Kid Omega (Review score: 9 Points/1 Appearance; 9.0 Pts/App). Quentin Quire earns a Performance of the Week thanks to his victory over the mental demon that has been plaguing him the previous issues. This issue wraps up the arc that has seen Quentin comes to term with his self image and confidence issues. With the help of his Stepford girlfriend he kept the X-Force team book afloat and engaging pretty much on his own.
Top Characters (by review score). Marvel Girl (16); Spider-Man/Peter Parker (14); Spider-Woman (13); Carnage, Magneto, Nightcrawler (10); Hulk/Jennifer Walters, Kid Omega, Spider-Man/Miles Morales (9); Captain Marvel, Viv Vision (8)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Amazing Spider-Man #64 (37) |
| Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Crawl, Durability, Energy, Melee, Sense, Suit, Webs, TU (Tombstone) Antagonist(s) Baron Mordo – Magic, Magic Offensive, TU (Kingpin) Beetle Boomerang – Flight Doctor Octopus – Appendage, Strength Green Goblin Kindred – Creature Kingpin – TU (Baron Mordo) Madame Masque – Ensnare, Gun, TU (Crime Master), LT, DA (Spider-Man) Mirage (DC) – TU (Tombstone) Tombstone – Melee, Strength, TU (Spider-Man) |
| Avengers #45 (34) |
| Black Panther – Claws, Computer, Intellect, Melee, LT Blade – Blade, CD (Becomes liasion to the Nation of Vampires) Captain America – Speed, Suit Captain Marvel – Flight, Strength Echo – Sense Ghost Rider (RR) – Influence, Morph, Vehicle, DA (Symbiote dragon) Hulk (JW) Iron Man – Tech Moon Knight – Melee Thor – Flight, Lightning Antagonist(s) Dracula – Business, Sense, CD (Declares the sovereignty of the Nation of Vampires ) |
| Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #2 (26) |
| Black Knight (DW) – Blade, Magic, Magic Offensive, LT Black Knight (SPoP) – Blade, Durability, Heal, CD (Reveals how he created the Ebony Sword) Elsa Bloodstone – Artifact, Gun, Sleuth, Vehicle, Weapon, DA (Phillip) Merlyn – Magic Antagonist(s) Mordred – Assassin, Blade, Durability, Magic, Teleport, Thief |
| Captain Marvel #28 (17) |
| Captain Marvel – Magic, Melee, TU (Doctor Strange), CD (Suffers PTSD from losing Ove in her timeline) Doctor Strange – Teleport, TU (Captain Marvel) Doctor Voodoo Magik Nico Minoru Scarlet Witch Spider-Woman Talisman Wiccan Antagonist(s) Chondu the Mystic Enchantress |
| Carnage: Black, White & Blood #2 (19) |
| Spider-Man (PP) – Influence, Melee, Webs Venom – Creature, Possession, Telepathy, DA (Carnage) Antagonist(s) Carnage – Assassin, Creature, Durability, Ensnare, Influence, Melee, Morph, Possession, CD (Dies after Venom kicks him out of the symbiote hive) |
| Champions #6 (39) |
| Ironheart – Computer, Energy, Flight, Melee, Sonics, DA (Bank robbers) Ms. Marvel – Grow, Melee, Size, Strength, Stretch, DA (Bank robbers) Nova (SA) – Durability, Energy, Flight, Melee, DA (Bank robbers) Snowguard – Flight Spider-Man (MM) – Crawl, Durability, Energy, Ensnare, Melee, Sense, Webs, DA (Bank robbers) Viv Vision – Bionics, Computer, Energy Offensive, Flight, Intangibility, Intangibility Defensive, DA (Bank robbers) |
| Eternals #4 (25) |
| Druig – Deception, Durability, Telepathy Offensive, Teleport Ikaris – Flight Kingo Sunen – Blade, Speed, Teleport, Weapon Phastos – Artifact Sersi – Flight Sprite Thena – Blade, Teleport, Weapon Antagonist(s) Thanos – Energy Offensive, Melee, Teleport |
| Mighty Valkyries #1 (22) |
| Doctor Strange Valkyrie (JF) – Artifact, Blade, Blunt, Flight, Projectile, Weapon Valkyrie (Runa) – Computer, Melee, Thief, Vehicle, CD (Relearns her name) Antagonist(s) Hela – LT Karnilla – Magic Offensive, CD (Becomes a mother) Loki – Deception, Teleport |
| S.W.O.R.D. #5 (39) |
| Abigail Brand – Business, CD (Manipulates and chooses the winner of the Snarkwar) Amelia Voght – Teleport Cypher – Business Emma Frost – Business Khora of the Burning Heart – Assassin, Blade, Weapon, DA (Gylar Clan) Magneto – Business, LT Marvel Girl – Telepathy Nightcrawler – Business Peeper Professor X – Business Storm – Business Antagonist(s) Exodus – Business Fabian Cortez Forearm Krakoa – Business Mr. Sinister – Business Mystique – Business Sebastian Shaw – Business Slab |
| Spider-Woman #11 (13) |
| Night Nurse Porcupine Spider-Woman – Agility, Blade, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Projectile, Strength, Suit, Weapon, DA (Los Espadas Gemelas De Toledo) |
| Way of X #1 (65) |
| Banshee Blink – Teleport, Teleport Defensive Colossus Dazzler – Energy Doctor Nemesis – Intellect, Plant, CD (Reveals he developed the Krakoan medicines) Egg – Biokinesis Elixir – Heal Forge Havok Hope – Energy Iceman Jubilee Loa Magneto – Blade, Flight, Magnetics, Magnetics Offensive, Weapon, DA (Lost) Marvel Girl Multiple Man Nightcrawler – Crawl, Melee, Teleport, Teleport Defensive, Teleport Offensive, LT, DA (Orchis missionaries) Pixie – Flight, Pheromones, Teleport, Teleport Defensive, CD (Voluntarily dies), DA (Orchis missionaries) Professor X – Sense, Telepathy, LT Scout Strong Guy Tempus – Reality Triage Wolverine Antagonist(s) Blob Daken Exodus Feral Legion – Flight, Reality Proteus – Reality |
| Women of Marvel #1 (80) |
| Agent 13 – Gun Anole Beak Bling! Cannonball Cyclops Darwin Dr. Toni Ho – Flight, Melee Dryad Echo – Blade Egg Emma Frost – Telepathy Eye-Boy Gambit Gamora – Agility, Melee, Tech, SC, DA (Bran) Hulk (JW) – Attorney, Durability, Melee, Morph, Strength, SC, DA (Rhino) Loa Marrow – Appendage Offensive, Melee Marvel Girl – Telekinesis Match Medusa – Appendage, Ensnare Misty Knight – Melee, Sleuth, Strength, LT, SC Mockingbird – Blunt Multiple Man Rictor Rocket Raccoon Rogue Shark-Girl Spider-Woman Sprite White Tiger (AA) – Melee Antagonist(s) Blob Fenris Feral – Claws Offensive, Melee Hela Lady Deathstrike Mystique – Deception, Melee, Morph, TU (Stegron), DA (Stegron) Rhino – Durability, Suit, Weapon Stegron – Tech, TU (Mystique) |
| X-Force #19 (40) |
| Cyclops Domino – Gun, Morph, Weapon, TU (Marvel Girl), DA (XENO soldiers) Kid Omega – Flight, Gun, Intellect, Telepathy, Weapon, TU (Marvel Girl), LT, DA (Corrupted version of himself) Marvel Girl – Flight, Sense, Telekinesis Defensive, Telekinesis Offensive, Telepathy, Telepathy Defensive, Weapon, TU (Kid Omega), LT, DA (XENO soldiers) Sage – Computer, Melee, TU (Marvel Girl), DA (Black Tom Cassidy) Stepford Cuckoos – Telepathy, Weapon, TU (Marvel Girl) Antagonist(s) Black Tom Cassidy – Ensnare, Morph, Plants Offensive |
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