Another crack forms in the world of Heroes Reborn. Echo, the recently crowned Phoenix, appears in a Ravencroft Asylum fully in possession of her new abilities and fully aware that something is wrong with the world. She becomes the second hero Blades recruits to try and fix their reality. Blur, who stars in the main story for the latest Heroes Reborn, also lets on that he could see cracks in the world while he was racing through reality. But he’s too fast to care about that, or even remember. Characters added to the Fantasy Comic League database this week include Sister Dagger, who meets the six appearances in under a year requirement; Xorn; Killer Shrike; Scarecrow. Onslaught, the X-Men’s Big Baddie from the 90’s returns after his last appearance nearly eight years ago.
Book the Week – Way of X #2 (Review score: 66 Points; 30 Characters). Professor Xavier ranks up there with some of the least attentive fathers in the Marvel Universe, but denying his own son’s resurrection definitely reaches the lowest depths of dreadful dad moves. Luckily for Legion, he does not need his father’s telepathic backup to inhabit a new body. Nightcrawler plays a pivotal role in Legion’s return, pulling the trigger despite the religious turmoil it caused him. To repay Kurt’s favor, Legion shares troubling news. Xavier’s other “child,” the evil telepathic entity known as Onslaught, is haunting the island as the Patchwork Man.
Hero of the Week – Spider-Man (Review score: 13 Points/2 Appearances; 6.5 Pts/App). What’s a new series if not a good excuse to have Spider-Man team up with the main character of the book? Not only does Spider-Man meet up with his Way of the Spider (“Spider-Fu”) master in the new Shang-Chi series, but he makes it all about himself by getting transformed into a giant spider monster and fighting Shang. He gets 10 points in that issue including an uncommon use of Claw and Morph.
Antagonist of the Week – Sin (Review score: 10 Points/1 Appearance; 10.0 Pts/App). With one issue left to go in the current Captain America run, prominent series antagonist Sin taps into some of her classic powers. Back during her older Mother Superior phase, Sin possessed possessed powers such as telekinesis and teleportation. After assuming she no longer possessed these skills, Alexa Lukin—her surrogate mother—shows Sin how to access them in time for the big finale.
Performance of the Week – Black Knight (Review score: 12 Points/1 Appearance; 12.0 Pts/App). Three issues into Curse of the Ebony Blade and the Black Knight suffers another death; this time at the hands of Elsa Bloodstone (who will swear she was just trying to help). Luckily, the recent reveal that the Ebony Blade grants the wielder immunity while in possession of the blade saves him again. And now the race with Sir Mordred is on to see who can collect all four of the Ebony artifacts.
Top Characters (by review score). Spider-Man/Peter Parker (13); Black Knight (12); Wolverine (11); Nightcrawler, Sin (10); Legion, Nova/Sam Alexander (9); Elsa Bloodstone, Ms. Marvel, Pixie, Shang-Chi, Valkyrie/Jane Foster (8)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Amazing Spider-Man #66 (42) |
| Hawkeye (CB) Iron Fist Jessica Jones Luke Cage Spider-Man (PP) – Webs, CD (Loses his roommates) Spider-Woman Wolverine Antagonist(s) Baron Mordo – Magic Offensive Beetle – CD (Earns her father’s acceptance) Green Goblin – TU (Spot), LT Kangaroo Killer Shrike Kindred – Appendage Offensive, Deception, Durability, Ensnare, DA (Green Goblin) Kingpin Overdrive – Tech, Vehicle Piledriver Rose Scorpion Shocker Speed Demon Spot – Absorb, Melee, Teleport, TU (Green Goblin), DA (Baron Mordo) Tombstone – CD (Accepts his daughters relationship) Wrecker |
| Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #3 (39) |
| Black Knight – Artifact, Blade, Creature, Heal, Magic Offensive, Melee, Strength, Weapon, TU (Elsa Bloodstone), SC, DA (Gore elementals) Black Knight (SP) – Blade, Magic Offensive, Rage, Strength, Weapon, DA (Thor) Elsa Bloodstone – Artifact, Creature, Gun, Melee, Weapon, TU (Black Knight), LT Thor – Blunt, Lightning, Weapon Antagonist(s) Mordred – Blade, Magic, Projectile, Shield, Shield Defensive, Weapon, LT |
| Captain America #29 (43) |
| Agent 13 – Espionage, TU (Captain America) Captain America – Projectile, Shield Defensive, Shield Offensive, TU (Daughters of Liberty), LT Dryad – Explosive, Suit, TU (Winter Soldier) Invisible Woman – Ensnare, TU (Winter Soldier) Misty Knight – TU (Captain America) Nick Fury Jr. – TU (Daughters of Liberty) Red Hulk – TU (Daughters of Liberty) White Tiger (AA) – Melee, Suit, TU (Winter Soldier) Winter Soldier – Melee, Suit, TU (Daughters of Liberty), LT Antagonist(s) Baron von Strucker Kingpin Sin – Gun, Melee, Strength, Telekinesis, Telekinesis Offensive, Teleport, Weapon, CD (Taps into her Mother Superior powers once more), DA (Demons) |
| Champions #7 (49) |
| Bombshell – Influence Falcon (JT) – Flight Ironheart – Energy, Flight, Intellect, SC, DA (Cradle) Ms. Marvel – Computer, Grow, Morph, Stretch, LT, SC, DA (Cradle) Nova (SA) – Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Stealth, Strength, LT, SC, DA (Cradle) Snowguard – Flight, Melee, Morph, SC, DA (Cradle) Spider-Man (MM) – Crawl, Invisibility, Sense, Webs, SC, DA (Cradle) Vision – Intangibility Viv Vision – Bionics, Computer, Flight, Intellect, SC, DA (Cradle) |
| Daredevil #30 (15) |
| Daredevil Elektra – Blunt, Melee, Projectile, Weapon, LT, CD (Takes Alice under her wing and trains her) Antagonist(s) Bullseye – Assassin, Weapon Kingpin (IL) Kingpin (WF) – Strength Typhoid Mary |
| Heroes Reborn #3 (15) |
| Blade Blur – Creature, Sense, Speed, Speed Defensive, Teleport, DA (Silver Witch) Echo – Creature, Flames Offensive, Sense, SC, CD (Realizes the world is broken), DA (Bullseye) |
| Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1 (12) |
| Hulk (BB) – Durability, Melee, Morph, Personality, DA (Scarecrow) Antagonist(s) Scarecrow – Absorb, Blade, Energy, Pheromones, Telepathy |
| Mighty Valkyries #2 (17) |
| Valkyrie (JF) – Artifact, Blade, Creature, Flight, Projectile, Weapon, SC Valkyrie (Rūna) – Blade, Melee, Strength, Weapon, SC, DA (Ologen) Antagonist(s) Karnilla – CD (Changes the landscape of Hel) |
| Runaways #36 (4) |
| Chase Stein – CD (Engages in a relationship with a future version of Gert) Gert Yorkes Victor Mancha |
| Shang-Chi #1 (25) |
| Shang-Chi – Agility, Durability, Ensnare, Melee, TU (Spider-Man), LT, DA (Spider-Man) Sister Dagger – Blade, Ensnare, Melee, Projectile, TU (Spider-Man), DA (Spider-Man) Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Claws, Crawl, Durability, Ensnare, Morph, Tech, Webs, TU (Shang-Chi) |
| Way of X #2 (66) |
| Beast Cannonball Colossus Cyclops Dazzler – Energy Dr. Cecilia Reyes Doctor Nemesis – Computer, TU (Legion) Domino Doop Egg – Biokinesis Elixir – Heal Forge Hope Summers – Energy Loa Magneto – Flight Marvel Girl Mercury Nightcrawler – Agility, Gun, Melee, Teleport, Teleport Offensive, TU (Legion), LT, CD (Commits an act of murder), DA (Personalities) Peepers Penance Pixie – Blade, Flight, Pheromones, Speed, Weapon, TU (Legion), DA (Personalities) Professor X – CD (Refuses to upload Legion’s consciousness into a new body) Storm Tempus – Reality Xorn – Flight Antagonist(s) Blob Fabian Cortez Legion – Energy Offensive, Precision, Sense, Telepathy, Telepathy Offensive, TU (Nightcrawler), LT, CD (Personally uploads his consciousness into a new body) Onslaught – Telepathy Offensive Proteus – Reality |
| Wolverine #12 (31) |
| Beast – TU (Omega Red) Forge – Tech Sage – TU (Omega Red), LT Wolverine – Business, Claws, Claws Defensive, Claws Offensive, Deception, Melee, Weapon, TU (Omega Red), DA (Father Cole) Antagonist(s) Death (FH) – Business Dracula – Assassin, Claws Offensive, Flight, Morph Omega Red – Appendage, Deception, Ensnare, Intellect, TU (X-Force), DA (Vampires) |
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