For the second week in a row, no new characters get added to the Fantasy Comic League database. Surprising considering that the latest issue of the X-Men comic features a staggering 63 distinct characters. The week overall turns out to be a pretty low scoring event. Only nine comics have characters from the prime universe appearing in them. And of those nine comics, only nine characters score five or more points.
FCL Podcast 02 – Some Agile Business Talk
Book the Week – X-Men #21 (Review score: 83 Points; 63 Characters). Five dozen characters are in attendance for the grand unveiling of the newest X-Men team. The reveal takes center stage in an issue where the average Point per Character is 1.32 points. The new team members—Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Rogue, Sunfire, Wolverine, Synch and Polaris—are the main characters to earn more than one point. They earn a Character Development for forming the new team, and then most get a power credit for their show of strength to the Hellfire guests.
Hero of the Week – Power Princess (Review score: 11 Points/1 Appearance; 11 Pts/App). I am starting to feel uncomfortable with counting the Squadron Supreme of America characters in the Hero category. They all seem to revel in their ruthlessness and celebrate their murders. Not the most heroic of traits. None of them seem to be as bloodthirsty as Power Princess who keeps racking up the Defeats Antagonist points. She receives the latest featured story in Heroes Reborn, displays her collection of petrified pantheons, and goes toe-to-toe with a reawakened Thor.
Antagonist of the Week – Korvac (Review score: 12 Points/1 Appearance; 12 Pts/App). Korvac continues to torment Iron Man and manages to do so with Iron Man being absent for the second issue in a row of his solo title. Korvac sets out to correct the original Human Torch’s body, which had been recently replaced with Stark technology. However, instead of being thankful and obedient, the Torch turns on Korvac who is saved by Controller, his devoted follower.
Top Characters (by review score). Korvac (12); Power Princess (11); Conan, Rictor (7); Howard the Duck, Human Torch/Jim Hammond, Marvel Girl (6); Doctor Voodoo, Emma Frost (5)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Amazing Spider-Man #68 (15) |
| Spider-Man (PP) – Durability, Melee, Webs Antagonist(s) Chameleon – TU (Finisher) Doctor Octopus – LT Foreigner – Gun, TU (Chance) Lizard – Tech Sandman – Morph |
| Children of the Atom #4 (27) |
| Cherub – Melee Cyclops Cyclops-Lass – Teleport, LT Daycrawler – Energy, Teleport, LT Gimmick – Agility, Energy, Flight Maggot Magma Marvel Girl Marvel Guy – Pheromones, Toxin Nightcrawler – Teleport Pixie – Flight Storm – Flight Wolverine |
| Conan the Barbarian #22 (7) |
| Conan – Blade, Blunt, Intellect, Melee, Weapon, DA (Assassin) |
| Excalibur #21 (53) |
| Angel Banshee Beast Captain Avalon Captain Britain – Telepathy Colossus Cyclops Dr. Cecilia Reyes Emma Frost – Business Eyeboy Gambit Gloriana Iceman Jubilee Kate Pryde Mirage Multiple Man Nightcrawler – Sense, Teleport Penance Pete Wisdom – Energy Offensive, CD (Dies in a sacrifice to free Morgan Le Fay) Pixie Prestige Prodigy Professor X – Business Rictor – Artifact, Geokinesis, Strength, LT, CD (Creates a new island by separating the Lighthouse from Britain) Rogue Shatterstar Storm Sunfire Synch Warpath Wiz Kid Antagonist(s) Mastermind Monarch – Reality Morgan Le Fay – Magic Offensive Mr. Sinister – Business Mystique Selene |
| Heroes Reborn #2 (17) |
| Blur Doctor Spectrum Echo – Flight Hyperion Nighthawk Power Princess – Artifact, Blade, Durability, Ensnare, Magic, Melee, Strength, Teleport, Weapon, DA (All-Gog) |
| Heroes Reborn: Night-Gwen #1 (1) |
| Nighthawk |
| Iron Man #9 (27) |
| Human Torch (JH) – Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, TU (Korvac), CD (Has his original body restored by Korvac) Antagonist(s) Blizzard – Sense, TU (Korvac) Controller – Tech, TU (Korvac), DA (Human Torch) Korvac – Assassin, Deception, Energy, Energy Defensive, Gun, Intellect, Tech, TU (Unicorn), LT, CD (Restores the Human Torch’s original body), DA (Human Torch) Unicorn – TU (Korvac) |
| Strange Academy #11 (11) |
| Doctor Voodoo – Business, Magic, Precision, TU (Howard the Duck) Howard the Duck – Business, Intellect, Sleuth, TU (Doctor Voodoo), LT |
| X-Men #21 (83) |
| Angel Anole Banshee Black Panther Cannonball Captain America Captain Avalon Captain Britain Colossus Cosmar Cyclops – Business, CD (Forms the new X-Men) Doctor Strange – Telepathy Egg Elixir Emma Frost – Business, Telepathy Gambit Gloriana Hope Human Torch Iceman Invisible Woman Iron Man Jubilee – Energy Karma Kate Pryde Kid Omega Magik Magneto Manifold Marvel Girl – Business, Flight, Telepathy, CD (Forms the new X-Men) Mirage Mondo Mr. Fantastic Multiple Man – Creature Namor Northstar Peepers Penance Pixie Polaris – Flight, CD (Officially joins the new X-Men team) Prestige Prodigy Professor X Psylocke Rictor Rogue – CD (Joins the new X-Men team) Skin Stepford Cuckoos Storm Sunfire – Flames, CD (Joins the new X-Men team) Sunspot Synch – Flight, CD (Joins the new X-Men team) Tempus Thing Thor Warlock Wolverine (LK) – Claws, CD (Joins the new X-Men team) Antagonist(s) Exodus Monarch Mystique Proteus Pyro Sersi |
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