A handful of characters explore their identity, their heritages and their overall place in the world—or even other worlds, such as Arakko. Among the Eternals, Ajak learns that the Deviants they hunt are more favored by their Celestial gods. Druig betrays Thanos and takes his place as the new Prime Eternal and sets the stage for the Eternals upcoming conflict with the mutants. Speaking of Krakoans, Kid Omega seeks to establish a new identity by test driving different mutant husks, Hope Summers officially ascends to the Quiet Council and Magik loses her Soul Sword. Off world, Storm and Magneto recruit members for the Brotherhood of Arakko to counter Abigail Brand’s S.W.O.R.D. sponsored X-Men team.
Book the Week – Fantastic Four #43 (Review score: 75 Points; 39 Characters). The Recknoning War rages on, but the latest Fantastic Four issue focuses on the Badoon’s Battle on Earth. The mysterious aliens known as Comorant and the Helmsman take advantage of the invasion to retrieve the pieces of the Gauntlet Armor. Unfortunately for them, Doctor Doom represents the final hurdle in assembling the full suit. Sue Storm, who has been mysteriously absent the past few issues, reveals herself by coming to the aid of Uatu the Watcher and Nick Fury.
Hero of the Week – Venom/Eddie Brock (Review score: 20 Points/1 Appearance; 20.0 Pts/App). Eddie Brock gets a chance to display his investigative journalism skills and not just the symbiotic side. He outsmarts Hydro-Man for an Intellect power along with a Computer, Deception and Investigate power when making his way back into his former employer’s office at the Daily Globe. Eighteen of his 20 points come from power usages to earn him his second Hero of the Week in 2022.
Antagonist of the Week – Goblin Queen (Review score: 8 Points/1 Appearance; 8.0 Pts/App). Things are looking up for Madelyn Pryor. Following her somewhat controversial resurrection due to her clone status, she is being handed the keys to Limbo by Magik. Her 8-point performance in New Mutants also earns her her first Antagonist of the Week.
Top Characters (by review score). Venom/Eddie Brock, Wolverine/James Howlett (20); Daredevil/Elektra Natchios, Magik (15); Deadpool, Hope, Iron Man, Storm, Thor (14); Silk (11)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Elektra: Black, White & Blood #4 (22) |
| Daredevil (EN) – Agility, Blade, Business, Durability, Melee, Projectile, Stealth, Weapon, DA (Kingpin’s men) Ghost Rider (JB) – Durability, Flames, Influence, Melee, Morph, Strength, Vehicle, DA (Elektra) Antagonist(s) Kingpin – Business, LT |
| Eternals #12 (56) |
| Ajak – Blunt, Flight, CD (Learns that the Deviants are more important to the Celestial’s plan than the Eternals) Black Panther – Claws Captain America (SR) – LT Captain Marvel – Energy Offensive, Flight Druig – Computer, Deception, CD (Becomes the new Prime Eternal), DA (Thanos) Gilgamesh – Energy Offensive, Flight Ikaris – Durability, Flight, Speed Iron Man – Explosive, Flight, Suit Kingo Sunen – Blade Makkari – Flight, Speed, Vibrations Mentor Namor Phoenix (ML) Sersi – Flight, Telepathy, LT Sprite – Flight Starbrand Thena – Flight, Projectile, Telepathy Thor – Durability, Flight, Lightning Antagonist(s) Thanos – Assassin, Durability, Melee, Strength |
| Fantastic Four #43 (75) |
| Beta Ray Bill – TU (Human Torch) Big Bertha Brainstorm Ch’od – TU (Human Torch) Corsair – TU (Human Torch) Flatman Gamora – TU (Human Torch) Gauntlet – Energy Offensive, CD (Loses the Gauntlet armor) Gladiator – TU (Human Torch) Groot – TU (Human Torch) Hepzibah – TU (Human Torch) Hulkling – TU (Human Torch) Human Torch – TU (Guardians of the Galaxy), LT Invisible Woman – Gun, Invisibility Jack of Hearts – Absorb, DA (Emnu) Jennifer Kale Man-Thing Manta – TU (Human Torch) Mr. Fantastic Mr. Immortal Nova (FR) – TU (Human Torch) Nova (RR) – TU (Human Torch) Oracle – TU (Human Torch) Powerhouse Raza – TU (Human Torch) Rocket Raccoon – TU (Human Torch) She-Hulk Sky – TU (Human Torch) Squirrel Girl Star-Lord – TU (Human Torch) Thing Thor – TU (Human Torch) Uatu the Watcher Unseen Wiccan – TU (Human Torch) Antagonist(s) Doctor Doom – Energy, Intellect, Magic Offensive, Shield, Telekinesis, Teleport, DA (Helmsman) Ego – TU (Human Torch) Super Skrull – TU (Human Torch) Terrax – TU (Human Torch) |
| Immortal X-Men #2 (59) |
| Colossus – Business Cyclops – Intellect Doctor Nemesis – Intellect Egg Elixir Emma Frost – Business, Telepathy Hope Summers – Absorb, Assassin, Business, Gun, Influence, Melee, Precision, Telekinesis, Teleport, LT, SC, CD (Joins the Quiet Council), DA (Selene) Kate Pryde Magik Magneto – Flight, Magnetics, Weapon Nightcrawler – Teleport Professor X – Telepathy Storm – Elements, Flight, Lightning Synch Tempus Antagonist(s) Destiny – Sense Exodus – Assassin, Flight, Melee, Telekinesis Defensive, Telepathy, DA (Selene) Mr. Sinister – Claws, Energy, Grow, Melee Mystique Proteus Sebastian Shaw Selene |
| Iron Fist #3 (10) |
| Fat Cobra – Melee Iron Fist (LL) – Blade, Durability, Energy, Melee, Sense, Strength, DA (Chiyou demon) |
| Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 (48) |
| Brawn – TU (Sister Dagger) Doctor Strange Giant-Man – TU (Sister Dagger) Groot Jimmy Woo – Gun, Melee, Tech, TU (Sister Dagger) Leiko Wu – Gun, TU (Sister Dagger) Luna Snow – TU (Sister Dagger) Mantis – Absorb, Blade, Sense, Weapon, CD (Merges with another one of her split identities) Ms. Marvel – Durability, Grow, Morph, Stretch, TU (Sister Dagger) Rocket Raccoon Shang-Chi – Durability, Influence, Melee, Tech, TU (Jimmy Woo) Sister Dagger – Artifact, TU (Jimmy Woo) Sister Staff – Blunt Wong – Artifact, Intellect, Melee, Shield, DA (Egor) Antagonist(s) Crossfire – Computer |
| Marvels #10 (34) |
| Aarkus – Flight, Sense, Wind Offensive, TU (Captain America), DA (Zombie creature) Aero – Flight, Wind, Wind Offensive, TU (Captain America), DA (Zombie creature) Black Cat – Melee, TU (Captain America), DA (Zombie creature) Captain America (SR) – Melee, TU (Human Torch), LT Human Torch – Flames, Flight, TU (Captain America) Iron Man – Energy, Flight, Sense, Tech, TU (Captain America) Storm – Flight, TU (Captain America) Antagonist(s) Lady Lotus |
| New Mutants #25 (41) |
| Magik – Blade, Business, Deception, Melee, Sense, Strength, Teleport, Teleport Defensive, Weapon, TU (Goblin Queen), LT, CD (Loses her Soul Sword), DA (Demon) Mirage – Melee, Projectile, Weapon, TU (Goblin Queen), DA (Demon) Wolfsbane – Claws, Claws Offensive, Melee, Morph, TU (Goblin Queen), DA (Demon) Antagonist(s) Belasco Goblin Queen – Flight, Melee, Strength, Telekinesis, Telekinesis Offensive, TU (Magik), DA (Demon) S’ym – Melee, Strength, Toxin, LT |
| Savage Avengers #1 (41) |
| Anti-Venom – Intellect, Melee, TU (Daredevil) Black Knight (DW) – Blade, Intellect, Melee, Weapon, TU (Weapon H) Cloak – Ensnare, Sense, Teleport, TU (Conan) Conan – Agility, Blade, Durability, Gun, Weapon, TU (Anti-Venom), DA (Cultists) Dagger – Energy, Energy Offensive, Melee, Projectile, TU (Conan) Daredevil (EN) – Blade, Weapon, TU (Anti-Venom), LT Weapon H – Claws, Claws Offensive, Melee, Morph, Strength, TU (Black Knight) |
| Silk #5 (11) |
| Silk – Agility, Biokinesis, Crawl, Durability, Melee, Shield, Swing, Weapon, CD (Reconnects with her heritage), DA (Manyeo) |
| Spider-Punk #2 (7) |
| Spider-Punk – Projectile, Shield, Tech, Weapon, LT, DA (Taskmaster) |
| Thor #25 (46) |
| Angela Black Panther Black Widow Captain America (SR) Captain America (SW) Captain Marvel Hulk (BB) – Claws, Computer, Ensnare, Gun, Influence, Melee, Strength, DA (Bikers) Human Torch Invisible Woman Iron Man – Deception, Flight, Suit Mr. Fantastic Namor Odin – Melee, Telepathy, Will Power Phoenix (ML) Shang-Chi Spider-Man (PP) Thing Thor – Artifact, Blunt, Deception, Durability, Melee, Weapon, DA (Thrym) Antagonist(s) Enchantress – Creature, Deception, Magic, Reality Loki – LT |
| Venom: Lethal Protector #2 (27) |
| Venom (EB) – Agility, Appendage, Biokinesis, Claws, Computer, Creature, Deception, Durability, Energy, Gun, Intellect, Investigate, Melee, Projectile, Sense, Strength, Swing, Weapon, DA (Hydro-Man) Antagonist(s) Hydro-Man – Flight, Grow, Intangibility, Melee, Morph, Water Offensive |
| Wolverine #21 (26) |
| Danger – Creature, Vehicle Deadpool – Blade, Deception, Durability, Fourth Wall, Gun, Heal, Melee, Teleport, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Wolverine), LT, DA (Wolverine LMD) Maverick Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Durability, Heal, Melee, TU (Deadpool), DA (Wolverine LMD) |
| Wolverine: Patch #2 (12) |
| Nick Fury – LT Tyger Tiger – Investigate Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Durability, Heal, Influence, Sense, DA (Soldiers) |
| X-Cellent #3 (16) |
| Dead Girl – Sense, Stealth Doctor Strange – Flight Doop Gone Gal Mister Sensitive Phatty – Morph Rosa Lemper – Morph The A Vivisector Antagonist(s) Morgan Le Fay – Flight |
| X-Force #28 (30) |
| Beast Doctor Cecilia Reyes – Intellect Domino – Explosive, Gun, Weapon Forge Havok Kid Omega – Creature, Telepathy, Vehicle, CD (Explores his identity via the use of Telepathic- and Telekinetic-linked husks) Polaris Sage – Intellect Stepford Cuckoos Wolverine – Claws, Claws Defensive, Durability Antagonist(s) Black Tom Cassidy Omega Red – Appendage Silver Samurai – Agility, Blade, Weapon, DA (Omeganaut husk) |
| X-Men: Red #2 (46) |
| Abigail Brand – Deception, Tech, LT, CD (Forms X-Men Red) Cable – Strength, Telekinesis Offensive, Teleport, CD (Joins X-Men Red), DA (Progenitor) Cyclops Frenzy – CD (Joins X-Men Red) Magneto – Flight, Magnetics Offensive, LT, CD (Joins the Brotherhood of Arakko), DA (Progenitor) Manifold – Teleport, CD (Leaves S.W.O.R.D.) Professor X – Telepathy Random – CD (Joins X-Men Red) Storm – Ensnare, Flight, Lightning, Melee, CD (Forms the Brotherhood of Arakko), DA (Vulcan) Sunspot – Flight, CD (Joins the Brotherhood of Arakko) Antagonist(s) Mentallo – CD (Joins X-Men Red) Vulcan – Creature, Energy, Energy Defensive, Flight, Rage, CD (Joins X-Men Red) |
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