Shang-Chi ends the year a winner. Not from a Fantasy Comic League perspective, mind you. He finished just outside of the Top 20 performances with a review score of 119, six points fewer than the prior year. But he does win the Game of Rings and retains the right to wield the Ten Rings. He also learns that his estranged sibling, Sister Hammer, has been watching his back as Red Cannon, the current leader of the Red Dot Collective’s criminal organization.
Book the Week – X-Terminators #4 (Review score: 49 Points; 34 Characters). Dazzler and her vampire-killing gal pals escape the Collector’s Museum and crash land back on Krakoa, interrupting a friendly game of baseball. Brought before they Quiet Council, they don’t need to answer to just Krakoa’s leadership, but the Vampire Nation’s ruler as well. Dracula, swayed by their argument that the vampires they killed were defectors, agrees to help them find Al’hex, Dazzler’s traitorous, vampiric ex-boyfriend.
Hero of the Week – Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Review score: 15 Points/2 Appearances; 7.5 Pts/App). It’s official, Peter Parker fails to top repeat his Top Hero of the Year performance. He finishes 19 points behind Iron Man and 5 points behind Wolverine to finish in third place overall. He earns 47 fewer points in 25 fewer Appearances when compared to his prior year performance. However, he does top the rest of the characters in two categories: most.Hero of the Week titles with 9 and the most Save Civilians with 10.
Antagonist of the Week – Kang (Review score: 14 Points/1 Appearance; 14.0 Pts/App). Kang rounds out the year, previews the upcoming major moments for the Marvel Universe, and earns his first Antagonist of the Week title in Timeless. With his cinematic debut looming and a potential conflict with the Avengers in the comics, the Master of Time should easily beat his four Appearances this year. Kang made the most of those few Appearances, averaging 7.75 Points per Appearance.
Top Characters (by review score). Spider-Man/Peter Parker (15); Kang (14); Chasm, Goblin Queen (13); Black Widow, Hawkeye/Clint Barton, Magik, Marvel Girl, Shang-Chi, Synch (11)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| All-Out Avengers #4 (29) |
| Black Widow – Agility, Blade, Investigate, Melee, Vehicle, TU (A.I.M. scientist), DA (Drahl) Captain Marvel – Durability, Energy, Flight, Melee, Strength, TU (A.I.M. scientist), LT, DA (Drahl) Hawkeye (CB) – Investigate, Projectile, Weapon, TU (A.I.M. scientist), DA (Drahl) Iron Man Spider-Woman (JD) – Energy Offensive, Melee, TU (A.I.M. scientist), LT |
| Amazing Spider-Man #16 (28) |
| Chasm – Artifact, Blade, Claws, Creature, Melee, Projectile, Rage, Sense, Tech, DA (Spider-Man) Hallow’s Eve – Melee, Morph, Strength, TU (Venom) Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Melee, Projectile, Sense, Tech, Weapon Venom (EB) – TU (Goblin Queen) Antagonist(s) Goblin Queen – TU (Venom), LT |
| Captain America: Symbol of Truth #8 (12) |
| Captain America (SW) – Flight, Melee, Projectile, Shield, Shield Defensive, TU (Nomad), DA (Soldier) Falcon (JT) – Flight, Melee Antagonist(s) Nightshade |
| Carnage #8 (6) |
| Antagonist(s) Carnage – Business, Personality Hela – Business Malekith |
| Dark Web: X-Men #2 (25) |
| Cyclops – Influence, Telepathy Forge – Plants, SC Havok Magik – Blunt, Will Power Marvel Girl – Melee, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Telepathy Offensive, Will Power, LT Synch – SC Antagonist(s) Goblin Queen – Computer, Deception, Ensnare, Magic, Telepathy |
| Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3 (9) |
| Spider-Man (PP) – Creature, Grow, Reality, Sense, Swing, Tech, SC Antagonist(s) Beetle |
| Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #2 (4) |
| Doctor Strange – Artifact, Magic Defensive, Telepathy |
| Midnight Suns #4 (34) |
| Agatha Harkness – Magic, Magic Offensive, Teleport, Will Power Blade – Blade, Weapon, TU (Wolverine) Magik – Blade, Magic, Teleport, Weapon, TU (Blade), LT Nico Minoru – Magic, Weapon, TU (Blade), DA (G’uranthic) Spirit Rider – Ensnare, Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, Morph, TU (Blade), DA (G’uranthic) Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Will Power, TU (Blade) |
| Moon Knight #18 (18) |
| Hunter’s Moon – Blade, Weapon, TU (Moon Knight), DA (Vampire) Moon Knight – Blade, Melee, Water, TU (Hunter’s Moon), LT, DA (Vampire) Tigra – Claws Offensive, Melee, TU (Moon Knight), DA (Vampire) Antagonist(s) Grand Mal |
| Murderworld: Spider-Man #1 (8) |
| Black Widow – Investigate, TU (Kate Pryde) Kate Pryde – TU (Black Widow) Antagonist(s) Arcade – Assassin, Creature |
| New Mutants #33 (5) |
| Wolfsbane – Creature, Morph Antagonist(s) Destiny Emma Frost |
| Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings #6 (24) |
| Cat – Durability, Energy, Melee, Morph, Projectile, Whip Jiang Li Shang-Chi – Agility, Durability, Energy, Ensnare, Melee, Projectile, Speed, Strength, Weapon, CD (Retains his ownership of the Ten Rings) Antagonist(s) Red Cannon – Blunt, Flames, CD (Reveals herself to be Sister Hammer), DA (Wyrm of Desolation) |
| She-Hulk #9 (8) |
| Jack of Hearts – Absorb, Tech, Weapon She-Hulk – Fourth Wall, Melee, Strength |
| Strange Academy: Finals #3 (14) |
| Doctor Voodoo – Business, Flight, Magic, Magic Offensive Nico Minoru – Magic Shaman – Business, Magic, Magic Offensive Antagonist(s) Dormammu Shuma-Gorta – Appendage Offensive |
| Thunderbolts #5 (34) |
| Eegro the Unbreakable – Grow, Melee, DA (Nightmare) Gutsen Glory – Energy Offensive, DA (Nightmare) Hawkeye (CB) – Explosive, Precision, Projectile, DA (Nightmare) Luke Cage Mockingbird Ms. America – Melee, Will Power, DA (Nightmare) Persuasion – Influence, DA (Nightmare) Photon – Energy, Energy Offensive, DA (Nightmare) Power Man – Energy, Melee, DA (Nightmare) Antagonist(s) Nightmare – Durability, Energy Offensive, Influence, Teleport |
| Timeless #1 (14) |
| Antagonist(s) Kang – Agility, Assassin, Blade, Computer, Durability, Energy, Explosive, Gun, Melee, Suit, Teleport, Teleport Offensive, Weapon |
| Venom #14 (28) |
| Chasm – Absorb Hallow’s Eve – Flight, Thief, Toxin, TU (Venom) Synch – Absorb, Agility, Appendage, Durability, Energy, Influence, Telepathy, DA (Venom) Venom (DB) Venom (EB) – Durability, Melee, Morph, Personality, Strength, TU (Hallow’s Eve) Antagonist(s) Goblin Queen – Magic, Magic Defensive, TU (Hallow’s Eve) |
| X-Terminators #4 (49) |
| Askani Beast Bei the Blood Moon Boom-Boom – Explosive, TU (Dazzler), SC Captain Britain Colossus Cosmar Cypher Dazzler – TU (Jubilee), LT, SC Domino Emma Frost Gambit Hellion Hope Summers Jubilee – Energy, TU (Dazzler), SC Magik Marvel Girl – Flight, Telekinesis, Telepathy Nightcrawler Professor X Rogue Sage Scout Stepford Cuckoos Storm Wolverine (JH) Wolverine (LK) – TU (Dazzler), SC Antagonist(s) Collector – Tech Destiny Dracula Exodus Krakoa Mr. Sinster Proteus Sebastian Shaw |
| X-Treme X-Men #2 (29) |
| Askani – Flight, Sense, Telepathy, Telepathy Defensive Bishop – Blunt, Durability, Precision, Weapon Gambit Lila Cheney Lockheed – Flight Kate Pryde – Blade, Flight, Weapon Rogue – Melee Sage – Computer, Intellect, Melee Storm – Flight, Water Wolverine (JH) – Claws |
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