Despite his death, Magneto maintains a heavy presence in the comics. In Scarlet Witch, his clone Joseph sacrifices himself to make up for betraying Wanda’s trust. That accounts for the sole Character Development for the week. Magneto’s retro title comes to an end with the mutant revolutionary defeating his misguided admirer Irae. The new Ultimate Universe officially begins with the four main characters earning a spot in the scoring system. The warmongering General Strange.makes his sixth appearance and also gets added to the database.
Book the Week – Magneto #4 (Review score: 35 Points; 8 Characters). Magneto overcomes his inner demons and saves his New Mutants from Irae’s Sisterhood of Evil Mutants. Though he will need to rebuild the trust he had worked to build up with the young students.
Hero of the Week – Spider-Boy (Review score: 13 Points/1 Appearance; 13.0 Pts/App). Spider-Boy gets his first solo title and his first Hero of the Week. He falls a Character Development short of hitting for the Fantasy League cycle in his premier issue.
Antagonist of the Week – General Strange (Review score: 8 Points/1 Appearance; 8.0 Pts/App). The General proves that his five thousand years of battle experience more than outclasses his counterpart. He stands on the cusp of defeating Doctor Strange—and the Trinity of Ashes—but reinforcements arrive to turn the tide.
Top Characters (by review score). Spider-Boy (13); Black Widow, Scarlet Witch (11); Magneto (9); General Strange, Thor/Ultimate, Venom/Dylan Brock (8); Firestar (7); Iron Lad/Ultimate, Joseph (6)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Avengers #7 (24) |
| Black Panther – Creature Captain America (SW) – Flight Captain Marvel – Energy Offensive, Flight, LT Iron Man – Flight, Gun, Weapon Scarlet Witch – Flight, Magic, Telekinesis Thor – Blunt, Flight, Lightning, Strength Vision Antagonist(s) Nightmare – Reality |
| Doctor Strange #9 (20) |
| Clea – Magic, Magic Defensive, Teleport Doctor Strange – Flight, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive Pandora Peters – Magic Wong Antagonist(s) General Strange – Blade, Flight, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Melee, Telekinesis |
| Magneto #4 (35) |
| Cannonball – Flight, Melee, DA (Sisterhood of Evil Mutants) Karma Magma – Flames, Flames Offensive, Morph, DA (Sisterhood of Evil Mutants) Magneto – Ensnare, Flight, Magnetics, Magnetics Defensive, Magnetics Offensive, Melee, Will Power, DA (Irae) Mirage – Melee Sunspot – Absorb, Melee, Strength, DA (Sisterhood of Evil Mutants) Warlock – Morph, Stretch, Tech, DA (Sisterhood of Evil Mutants) Wolfsbane – Melee, Morph, DA (Sisterhood of Evil Mutants) |
| Scarlet Witch #10 (13) |
| Scarlet Witch – Flight, Magic, Magic Defensive, Magic Offensive, Melee, DA (Hexfinder) Antagonist(s) Joseph – Magnetics, Magnetics Defensive, Strength, Weapon, CD (Sacrifices himself and is reborn) |
| Spider-Boy #1 (20) |
| Spider-Boy – Agility, Claws Offensive, Crawl, Influence, Melee, Sense, Speed, Strength, TU (Squirrel Girl), LT, SC, DA (Gutterball) Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Melee, Swing Squirrel Girl – Claws, Creature |
| Ultimate Universe #1 (19) |
| Doctor Doom (Ult) – Tech, TU (Iron Lad) Iron Lad (Ult) – Durability, Energy, Suit, Tech, TU (Doctor Doom) Lady Sif (Ult) – TU (Doctor Doom) Thor (Ult) – Artifact, Blunt, Elements, Lightning, Teleport, TU (Doctor Doom), DA (Asgardian guards) |
| Venom #27 (22) |
| Black Widow – Appendage, Ensnare, Investigate, Melee, Morph, Sense, Strength, Telepathy, TU (Venom), DA (Soldier) Sleeper – Morph, TU (Black Widow) Venom (DB) – Creature, Ensnare, Heal, Investigate, Morph, Telepathy, TU (Black Widow) |
| White Widow #1 (8) |
| Captain America (SR) – Melee, Shield White Widow – Agility, Blade, Melee, Swing |
| X-Men #28 (29) |
| Cyclops Firestar – Deception, Flames Offensive, Flight, Melee, Weapon, DA (Orchis soldier) Ms. Marvel – Stretch Shadowkat – Intangibility Sunfire Synch Talon Wolverine (JH) Antagonist(s) Apocalypse – Heal Doctor Doom Doctor Stasis Feilong Juggernaut – Melee, Strength, DA (Orchis soldier) Moira X Nimrod Omega Sentinel Redroot |
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