Weekly Marvel Review: November 22, 2023 (Week 47)

The City of the Dead inducts a trio of characters into the Fantasy Comic League. Moon Knight adversaries Grim Reaper and Midnight, and his lover-cum-vigilante—and breakout star of the Moon Knight tv series—Scarlet Scarab. Mrs. Tony Stark, Emma Frost, hits 100 points.

Book the Week – Invincible Iron Man #12 (Review score: 41 Points; 16 Characters). Diamond clashes with iron when Tony’s new wife meets Tony’s protégé. Ironheart is tasked with a special assignment that takes her to outer space while Tony and the Avengers join Emma and the Avengers for a Thanksgiving celebration.

Hero of the Week – Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Review score: 19 Points/3 Appearances; 6.3 Pts/App). Spider-Man’s starring turn in the Secret Wars mini series denies Ironheart her first Hero of the Week and gives him his 11th title. He teams with Rek-Rap, a demon inspired by Spider-Man, in his Amazing title, and shows up in Uncanny Spider-Man to support Nightcrawler, a mutant often confused for a demon.

Antagonist of the Week – Carnage/Symbiote (Review score: 16 Points/1 Appearance; 16.0 Pts/App). After making a big deal of not needing a host, the Carnage symbiote creates itself a new version of Cletus Kasady. Its strong week pushes him well above 100 points and gives him first place, ahead of Doctor Doom.

Top Characters (by review score). Spider-Man/Peter Parker (19); Carnage/Symbiote (16); Daredevil/Matt Murdock, Ironheart, She-Hulk (10); Black Panther, Emma Frost (9); Hulk, Scarlet Scarab, Wasp/Janet Van Dyne, Wolverine/James Howlett (8)

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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.

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Amazing Spider-Man #38 (23)
Luke Cage
Rek-Rap – Crawl, TU (Spider-Man), DA (Re-Po)
Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl, Tech, TU (Rek-Rap), DA (Re-Po)
Antagonist(s)
Beetle – Flight
Count Nefaria
Goblin Queen
Hammerhead – Business, Deception, LT
Mr. Negative
Owl
Silvermane – Melee
Tombstone
Avengers Inc. #3 (32)
Odin – Blade, Energy, Telekinesis, TU (Skurge)
Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) – Melee
Valkyrie (JF) – Blunt, Melee, Sense, Weapon, TU (Wasp)
Vic Shade – Blunt, Melee, Weapon, TU (Valkyrie)
Wasp (JVD) – Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Intellect, Investigate, Shrink, TU (Valkyrie)
Antagonist(s)
Grim Reaper – Blade, Weapon
Skurge – TU (Odin), CD (Dies in order to leave Valhalla)
Captain Marvel #2 (11)
Captain Marvel – Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Strength
Genis-Vell – Energy, Energy Offensive, Flight
Carnage #1 (20)
Agent Anti-Venom – Creature, Melee, Sense
Antagonist(s)
Carnage (Symbiote) – Appendage, Appendage Offensive, Assassin, Biokinesis, Blade, Claws, Claws Offensive, Durability, Melee, Morph, Strength, Toxin, Weapon, CD (Creates a clone of Cletus Kasady), DA (Omnipotence City guards)
Daredevil: Black Armor #1 (18)
Daredevil (EN) – Melee
Daredevil (MM) – Blunt, Business, Durability, Investigate, Precision, Projectile, Sense, Swing, SC
Antagonist(s)
Baron von Strucker
Gladiator (MP)
Kingpin – Weapon
Sabretooth – Claws Offensive
Immortal X-Men #17 (24)
Emma Frost – Telepathy
Hope – Absorb, Blade, Flames, Flight, SC, DA (Apocalypse replica)
Marvel Girl
Professor X – Telepathy
Antagonist(s)
Destiny – Heal
Exodus – Blade, Melee, Telekinesis, SC
Mother Righteous – Blade, Magic Offensive
Mr. Sinister – Telepathy
Incredible Hulk #6 (4)
Hulk – Durability, Morph, Personality
Invincible Iron Man #12 (41)
Captain America (SR)
Deadpool
Emma Frost – Melee, Morph, Telepathy, Telepathy Defensive, TU (Ironheart), DA (Stark Sentinel)
Iron Man – Energy, Flight, Invisibility, Suit, Tech, TU (Ironheart)
Ironheart – Artifact, Energy, Flight, Melee, Strength, Suit, Telepath, TU (Emma Frost), DA (Stark Sentinel)
Ms. Marvel
Quicksilver
Rasputin IV
Rogue
Shadowkat
She-Hulk – Business, Melee, Strength
Synch
Talon
War Machine
Antagonist(s)
Kingpin – Blunt, Deception
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld #1 (26)
Human Torch – Absorb, Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, Light, TU (Spider-Man)
Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Melee, Projectile, Sense, Strength, Swing, Weapon, Whip, TU (Human Torch)
Antagonist(s)
Absorbing Man – Absorb, Blunt, Flames, TU (Hobgoblin)
Hobgoblin (RK) – Explosives, Vehicle, TU (Absorbing Man)
Moon Knight: City of the Dead #5 (23)
Hunter’s Moon – Melee
Moon Knight – Influence, Melee, Personality, Projectile, TU (Scarlet Scarab), DA (Jackal Knight)
Scarlet Scarab – Appendage Defensive, Artifact, Blade, Flight, Sense, TU (Moon Knight), CD (Returns to life)
Tigra – Claws Offensive
Antagonist(s)
Grim Reaper
Jack O’Lantern
Kraven
Midnight
Sensational She-Hulk #2 (12)
Hulk – Melee, Sense, Strength
She-Hulk – Business, Durability, Melee, Strength, Weapon
Antagonist(s)
Blastaar – Energy Offensive
Uncanny Spider-Man #4 (21)
Cloak
Dagger – Sense
Feral
Nightcrawler – Blade, Teleport, Teleport Defensive, Weapon, DA (Stark Sentinel)
Silver Sable
Spider-Man (PP) – Swing, Tech, SC
Antagonist(s)
Fatale – Sense
Mystique – Explosive, Weapon
Vulture
Wolverine #39 (17)
Black Panther – Blade, Melee, Projectile, Shield, Stealth, Vehicle, Weapon, DA (Kovu)
Wolverine – Claws, Claws Offensive, Durability, Heal, Vehicle, TU (Black Panther), DA (Jun Wei)

 



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