For the second week in a row, Moon Knight’s rogues gallery makes up the new entries into the database: Zodiac, Sarnak and Black Spectre. Additionally, Willis Stryker, a.k.a. Diamondback, gets added with two appearances to kick off the Gang War set to engulf New York City and the world of Spider-Man. Three of the week’s Character Developments come from Mayor Luke Cage’s repudiation of the Anti-Vigilante Act and formation of a task force in his “Gang War” tie-in. Blade and Kitty Pryde break 100 points.
Book the Week – Realm of X #4 (Review score: 47 Points; 11 Characters). The displaced X-Men’s quest in Vanaheim comes to a close. Magik is forced to tap into her dark magic to help save Curse and thwart Saturnyne’s plans. With her magic weakened, Thor and other Asgardians are able to join the battle.
Hero of the Week – Spider-Man/Miles Morales (Review score: 16 Points/2 Appearances; 8.0 Pts/App). Miles gets his third Hero of the Year. He gets a Team-Up and Defeats Antagonist in each of his two Appearances. His ongoing feud with Hightail gets more bite when she gets turned into a vampire.
Antagonist of the Week – Mystique (Review score: 9 Points/1 Appearance; 9.0 Pts/App). Mystique earns the biggest Character Development for the week when she reveals Nightcrawler’s true parentage, a love story between her and Destiny decades in the making. This earns her a meaningful Antagonist of the Week and her first on the year.
Top Characters (by review score). Spider-Man/Miles Morales (16); Luke Cage (12); Blade (10); Mystique (9); Ms. Marvel (8); Bloodline, Thor, Magik, Spider-Woman (7); Cloak, Dagger, Dust, Marrow, Spider-Man/Peter Parker (6)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
< Week 47 | Week 49 >
| Amazing Spider-Man Gang War: First Strike #1 (42) |
| Luke Cage – Business Shang-Chi – Business, Melee Spider-Man (MM) – Blade, Projectile, Swing, TU (Spider-Man), DA (Slyde) Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl, Projectile, Tech, TU (Spider-Man) Antagonist(s) Beetle – Business, Energy, Flight, Melee Diamondback (WS) – Business Hammerhead – Business, Melee Madame Masque – Blunt, Deception, Weapon, DA (Hammerhead) Mr. Negative – Business, Weapon Owl – Business, Claws Offensive Ringmaster – Influence Rose Tombstone White Rabbit |
| Captain America #3 (7) |
| Captain America (SR) – TU (Misty Knight) Doctor Strange – Telepathy, TU (Captain America) Misty Knight – TU (Captain America) |
| Luke Cage: Gang War #1 (24) |
| Cloak – Sense, Teleport Defensive, Teleport Offensive, TU (Luke Cage), CD (Joins Luke Cage’s new vigilante task force) Dagger – Light, Melee, Projectile, TU (Luke Cage), CD (Joins Luke Cage’s new vigilante task force) Iron Fist (DR) Luke Cage – Business, Durability, Investigate, Melee, Strength, Weapon, TU (Dagger), CD (Forms a new vigilante task force), DA (Spider-Slayers) Antagonist(s) Spider-Slayer |
| Miles Morales: Spider-Man #12 (32) |
| Blade – Artifact, Blade, Magic, Melee, Projectile, Weapon, TU (Spider-Man), LT, DA (R’ym’r) Bloodline – Blade, Durability, Melee, Weapon, TU (Spider-Man), DA (R’ym’r) Spider-Man (MM) – Energy Defensive, Energy Offensive, Ensnare, Melee, Projectile, Swing, Tech, TU (Blade), DA (Hightail) Antagonist(s) Hightail – Claws, Melee, Speed Hobgoblin (RK) |
| Moon Knight #29 (17) |
| Hunter’s Moon – DA (Sarnak) Moon Knight – Blunt, Melee, Projectile, Weapon Tigra Antagonist(s) Black Spectre (RP) – Explosive, Gun, Melee, CD (Reveals his identity) Sarnak Zodiac – Artifact, Projectile |
| Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #4 (15) |
| Emma Frost Ms. Marvel – Agility, Explosive, Morph, Shrink, Stretch, SC, DA (Stark Sentinel) Rasputin IV Shadowkat – Intangibility Synch Talon Antagonist(s) Omega Sentinel |
| Realm of X #4 (47) |
| Angela Dust – Morph, Sand, Sand Offensive, TU (Thor), DA (Invaders) Freyja – TU (Mirage) Hildegarde Lady Sif – Sense, Teleport, TU (Mirage) Magik – Flight, Magic, Magic Offensive, TU (Thor), CD (Taps into dark magic), DA (Invaders) Marrow – Blade, Melee, Weapon, TU (Thor), DA (Invaders) Mirage – Projectile, Telepathy, TU (Thor) Saturnyn – Magic, Telepathy, Teleport Thor – Elements, Flight, Lightning, TU (Mirage), LT, DA (Invaders) Antagonist(s) Typhoid Mary – Flames, Flames Offensive, TU (Thor), DA (Invaders) |
| Spider-Woman #1 (20) |
| Captain Marvel – Flight Madame Web – Sense Spider-Man (PP) Spider-Woman – Crawl, Energy, Investigate, Melee, Stealth, DA (Hydra) Antagonist(s) Armadillo – Durability, Strength Diamondback (WS) – Melee, TU (Hydra) Viper – TU (Diamondback) |
| X-Men Blue: Origins #1 (17) |
| Nightcrawler – Blade, CD (Learns the truth about his parentage) Professor X – Telepathy Rogue Antagonist(s) Azazel Destiny Mystique – Artifact, Blade, Durability, Gun, Morph, Weapon, CD (Reveals the truth about Nightcrawler’s parentage), DA (Orchis agent) |
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