The Ultimates officially forms giving all of its members a Character Development moment while adding Giant-Man and Wasp to the FCL database. Three more characters get turned during the Blood Hunt: Dagger, White Widow and Maverick. Mother Righteous is the final Sinister clone to be dispatched.
Book of the Week – X-Men #35 (Review score: 122 Points; 54 Characters). Another big X-Men title to tie-up the Fall of X event. Apocalypse and Exodus are not too happy about the fallout and war with the mutants over what comes next for Krakoa.
Hero of the Week – Wolverine/James Howlett (Review score: 14 Points/2 Appearances; 7.0 Pts/App). Wolverine is on a roll and earns his second Hero of the Week in a row, giving him a total of three for the year so far. He gets his own Blood Hunt tie-in book which involves a Team-Up with Nightguard, an ancient French vampire hunter-turned-vampire, and ally from the first issues of the current Wolverine run back in 2020.
Antagonist of the Week – Apocalypse (Review score: 13 Points/1 Appearance; 13.0 Pts/App). Apocalypse fights against the mutants in an effort to purge the weakness from Krakoa once and for all. He defeats Exodus but is beaten back by the X-Men, walking away with his first Antagonist of the Week.
Top Characters (by review score). Wolverine/James Howlett (14); Apocalypse (13); Ms. Marvel (12); Carnage/Symbiote (11); The Hood (10); Captain America/Ultimate, Iron Lad/Ultimate, Venom/Dylan Brock (8); Doom/Ultimate, Hawkeye/Kate Bishop, Hulk, Nightcrawler, Wasp/Ultimate (7)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Amazing Spider-Man #51 (26) |
| Chasm – Melee, Whip Hallow’s Eve Ms. Marvel Spider-Man (PP) – Ensnare, Melee, Tech, Vehicle, Weapon Antagonist(s) Doctor Octopus – Appendage Electro (MD) – Energy Offensive Green Goblin Kraven the Hunter (LS) – Blade, Weapon Lizard, The Mysterio – Tech Sandman – Grow Vulture – Flight |
| Blood Hunters #2 (30) |
| Dagger – Blade, Energy, Heal, CD (Vampirized) Elsa Bloodstone – Blade, Ensnare, Melee, DA (Charles Barnabus) Frankenstein’s Monster – Magic, DA (Charles Barnabus) Hawkeye (KB) – Creature, Energy, Projectile, Vehicle, Weapon, DA (Vampire) Hulk (BB) – Melee, Morph, Personality, Strength, Weapon, DA (Vampire) White Widow – Melee, CD (Vampirized) |
| Carnage #8 (15) |
| Agent Anti-Venom Misery – Creature Antagonist(s) Carnage (Symbiote) – Appendage, Appendage Offensive, Assassin, Blade, Claws, Claws Offensive, Explosive, Heal, Morph, Sense Meridius |
| Get Fury #2 (4) |
| Nick Fury (MAX) Punisher (MAX) – Deception, Intellect |
| Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #4 (13) |
| Ghost Rider (JB) – Flames, Weapon Antagonist(s) Hood, The – Assassin, Flames, Gun, Invisibility, Melee, Morph, Sense, Weapon, Whip |
| Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #4 (21) |
| Karnak – Agility, Melee, Precision Lockjaw – Teleport, TU (Ms. Marvel) Medusa – Appendage, Ensnare Ms. Marvel – Durability, Ensnare, Grow, Melee, Morph, Shrink, Stretch, TU (Lockjaw), DA (Zombie Ms. Marvel) Shadowkat |
| Ultimates #1 (44) |
| Captain America (Ultimate) – Influence, Melee, Shield, Shield Defensive, Shield Offensive, CD (Joins the Ultimates), DA (Black Crusader) Doom (Ultimate) – Flight, Gun, Intellect, Melee, Weapon, CD (Forms the Ultimates) Giant-Man (Ultimate) – Grow, Melee, CD (Joins the Ultimates), DA (Black Crusader) Iron Lad (Ultimate) – Energy, Flight, Intellect, Melee, Suit, Tech, CD (Forms the Ultimates) Sif (Ultimate) – Blade, Flight, CD (Joins the Ultimates) Thor (Ultimate) – Flight, Lightning, Projectile, CD (Joins the Ultimates) Wasp (Ultimate) – Energy Offensive, Flight, Melee, Shrink, CD (Joins the Ultimates), DA (Black Crusader) |
| Venom #34 (10) |
| Venom (DB) – Creature, Melee, Morph, Stretch, Toxin, Weapon, DA (Symbiote priest) Antagonist(s) Meridius – Absorb |
| Wolverine: Blood Hunt #1 (13) |
| Maverick – Vehicle, CD (Vampirized) Wolverine (JH) – Claws, Claws Defensive, Claws Offensive, Durability, Heal, Vehicle, Weapon, TU (Nightguard), DA (Vampire) |
| X-Men #35 (122) |
| Angel – Flight Armor – Energy, Morph Bishop Cannonball Colossus – Melee, Strength Cyclops – Energy Offensive Cypher Dazzler Deadpool – Melee Emma Frost – Influence, Morph, Telepathy Firestar – Flames Offensive, Flight Forge – Gun Frenzy Gambit Havok Husk Iceman – Flight, Ice, Ice Offensive Jubilee Magik – Teleport Magneto – Ensnare, Flight, Magnetics Mirage Ms. Marvel Nightcrawler – Appendage, Blade, Teleport, Teleport Defensive, Teleport Offensive, Weapon Penance – Flight Phoenix (JG) – Flight, Influence, Telekinesis Polaris – Flight, Magnetics Prodigy Professor X – Influence, Telepathy, SC Psylocke Rictor – Geokinesis Offensive Rogue – Blade Scout Shadowkat Shatterstar Storm – Elements, Flight, Lightning Sunfire – Flames Offensive, Flight Synch – Flight Thunderbird (JP) Wolverine (JH) – Claws, Claws Offensive, Heal Wolverine (LK) Antagonist(s) Apocalypse – Blunt, Durability, Energy, Energy Offensive, Grow, Heal, Melee, Morph, Strength, Teleport, Weapon, DA (Exodus) Destiny Doctor Doom Exodus – Flight, Telekinesis, Telekinesis Defensive, Telekinesis Offensive Fabian Cortez Fenris Forearm Juggernaut Krakoa Mentello Mother Righteous – CD (Dies) Mystique – Assassin, Blade, Deception, Morph, Weapon Solem Vanisher |
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