Weekly Marvel Review: August 21, 2024 (Week 34)

New additions to the database include Assemble members Cadet Marvel and Liberty; Scarlet Witch antagonists the Griever at the End of All Things and Hexfinder—who aids her nemesis in returning to life; and the new members of the Ultimate Sinister Six, Black Cat, Kraven the Hunter, Mole Man, Mr. Negative, and Mysterio. Johnny Blaze rebonds with the Spirit of Vengeance. Black Widow and Deadpool become the latest characters to break 100 points.

Book of the Week – Spider-Woman #10 (Review score: 30 Points; 6 Characters). Spider-Woman has not saved her son from Hydra’s manipulations yet, but she does manage to break its hold on the young members of the Assembly. The heroes defeat Gremlin with the help of Quicksand and Zzzax.

Hero of the Week – Black Widow (Review score: 13 Points/1 Appearance; 13.0 Pts/App). Black Widow jumps to 9th overall with her second Hero of the Week. She Teams-Up with Agent Anti-Venom for a “Venom War” tie-in and scores a Save Civilian and Defeats Antagonist.

Antagonist of the Week – Carnage/Symbiote (Review score: 9 Points/1 Appearance; 9.0 Pts/App). The reigning Antagonist of the Year extends his lead over the other villains and earns his fourth Antagonist of the Week.

Top Characters (by review score). Black Widow (13); Carnage/Symbiote, Phoenix, Thor (9); Deadpool, Spider-Woman (8); Agent Anti-Venom, Daredevil/Elektra Natchios, Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze, Liberty, Spider-Man/Miles Morales (7)

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

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Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #2 (14)
Daredevil (EN) – Blunt, Melee, Precision, Projectile, Weapon, Whip
Punisher (JG) – Blade, Gun, Melee, Weapon, DA (Nicky Scarpe)
Antagonist(s)
Crossbones
Deadpool #5 (13)
Deadpool – Agility, Blade, Creature, Explosive, Gun, Melee, Weapon
Antagonist(s)
Taskmaster – Agility, Gun, Magic, Melee
Get Fury #4 (7)
Nick Fury (MAX)
Punisher (MAX) – Assassin, Gun, Melee, Weapon, DA (Soldier)
Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance #6 (15)
Ghost Rider (JB) – Creature, Gun, Morph, Vehicle, Weapon, CD (Rebonds with the Spirit of Vengeance)
Antagonist(s)
Hood, The – Ensnare, Gun, Invisibility, Weapon, CD (Sells his soul to Mephisto)
Mephisto – Magic
Giant-Size Thor #1 (16)
Hercules – Melee, Strength, Vehicle, TU (Thor), DA (Aliens)
Rocket Raccoon
Thor – Artifact, Elements, Flight, Heal, Lightning, Melee, TU (Hercules), DA (Aliens)
Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1 (15)
Bloodline – Blade, Weapon
Spider-Man (MM) – Agility, Invisibility, Sense, Strength, Swing, SC
Storm – Elements, Flight, Lightning, Water
Namor #2 (7)
Namor – Flight, Melee, Water Offensive, DA (Attuma)
Antagonist(s)
Attuma – Blade
Phoenix #2 (17)
Corsair – Vehicle, TU (Phoenix)
Cyclops
Phoenix (JG) – Flames Offensive, Flight, Melee, Morph, Telekinesis Defensive, Telepathy, TU (Corsair), SC
Antagonist(s)
Black Dwarf – Blade
Proxima Midnight – Weapon
Scarlet Witch #3 (21)
Polaris – Flight, Magnetics, Magnetics Defensive
Quicksilver – Melee, Speed, Speed Defensive
Scarlet Witch – Flight, Magic, Magic Offensive, Will Power
Antagonist(s)
Griever at the End of All Things – Blade, Energy Defensive, Energy Offensive, Weapon
Hexfinder – Magic, CD (Aides in bringing Scarlet Witch back to life)
Spider-Woman #10 (30)
Cadet Marvel – Energy Defensive, Flight, Melee, TU (Spider-Woman)
Liberty – Appendage Defensive, Flight, Influence, Melee, TU (Spider-Woman), DA (Guards)
Spider-Woman – Energy, Energy Offensive, Influence, Melee, Strength, TU (Liberty), DA (Gremlin)
Antagonist(s)
Quicksand – Intangibility, Sand, Sand Offensive, DA (Gremlin)
Viper
Zzzax – Energy, Energy Offensive, DA (Gremlin)
Ultimate Spider-Man #8 (17)
Green Goblin (HO-Ultimate)
Iron Lad (Ultimate) – Flight
Spider-Man (PP-Ultimate) – Creature
Antagonist(s)
Black Cat (Ultimate) – CD (Joins the Ultimate Sinister Six)
Kingpin (Ultimate) – CD (Assembles the Ultimate Sinister Six)
Kraven (Ultimate) – CD (Joins the Ultimate Sinister Six)
Mole Man (Ultimate) – CD (Joins the Ultimate Sinister Six)
Mr. Negative (Ultimate) – CD (Joins the Ultimate Sinister Six)
Mysterio (Ultimate) – CD (Joins the Ultimate Sinister Six)
Venom War: Carnage #1 (9)
Antagonist(s)
Carnage (Symbiote) – Appendage, Assassin, Heal, Morph, Personality, Possession, Telepathy, Toxin
Venom War: Venomous #1 (20)
Agent Anti-Venom – Creature, Ensnare, Melee, Swing, TU (Black Widow), DA (Zombiotes)
Black Widow – Crawl, Creature, Energy, Ensnare, Melee, Swing, Tech, Toxin, Whip, TU (Agent Anti-Venom), SC, DA (Zombiotes)


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