Top Developments and Milestones. Thor steps down from the main Avengers team given his current troubles in his ongoing title; Spider-Man 2099 joins the Spider Society; Man-Thing gets venomized; members of the Wild Pack bond with the Life Foundation’s symbiotic spawns. Dazzler gets a new limited series; the original Deathlok celebrates his 50th anniversary.
Book of the Week – Avengers #18 (Review score: 46 Points; 15 Characters). The Avengers’ welcome Storm to the Impossible City as she contemplates taking Thor’s place on the team. The new mutant representation comes in handy when she calls on her X-Men allies for some telepathic assistance in locating Hyperion who hurtles through space on a collision course with Earth.
Hero of the Week – Agent Anti-Venom (Review score: 13 Points/1 Appearances; 13.0 Pts/App). Flash Thompson quarterbacks his Team-Up with Black Widow and scores a Save Civilian and Defeats Antagonist. He tackles his first Hero of the Week.
Antagonist of the Week – Scorpia (Review score: 5 Points/1 Appearance; 5.0 Pts/App). No distinguishable difference between the individual Appearances for Scorpia and Bullseye. However, Scorpia gets the title because she at least adds to the entertainment of a Dazzler concert, whereas Bullseye has a run of the mill fight with Daredevil and Spider-Man.
New Characters. Deathlok/Luther Manning, the original covert-cyborg-corpse; Granny Smith, a new X-Factor recruit; Great Gambonnos and Human Cannonball; members of the Circus of Crime; Manphibian, the Legion of Monsters member inspired by the Creature from the Black Lagoon; Ultimate Viper; Crippler and Puma, two of the newest members of Silver Sable’s Wild Pack; and Sugar Man, the grotesque geneticist from the Age of Apocalypse.
Top Characters (by review score). Agent Anti-Venom (13); Deadpool, Spider-Man/Peter Parker (12); Black Widow (11); Deathlok/Luther Manning, Misery (10); Dazzler, Ghost Rider/Johnny Blaze (9); Vengeance, Wolverine/James Howlett (8)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Avengers #18 (46) |
| Black Panther – Computer, Creature, TU (Storm) Blade Captain America (SW) – Creature, TU (Storm) Captain Marvel – TU (Storm), LT Clea – Magic, TU (Scarlet Witch) Cyclops – TU (Avengers)Dazz Doctor Strange – Magic, TU (Scarlet Witch) Hyperion – Flight, Melee, Speed Iron Man – Computer, Creature, TU (Storm) Kid Omega – Telepathy, TU (Avengers) Lady Sif – Sense, TU (Avengers) Scarlet Witch – Magic, TU (Doctor Strange) Storm – TU (Avengers) Thor – TU (Lady Sif), CD (Steps down from the main Avengers roster) Vision – Computer, Creature, Intangibility, TU (Storm) |
| Dazzler #1 (24) |
| Dazzler – Agility, Business, Energy, Energy Defensive, Energy Offensive, Light, Melee, DA (Scorpia) Domino – Influence, Melee Multiple Man – Creature Shark-Girl – Tech Strong Guy – Strength Wind Dancer Antagonist(s) Scorpia – Appendage, Appendage Offensive, Energy, Energy Offensive |
| Deadpool #6 (8) |
| Deadpool – Gun, Melee, TU (Taskmaster), LT Antagonist(s) Taskmaster – TU (Deadpool), LT |
| Deathlok 50th Anniversary Special #1 (10) |
| Deathlok (LM) – Blade, Creature, Durability, Gun, Melee, Sense, Strength, Weapon, DA (Cannibals) |
| Incredible Hulk #17 (5) |
| Hulk – Durability, Melee, Personality, Strength |
| Spider-Boy Annual #1 (23) |
| Apex – Melee, Strength, DA (Human Cannonball) Colleen Wing – Blade Nick Fury, Jr. Phil Coulson Spider-Boy – Agility, Melee, TU (Multitude), DA (Ringmaster) Antagonist(s) Great Gambonnos – Melee Human Cannonball – Flight Princess Python – Ensnare Ringmaster – Tech Star – Flight |
| Spider-Man: Black Suit and Blood #2 (26) |
| Daredevil (MM) – Melee, Projectile, TU (Spider-Man), DA (Bullseye) Morbius – Claws Spider-Man (PP) – Crawl, Creature, Ensnare, Influence, Melee, Rage, Sense, Swing, Whip, TU (Daredevil), DA (Morbius) Antagonist(s) Bullseye – Gun, Precision, Projectile, Weapon Shocker – Vibrations Offensive |
| Spider-Society #2 (25) |
| Araña – Teleport, LT Ghost-Spider Madame Web Spider-Man (2099) – Computer, Creature, Melee, CD (Joins the Spider-Society) Spider-Man (MM) Spider-Punk – Melee, Swing Spider-UK Web-Weaver – Projectile Antagonist(s) Electro (FF) – Energy Offensive, DA (Spider-Punk) Kraven the Hunter-Spider – Melee Lady Octopus – Appendage Offensive, DA (Web-Weaver) |
| Spirits of Vengeance #1 (17) |
| Ghost Rider (JB) – Gun, Morph, Personality, Sense, Vehicle, Weapon, Whip, DA (Sirens of Kronos) Vengeance – Durability, Flames, Melee, Sense, Strength, Weapon, DA (Dinosaur) |
| Ultimate X-Men #7 (7) |
| Armor (Ultimate) Maystorm (Ultimate) Nico Minoru (Ultimate) Surge (Ultimate) Antagonist(s) Shadow King (Ultimate) Viper (Ultimate) – Toxin |
| Venom War: Deadpool #1 (22) |
| Deadpool – Blade, Creature, Heal, Weapon, TU (Silence), DA (Zombiote) Frankenstein’s Monster Living Mummy Man-Thing – Melee, CD (Venomized), DA (Zombiote) Manphibian Poison (JH) – Morph Silence – Appendage, Heal, Swing, Weapon, TU (Deadpool) |
| Venom War: Lethal Protectors #1 (16) |
| Misery – Crawl Silver Sable – Explosive, Sonic, LT, CD (Bonds with the Agony symbiote) Antagonist(s) Crippler – Blade, CD (Joins the Wild Pack and hosts the Phage symbiote), DA (Zombiote) Meridius Puma – Crawl, Melee, CD (Joins the Wild Pack and hosts the Riot symbiote) |
| Venom War: Venomous #2 (32) |
| Agent Anti-Venom – Appendage, Crawl, Ensnare, Gun, Heal, Melee, Projectile, Swing, Weapon, TU (Black Widow), SC, DA (Hydra agents) Black Widow – Agility, Crawl, Creature, Melee, Swing, Weapon, Whip, TU (Agent Anti-Venom), SC, DA (Hydra agents) Misery – Appendage Offensive, Creature, Durability, Ensnare, Heal, Swing, SC |
| Wolverine: Deep Cut #3 (23) |
| Wolverine (JH) – Agility, Claws, Claws Defensive, Claws Offensive, Durability, Melee, DA (Blockbuster) Antagonist(s) Arclight – Melee Greycrow – Gun, Weapon Harpoon – Blade, Energy, Projectile Riptide Sabretooth – Claws, Melee Vertigo – Influence |
| X-Factor #2 (13) |
| Cecilia Reyes Frenzy – Melee, Strength Granny Smite Havok – Energy Offensive Polaris – Magnetics, Weapon Xyber Antagonist(s) Pyro – Flames Offensive |
| X-Men #4 (23) |
| Beast (KD) – Agility, Melee Colossus Cyclops – LT Glob Magik – Blade, Melee, Teleport Temper – Flames, Flight, SC Antagonist(s) Fitzroy – Creature, Teleport Juggernaut – Durability, Melee, Strength Sugar Man |
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