Top Developments and Milestones. No major developments, but three new titles with Blade: Red Band, Conquest 2099, and Sentinels. Mr. Fantastic breaks 100 points.
Book of the Week – X-Force #4 (Review score: 37 Points; X Characters). Forge’s Analog device takes his team to the Florida Everglases, i.e., the Nexus of All Realities, to try and stop the fractures from spreading. They come up against Man-Thing and a host of Interdimensional threats.
Hero of the Week – Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Review score: 17 Points/2 Appearances; 8.5 Pts/App). Spider-Man earns his 12th Hero of the Week, with his Black Suit and Blood title being the heavy hitter. In it he scores a Save Civilian and Defeats Antagonist.
Antagonist of the Week – Tombstone (Review score: 7 Points/2 Appearances; 3.5 Pts/App). Tombstone wins his second Antagonist of the Week in what looks to be his best year in the Fantasy Comic League. He has already doubled his Appearances from the previous year, with 11 weeks to go, for 300% improvement rate so far.
New Characters. The new Sentinels team: Drumfire, Lockstep, Sawtooth, Voivod; and Ultimate Hawkeye, Charli Ramsey, who was not the intended recipient of Iron Lad’s gifts, but will gladly use them. .
Top Characters (by review score). Spider-Man/Peter Parker (17); Hawkeye/Ultimate (11); Phoenix (10); Captain America/Ultimate (9); Blade, Captain Britain, Forge, Human Torch, Mr. Fantastic, Tombstone, Voivod (7)
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Key: TU – Team-Up; LT – Lead Team; SC – Save Civilian; CD – Character Development; DA – Defeat Antagonist.
| Amazing Spider-Man #59 (10) |
| Spider-Man (PP) – Durability, Melee, Weapon Antagonist(s) Beetle Tombstone – Durability, Heal, Melee, Weapon |
| Blade: Red Band #1 (7) |
| Blade – Blade, Heal, Melee, Speed, Weapon, DA (Spellguard) |
| Conquest 2099 #1 (9) |
| Spider-Man (2099) – Claws, Melee, Swing, Whip Spider-Woman (SD-2099) – Agility, Claws Offensive, Melee |
| Exceptional X-Men #2 (5) |
| Emma Frost – Telepathy Kate Pryde – Intangibility, Intangibility Defensive |
| Fantastic Four #26 (19) |
| Brainstorm Human Torch – Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, Melee, Morph, DA (Occultist) Invisible Woman – Invisibility Mr. Fantastic – Intellect, Morph, Strength, Stretch, Tech, DA (Occultist) Powerhouse Thing, The |
| Phoenix #4 (24) |
| Captain Marvel – Flight Gladiator – Business Phoenix – Durability, Flames Offensive, Flight, Heal, Light, Melee, Morph, Strength, Telepathy Smasher (IK) – Business Antagonist(s) Gorr the God Butcher – Blade, Blunt, Creature, Telepathy, Weapon Paibok – Business |
| Sentinels #1 (27) |
| Drumfire – Ice Offensive, DA (Omega Red) Lockstep – Durability, Gun, Weapon, LT Sawtooth – Durability, Grow, Gun, Melee Voivod – Durability, Explosive, Gun, Melee, Weapon, DA (Omega Red) Antagonist(s) Blob – Durability Omega Red – Appendage, Appendage Offensive, Durability, Heal |
| Spider-Man: Black Suit and Blood #3 (29) |
| Spider-Man (PP) – Agility, Crawl, Creature, Ensnare, Melee, Projectile, Sense, Stealth, Swing, Whip, SC, DA (Gangster) Antagonist(s) Bulldozer Doctor Doom Enchantress Kang – Energy, Gun, Intangibility, DA (Master Blood) Mysterio – Creature, Tech Piledriver Thunderball Tombstone – Melee Wrecker |
| Ultimates #4 (22) |
| Captain America (Ultimate) – Agility, Melee, Precision, Projectile, Shield, Shield Defensive, TU (Hawkeye), DA (Roxxon Cleanup Crew) Hawkeye (Ultimate) – Energy, Explosive, Flames, Ice, Projectile, Sonics, Toxin, Weapon, TU (Captain America), DA (Roxxon Cleanup Crew) Iron Lad (Ultimate) Antagonist(s) Hulk (Ultimate) |
| Venom #38 (6) |
| Doctor Strange – Teleport, TU (Dylan Brock) Antagonist(s) Loki – Morph, Telepathy |
| Venom War: Wolverine #2 (18) |
| Gambit – Projectile Jubilee – Energy Offensive Nightcrawler – Blade, Teleport, DA (Zombiote) Rogue – Flight, Melee, DA (Zombiote) Wolverine (JH) – Claws, Claws Offensive, Sense, SC, DA (Zombiote) |
| X-Force #4 (37) |
| Askani – Flames, Flames Offensive, Flight, Telepathy, DA (Interdimensional creature) Captain Britain – Blade, Flight, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Teleport, DA (Interdimensional creature) Forge – Gun, Tech, Vehicle, Weapon, LT, DA (Interdimensional creature) Man-Thing – Grow, Melee Sage – Gun, Sense, Weapon Surge – Energy, Energy Offensive, Speed, SC, DA (Interdimensional creature) Tank – Blunt, Melee, Strength |
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