Assemble Your League
Captain Marvel continued to take the fight to her greatest foe: Man. Spider-Man, Nuclear Man and being Manhandled by Rogue. While Carol managed to get the upper hand on Rogue, and for a moment Nuclear Man, she fell way short of topping Spider-Man for the top character for the week. Spider-Man earned a bloated 34... Continue Reading →
April began with a familiar war breaking out across the Marvel Universe: The War of Events. After owning the spotlight for the previous two months, Avengers: No Road Home made way for "War of the Realms," Marvel's line-wide event years in the making. Malekith's invasion of Midgard met the joint might of Avengers and Asgardians, but... Continue Reading →
March ended with Strange, Galactic Forces on the Rise. X-Force, the team book of the week with 25 points, answered one of Marvel's most recent mysteries: What is Kid Cable's origin? The answer was similar to his elder self's background. A time-displaced soldier set out to correct the time stream, and like the original Cable,... Continue Reading →
Once a hero, always a hero. The Fantasy Comic League Illuminati cemented that latest ruling on scoring characters who are taking a break from their super powered personas. In regards to the latest week of Marvel Comics, this worked in favor of Jane Foster and Betty Banner who appeared in the latest Thor and Immortal Hulk issues.... Continue Reading →
Kraven the Hunter donated a boatload of animals to the Central Park Zoo. Marvel's most prolific big game hunter dropped nearly two dozen animal-based characters, from Armadillo to White Rabbit, into a fight for their life in the latest Amazing Spider-Man. At the center of the chaos was Spider-Man and Black Cat. The 38-point book... Continue Reading →
The start of March proved that superheroing is a team sport. Marvel released six team books to kick off the new month, including the new spin-off series Domino: Hotshots, which continued the adventures of Neena Thurman's band of mercenaries. In this outing, Black Widow and White Fox joined the team. However, the top team book... Continue Reading →
There is no honor among thieves, and no love lost between Marvel's biggest antagonists. The biggest Fantasy Comic League events in the final week of February all revolve around the antagonists fighting each other. The Amazing Spider-Man, the biggest book of the week, focuses on Kraven preparing for his next big hunt. Its 37 points come... Continue Reading →
The Wastelands is no country for old men, but lately there have been a lot of comics for them. The Universe known as Earth-807128, popularized in the Old Man Logan story line, continues to grow with the introduction of Old Man Quill and his reformed Guardians of the Galaxy. Old Man Quill takes the top honors... Continue Reading →
The Gods of the Norse pantheon get a lot of coverage in the Marvel Universe due to Thor's popularity, but Hercules and the Greek Gods take center stage in the latest Avengers event. Unfortunately, their star turn seems to be short-lived. In the first issue of Avengers: No Road Home, Nyx, the Greek Goddess of... Continue Reading →
