In a rare turn of events, two books tie for the top score. Fantastic Four gathers 24 characters to fight the Reckoning War and scores 65 total points. Thor also receives a review score of 65 while also bringing together… Read More ›
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FCL Podcast 26 – A Change in Tempo
Brian and Shaun introduce a timely new power to the Fantasy Comic League review system; the Temporal ability. They discuss time manipulating characters and the various ways they can break down the new Class ability. In the beginning, the hosts… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: January 19, 2022 (Week 03)
To make way for one character’s return, a few others must perish. Former Avenger Jack of Hearts returns in She-Hulk, but characters like the Masked Raider and Phastos die in Defenders and Eternals, respectively. Phastos isn’t the only character to fall in Eternals, as Thena… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: August 18, 2021 (Week 33)
A pair of characters each earn their 36th overall appearance to meet the threshold for inclusion in the Fantasy Comic League review database. Tempo, who debuted in 1990, likely joins the main Marauders’ crew in a matter of issues anyway,… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: August 04, 2021 (Week 31)
August picks up right where July left. Spider-Man’s deadliest foes surround him in Sinister War, symbiotic showdowns in Extreme Carnage and another entry in the annual backup stories that lead to the “Infinity Heist.” As far as new books of… Read More ›
FCL Marvel 2021 Stats 2.0: Krakoa
DC Hero Link DC Antagonist Link Marvel Hero Link Marvel Antagonist Link Marvel is much more straight forward than DC when it comes to tracking potential appearances. They don’t use digital titles and outside of Krakoa, you have a very… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: July 07, 2021 (Week 27)
The X-Men once again release the top book with some of their top characters filling out the top performances. No, not the new mutant team book, X-Men #1. The latest issue of the tangentially-related Children of the Atom sees their… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: June 09, 2021 (Week 23)
For the second week in a row, no new characters get added to the Fantasy Comic League database. Surprising considering that the latest issue of the X-Men comic features a staggering 63 distinct characters. The week overall turns out to… Read More ›
Monthly Marvel Preview: June 2021
June is Event Central. We have three events running weekly throughout the month. The first of these is Heroes Reborn, which drops its final two chapters and the Heroes Return #1 finale in the first half of the month. The… Read More ›
Weekly Marvel Review: April 21, 2021 (Week 16)
To quote another popular piece of Disney entertainment: “This is the Way.” The merry mutants of Krakoa continue to live an immortal life of luxury, but Nightcrawler, their resident theologian, worries they live an immoral life as well. Kurt battles… Read More ›
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