Fantasy Comic League: January 2017 – Preview

The #FantasyComicLeague adds four new participants and grows into a two-headed monster in 2017! Much like the monsters the Marvel superheroes will be facing in the upcoming Monsters Unleashed crossover event. While behemoths and demons run rampant across the Marvel U in January, the war between the mutants and Inhumans turns heroes into monsters in Inhumans…

Fantasy Comic League: November 2016 – Preview

In the wake of their younger members quitting the team, the Avengers drop the “All-New, All-Different” descriptive title and return to being “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.” Captain America, Thor and Vision remain with the team and are joined by Spider-Man, Hercules and the new Wasp, Nadia Pym. In addition to rejoining Marvel’s flagship team, Peter Parker, or…

Fantasy Comic League: September 2016

The third season of the 2016 Fantasy Comic League began the same way the second season had ended. Shaun tapped into Captain Marvel’s dominate Civil War performance to triumph over the rest of the participants. Carol and Black Panther, her Ultimates teammate, joined to score 45 of Shaun’s 58 points. Johnny used Spider-Man’s 23 points to edge out Brian when their two…

Fantasy Comic League: August 2016 (Finals)

Shaun defied Brian and Spider-Man and denied them a victory in the final month of the second 2016 Fantasy Comic League season. Carol continued her hot streak thanks to her starring role in Civil War and joined with Deadpool to deliver Shaun the League Championship and a copy of the trade paperback, Spider-Gwen #1. Spider-Man mustered a month-leading 41 points, but…

The United States of Avengers

The United States of America turned 240 this Fourth of July and in that relatively short time as a nation, America has played a pivotal role in shaping the world. Depending on who you ask, its influence has been called either a bastion of hope or a plague upon this Earth. What’s undeniable, however, is that America’s Independence signaled a…

Fantasy Comic League: June 2016

Iron Man continued to sore in the Fantasy Comic League and scored the most individual hero points for the second month in a row. Thanks to the events of Civil War II, and a five-week month, Tony tallied a record-breaking 44 points – the most points scored by one character in a single month. Unfortunately,…

Fantasy Comic League: May 2016

The second season of the 2016 Fantasy Comic League welcomed two new members who immediately challenged the status quo of the league. Newcomer Swampy benefited from a resurgent Iron Man who garnered the most individual points for one hero, but his team, hindered mostly by Old Man Logan’s six-point performance, fell one point shy of Shaun’s first place team. Spider-Man provided his usual…