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DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2016
DC/Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman/Alfred Pennyworth/Butler/2 of 3One of the main characters is the head housekeeper for an English Earl's estate.
DC/A Darker Shade of Magic/Alfred Pennyworth/Guardian to the Bat/3 of 3Main character has been raised by royal family since he was five years old.
Alfred Pennyworth recruited
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2/3 for Vision
halfway done with the main challenge
Team MarvelAgent Coulson/Cheese/Hearts at Play/3 of 3
(Main Character, Brianna, goes by Bree)
Agent Coulson Recruited!
Wayland wrote: "Vision 1. Android- Read a book with “android” in the title or where an android/robot is one of the characters. Aftermath There's a very disturbing, reprogrammed battle doid called M..."Great job! ( even though you're on the opposite team :) )
can someone explain this to me, i'd really like to join but i don't really understand the concept of this challenge.thanks!
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thanks!"
You pick a team, Marvel or DC. Then you read books that meet the criteria for the heroes. Like for Nova's first book, the requirement is
1. Nova Corps
Read a book with a soldier on the cover or where the main character is a soldier.. So any book about a soldier as the main character that you read in 2016 would count for Nova's first book. Does that help any?
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Viking on cover, Norse mythology is part of plot, and characters fly to Asgard. :)
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Joy led the Marvelites into the fray and recruited Blade, Black Panther and Agent Coulson. Shawnie and Kate both delivered beatings for White Rabbit, with Shawnie also adding Thor to her team. Thor was also recruited by Nara. Other recruitments included Blade by Mark, Iron Fist by Sam and Ms. Marvel by Brendan.
White Rabbit got more beatings by Team DC, where she was defeated by Dawn, Milou, Christina and Melanie. Dawn also recruited Atom to her squad. Veronica was busy as well and added Alfred and Black Canary to her team.
And as next Sunday is already the beginning of May, let's introduce our new villain of the month. This time around it's going to be Aquaman's nemesis Black Manta who comes with 1 or 2 tricky challenges. As always, you can find him in the villain post at the beginning of this thread, the seperate villains/portal heroes thread or right here, down below. Have fun figuring out your reads to defeat him! :)
Black Manta
Active from 01/05/2016 - 31/05/2016
1. The Black Manta
Read a book with "black" or "manta" in the title or which has a fish in it. (Doesn't need to be a talking one, can just be a pet)
2. Conquest of Atlantis
Read a book with a siege battle on the cover or where Atlantis is one of the locations the characters visit.
3. Serum
Read a book with a syringe on the cover or where people get a shot of serum/vaccine/antidote.
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Which one are you referring to? Stranger and Uprooted both seem fine to me. Is there an issue we might run into that I'm not aware of?
There is a third book of the month, Retribution falls by Chris Wooding.
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Yes, it was in post 728. :)
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Which one are you referring to? Stranger and Uprooted both seem fine to me. Is there an issue we might run into tha..."
Hi Mpauli, if you check out the new announcement of a bi-monthly (every other month) mod pick, this is what he's referring to :)
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Oh, the one from the Mod special. I see. As I like to keep it clean and simple we're handling this the same way as the last time there was a third book and stick to the two books that were originally nominated by the group.
Let us see if we stick to the bi-monthly schedule and if this is something that is reliable we include it in next year's challenge, but for now I don't want to mess with the point curve that I hopefully predicted correctly for the Energy Cells. I don't want to hit the goals for the Portal Heroes too soon by adding more books that can score points towards them.
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Oh, the one from the Mod special. I see. As I like to keep it clean and simple we're handling this the same..."
Sounds sensible to me!
Mpauli wrote: Oh, the one from the Mod special. I see. As I like to keep it clean and simple we're handling this the same..."
I was hoping you would say that. I want to start it straight away, waiting for the first to start it was killing me. I am excited for this one.
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Oh, the one from the Mod special. I see. As I like to keep it clean and simple we're handling this the same..."
I was hoping you would say that. I want to start it straight away, wa..."
Hope you enjoy it. I've read the whole thing and rated the whole series like 19 out of 20 possible stars, only book 3 was "just" a 4 star read for me. Great, great series.
Judgement call?Would siege warfare by air count or does it have the medieval? I'm thinking of this book cover.
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What about this one? It looks like siege warfare but you can only see one person, not the army?
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Would siege warfare by air count or does it have the medieval? I'm thinking of this book cover.
"Air sieges like bombardments would definitely be in spirit with the challenge and count. :)
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What about this one? It looks like siege warfare but you can only see one person, not the army?"
I'd like to see a bit more active sieging action.^^ The city could just be on fire. It's kind of hard, cause I've read the book and know that it has a siege in it, but it should be a a bit more action on the cover.
This challenge might just be my cheap way of looking for some good Atlantis based books. :P
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The main character is a fan of an author."
loved that book!
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Oh, the one from the Mod special. I see. As I like to keep it clean and simple we're handling this the same..."
Well... damn. Still stuck at 1 BOTM then as my streak of "read one of them" continues for the year." And not sure I'll get Gathering of Shadows at this rate, Slow library....
Is this title battle siege-y enough?
DCThe Dirty Streets of Heaven / Blue Beetle/I'm blue/1 of 3
Book had a blue cover and a character gets wasted drunk
Veronica wrote: "Is this title battle siege-y enough? "I have no authority, but I'd definitely say yes Veronica! Mpauli even mentioned below that the city should be "on fire" - it is in the picture, looks to me as though by catapults and siege equipment.
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