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DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2016
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Let's keep it simple and go with actual witches, before it gets too blurry.
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I want some blood relation. A half-brother would be okay with me, a foster brother wouldn't fit the challenge. Eric (Grim Reaper) and Simon (Wonder Man) are actual brothers.
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For Team DC Dawn, Melanie and Veronica all defeated Grim Reaper, while Kirsty recruited Atom. Mel and Veronica also both were actively adding to her roster with the additions of Swamp Thing for Veronica and Com. Gordon for Melanie,
The Energy Cell race went 6:5 in favor of Team Marvel. Team DC is now only one cell away from their second portal hero.
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It was post 984 on May 2nd.
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Mpauli wrote: "Sam wrote: "I have a question: I read Alle meine Freunde sind Superhelden in which all characters are superheroes except the protagonist Tom. He's married to the Perfectionist. Does..."
No problem, Michael :)
Marvel/Second Grave on the Left/Grim Reaper/The Grim Reaper/1 of 3Main character, Charley Davidson, is the Grim Reaper
Mpauli wrote: "I want some blood relation. A half-brother would be okay with me, a foster brother wouldn't fit the challenge. Eric (Grim Reaper) and Simon (Wonder Man) are actual brothers. "Thanks, Mpauli. I went with a full bio brother just to be on the safe side.
DC/Queen of the Flowers/Swamp Thing/Back to the Roots/1 of 3One of Phryne's adopted daughters, Ruth, discovers a great deal about her past, including who her real father is.
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Scythe on the cover.
DCVeined / Garfield/ Lasagne/3 of 3
*** Garfield Recruited ***
Character eats very bad pasta made by her mum
DC / Third Grave Dead Ahead / Firestorm / Regeneration / 3 of 3Both the main character and the key love interest in this series possess supernatural healing powers.
Firestorm recruited!
A question for the brain trust - One of the traits of Batgirl is that the protagonist has a father who was in the police. In the Charley Davidson novels, the protagonist's (Charley) father and uncle are both detectives, and she worked alongside both of them since she was very young, however her father has retired by the start of the first book and runs a bar.Is that close enough, or just missed? :)
Sam wrote: "MarvelNova/1. Nova Corps/2 of 3/All Quiet on the Western Front"
A great book Sam! So crushingly affecting!
DC / Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet / Lobo / Motorcycle Mayhem / 3 of 3The bandits motorcycle gang are involved in this one. Donovan has called his bike "Odin". Nice choice.
Lobo Recruited!
DC / The Bad Beginning / Grim Reaper / Brother of Wonder Man / 3 of 3
The Baudelaire siblings includes a brother, who also gets some POV chapters as well.
Grim Reaper Defeated!
Greg wrote: "Sam wrote: "MarvelNova/1. Nova Corps/2 of 3/All Quiet on the Western Front"
A great book Sam! So crushingly affecting!"
Oh yes. I read it on commute - not a good idea ;)
Team DC has added two additional energy cells since Mpauli's last post saying that we only needed one more, so DC chooses Nimoa for our next portal hero.
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For Team Marvel Rinn and Shawnie defeated Grim Reaper and Kate recruited Jessica Jones.
Team Marvel won the Energy Cell race with 4:2, but Team DC managed to open their second portal and they decided to go with Nimona.
In other news, Brainiac was introduced as July's villain of the month. As he has some pretty nasty challenges I wanted to give you a full week of advance to think about possible reads.
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1. Brainstorm
Read a book with a brain on the cover or with "brain" in the title.
2. Green skinned alien
Read a book with a predominantly green cover or where aliens appear (as in: people who are not from the planet the story is taking place on)
3. Shrinking Ray
Read a book with a snow globe or ship in the bottle on the cover or where someone gets shrunken.
DC/The Dirt on Ninth Grave/Hawkman/The Ninth Metal/1 of 3Ninth book in series and "ninth" in the title.
DC/Grim Reaper/The Grim Reaper/Reaper Man/2 of 3DC/Grim Reaper/Brother of Wonder Man/Ender's Game/ 3 of 3
Ender has a brother
Grim Reaper defeated
MarvelThe New Kings of Nonfiction/Ms. Marvel/Fangirl/2 of 3
The book is a collection of articles/essays of which Ira Glass is a fan, and one of them is all about soccer fans.
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1. Alias Investigation- Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn
Read a book with “alias” or “investigation” in the title or where the main protagonist is a private investigator. Latest in the Spenser series, a Boston PI.
2/3 for Jessica Jones
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DCAtom/Powers from a White Dwarf Star/3 of 3
Star shape on cover:
****** ATOM RECRUITED ******
DCSwamp Thing/Monster/3 of 3
"Monster" riding with Ransom in a boat on the cover
****** SWAMP THING RECRUITED ******
Kirsty wrote: "Good work Greg!!"Thanks Kirsty! :) I've been reading a lot this month - a couple trips with lots of commuting.
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Does this book qualify for Marvel/Vision/2. Married to a witch, as the wife has powers but Tom hasn't?