DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2016 Showing 351-400 of 2,073

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

DC/Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Firestorm/Dual Identity/1 of 3

(view spoiler)[Quirrel & Voldemort share the same body (hide spoiler)]

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Crown of Midnight/Mystique/Shapeshifter/2 of 3

(view spoiler)[Celaena has the ability to shapeshift between human and Fae forms, although this is mostly unused until towards the end. (hide spoiler)]

[Shawnie]

Marvel/The Handmaid's Tale/Energy cell

[Milou]

DC/The Bands of Mourning/Commisioner Gordon/Fighting the mob/1 of 3
Wax, Wayne and the rest try to beat 'The Set' to the Bands of Mourning

[Sam]

Marvel/Squirrel Girl/Squirrel Tail/Binewskis: Verfall einer radioaktiven Familie

Miranda has a tail

[Kate]

DC Me Before You/batgirl/oracle/2 of 3

*one of the main characters is in a wheelchair

[Veronica]

Oh, that movie is going to make me cry.

[Kate]

Veronica wrote: "Oh, that movie is going to make me cry."

Oh my gosh me too. I just finished the book and sat there crying for a while.

[Felix]

DC
To Kill a Mockingbird/ Canary Cry / 1 of 3

Did I get this right?

[Dawn]

DC
Spiral of Need /Mystique /Shapeshifter /1 of 3

[Veronica]

DC/Gregor the Overlander/Blue Beetle/Beetlejuice/2 of 3

Cockroaches and spiders play a role in the story

DC/Night Broken/Mystique/Shapeshifter/2 of 3

Main character is a shapeshifter

[Christina]

Team DC

Mystique/Skull Belt/Skulduggery Pleasant/1 of 3

Alfred Pennyworth/Guardian to the Bat/Truthwitch/ 1 of 3

One of the main characters is raised by her uncle after her parents are killed

[Kate]

DC The Scorpion Rules/Atom/Powers from a white dwarf star/2 of 3

(view spoiler)[ character is exposed to radiation while becoming an AI at the end of the story (hide spoiler)]

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was a massive comeback for Team DC and both teams are only seperated by four points at the moment.
And as we had Penguin defeated last week by both Kates, this week both Christinas repeated the feat and brought down Penguin for their team. And the final knockout was delivered by Team Marvel's Karen.
In addition to that, Shawnie took the achievement for being the first player to recruit She-Hulk.
On Team DC we had the acievement bonanza. Dawn took the achievement for recruiting Hawkman first, proxyfish the one for being the first to recruit Firestorm and Melanie got it for being first to recruit Alfred Pennyworth.
DC's Kate also was the first player to defeat Mystique.
Team Marvel won the race to open the first portal this week with 2 Energy Cells to 1.

[Melanie]

DC

Mystique/ Shapeshifter/ Talon/ 2 of 3
*All of the dragon characters are shapeshifters

[Christina]

Marvel/Mystique/Shapeshifter/Cupcakes, Trinkets and Other Deadly Magic/1 of 3

Several characters are shapeshifters

[Lel]

DC

Shadow/Mystique/Raven/3 of 3

Mystique defeated.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

DC/Alfred Pennyworth/1st of 3/#1/Butler/The Mechanical
Jax is a servitor clakker and worked as a servant.

[Dawn]

DC
Six of Crows /Mystique/Raven/2 of 3

[Veronica]

DC/Song of Scarabaeus/Blue Beetle/Power of the Scarab/3 of 3

Scarab in title.

Blue Beetle recruited

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Thor 3. Dr. Jane Foster-Read a book with “doctor” or “Dr.” in the title or where a character is a doctor. Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend 2/3 for Thor


Vision 2. Married to a witch– The Christmas Wedding
Read a book with a characters in wedding attire on the cover or where a character related to the main character has magical powers, but not the main character. 1/3 for Vision

[Nara]

The Season of You & Me/Agent Coulson/Flying Car/3 of 3

Agent Coulson recruited!

[Milou]

DC/Mystique/ Shapeshifter/Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / 1 of 3

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs... and ofcourse McGonagall

[Shawnie]

Vision in Silver/Marvel/Mystique/Raven/1 of 3
Multiple characters are birds...crows, owl, hawk.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

DC/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/Blue Beetle/Beetlejuice/1 of 3

Aragog and his children

[Meera]

Marvel

Scarlet/ Ms. Marvel/ Marvelous Girl/ 1 of 3
*One of the main characters has a secret identity

Steelheart/ Agent Coulson/ Cheese/ 3 of 3
*Main character David is called "Knees" by another character

Agent Coulson recruited

[Sam]

Marvel
Thor/Dr. Jane Foster/1 of 3/Die Zeitfalte by Madeleine L'Engle
Mr. and Mrs. Murry are doctors.

[Veronica]

DC/Spider's Trap/Commissioner Gordan/Fighting the Mob/3 of 3

Main character is the new crime boss in town and uses it to her advantage.

Commissioner Gordan recruited

[Kate]

Marvel
The Gypsy Enchantment/Jessica Jones/Jewel/1 of 3
The plot revolves around a powerful magic jewel.

[Nara]

Obernewtyn/Iron Fist/K'un L'un/1 of 3

[Orion]

Marvel
Throne of Glass/Ms. Marvel/Marvelous Girl/1 of 3

The main character goes by Lillian Gordania to hide her identity.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Ms. Marvel 1. Marvelous Girl
Read a book with “Miss” or “Ms.” or “Marvel” in the title or where a character has a secret identity. New Avengers: Breakout Although most of the heroes in this book don't seem to care about the secret ID concept, Spider-Man keeps his since this isn't Civil War. 2/3 for Ms. Marvel

[Kate]

DC The Handmaid's Tale/Energy Cell

[Bana AZ]

DC

Hogfather/Mystique/Skullbelt/2 of 3

Skull on the cover and one of the characters is a skeleton -- Death.

[Veronica]

DC/The Gunslinger/Mystique/Raven/3 of 3

Crow/raven on the cover (I can't tell).

Mystique defeated

[Milou]

DC/Mystique/Raven/Mayhem/2 of 3

Crow/raven on the cover

[Shawnie]

Marvel/Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic/Shapeshifter/Mystique/2 of 3
Shapeshifters... werewolves and werecat.

[Lel]

DC

The Queen of Sinister/Supergirl/She's My Kryptonite/ 3 of 3

Supergirl recruited

[Clarkiep]

The Colour of Magic/Thor/Goddess of Thunder/1 of 3

The End of All Things/Thor/Dr. Jane Foster/2 of 3

Finding Vikings is oddly harder than I thought it'd be haha, and my next book (Ready Player One) has so far seemed to reference everything in the known universe except for Norse Mythology...will need to try harder.

[Nara]

The Goose Girl/Mystique/Raven/2 of 3

[Christina]

Clarkiep wrote: "
Finding Vikings is oddly harder than I thought it'd be haha, and..."

Any of the Iron Druid Chronicle books by Kevin Hearne are good for this. Definitely references to Norse Mythology in these. And they are entertaining. :)

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Morning Star/Vision/Laser Beams/2 of 3

Characters use pulse rifles, a kind of laser gun.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

MPauli - Electrigirl is part book part comic, 198ish pages, but in a paperback book format. Where do we stand on the graphic novel rule?

[Shawnie]

Marvel/First Grave on the Right/Mystique/Skull Belt/3 of 3 Mystique Defeated
Skull on the cover.

[Melanie]

I stayed up way too late because I couldn't put this book down.

DC
Mystique/Raven/Six of Crows/3 of 3

*Mystique Defeated!

[Dawn]

Yes, me too! Finished Six of Crows at 2 am :-)
Just had to keep reading those last (not so few) pages. But well worth it.

[Christina]

Team DC

Energy Cell/ The Handmaid's Tale

Katana/ Birds of Prey/Salt to the Sea/ 1 of 3 *there are at least two female POVS

Lobo/Hook and Chain/ The Queen of the Night/ 1 of 3

Mystique/Raven/The Trumpet of the Swan/ 2 of 3

[Nara]

Calamity/Vision/Laser Beams/1 of 3

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Star-Lord/Spaceship Captain/I, Ripper: A Novel/1of3.
Woodruff was a Captain.

[Dawn]

Team DC
The Last Girl / Supergirl/She's a supergirl / 1 of 3