DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2015 Showing 1,001-1,050 of 1,404

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Martian Manhunter 1. Hunters are from Mars Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission 2/3 for J'Onn.

[Orion]

Clementine/Rocket Raccoon/Blam! Murdered you!/1 of 3

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Catwoman / Cat Burglary / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / 2 of 3

(hooded character on the back cover)

[Sam]

Team Marvel

Groot/Guardian of the Galaxy/Guardians of the West/3 of 3

Groot recruited

Let's just say there is a lot of guarding going on ;)

[Lel]

Mpauli: for Age of Ultron would it count if the main character was a vampire or similar type? So could be in their 200's but look about 20ish?

[Shawnie]

Magician: Apprentice & Magician: Master/Energy Cell

[Brendan]

Team Marvel
Mr. Fantastic/Stretch/Ninja Assault/1of3.
Tago Jokichi invents the anthrax dispersal system.

[Orion]

A Darker Shade of Magic/Team Marvel/Energy Cell

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Green Arrow 3 / Star City / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / 1 of 3

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was won by Team Marvel by just one point. For the winning team Sam recruited Dr.Strange, Soila and Sam recruited Groot and Brendan recruited Punisher.
For Team DC Kevin finished his roster by recruiting Huntress and Superman, while also defeating Bane.

Regarding Energy Cells, Team Marvel acquired 2, while Team DC got 1.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Lel wrote: "Mpauli: for Age of Ultron would it count if the main character was a vampire or similar type? So could be in their 200's but look about 20ish?"

If his age is stated in the book, then it is okay. My intention was of course to put the focus on older characters, cause nowadays characters 30+ seem to be almost non-existant, but vampires are technically alright.^^

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Ultron 3 / Jocasta, the female Ultron / Cinder / 1 of 3

[Kevin]

Team DC
Ultron/ Kingdom of the Wicked/ 1. Age of Ultron, Read a book with "Age"in the title or where the main protagonist is 47 years or older. (Ultron appeared first in July 1968 and was named Ultron in August of 68, so it's kind of his birthday)/ Skulduggery is in his late forties but is also 800 years old./ 1 of 1

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

The Miniaturist/Dr. Strange/Sanctum Sanctorum/3 of 3

Dr. Strange recruited! (er, assuming the interior of the house counts - I mean it's clearly a house, the whole story is about a miniature house)

Also, can't wait until I have proper internet again... still over 2 weeks D:

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Hana C./Team DC

Halloween Rain/Rick Grimes/1.The Walking Dead/1 of 3

Lots of zombies, grrr, argh

[Lel]

Master of the Night/Ultron/Master of Evil/ 1 of 3

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Ultron / Master of Evil / The Butlerian Jihad / 2 of 3

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Ultron / Age of Ultron / Prophet of the Dead / 3 of 3

Ultron defeated

[Shawnie]

Is this a new villain defeat record? 4 days...nice! :)

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Shawnie wrote: "Is this a new villain defeat record? 4 days...nice! :)"

Didn't feel well this weekend or today so got lots of reading done :)

[Shawnie]

That's the one bonus of being sick...the excuse to lay around and read. :)

[Kevin]

Bah, you beat me by a few hours Roger! You're on DC though so it's all good I suppose... :)

Team DC
Ultron

The Orphan Master's Son
2. Masters of Evil
Read a book with "Master(s)" or "Evil" in the title or where a robot/cyborg is a leader of a faction/group/nation. (No androids, cause they are too human-like)

Breaking Strain
3. Jocasta, the female Ultron
Read a book with a female robot/cyborg on the cover or where a female robot/cyborg is one of the characters (can be a side-character). (No androids, cause they are too human-like)

Ultron defeated!

[Christina]

Team DC

Snow Crash/ Batman/Wayne Enterprises/2 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Ultron 1. Age of Ultron The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us 1/3

Guess I don't need to worry about trying to be first. Or second. ;)

[Shawnie]

Murder at the Vicarage/Ultron/Age of Ultron/1 of 3 Miss Marple definitely has the years under her belt. :)

[Soila]

Ubik/The Thing/Orange Skin/3 of 3

The Thing recruited

[Shawnie]

The Spymaster's Lady/Ultron/Master of Evil/ 2 of 3

[Christina]

Marvel/Ultron/The Spymaster's Lady/Masters of Evil/1 of 3

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was a close win for Team DC thanks to a lot of anti-Ultron reading.^^ Roger and Kevin managed to defeat our villain already with Roger taking the achievements just by a few hours.
For Team Marvel Rinn recruited Dr. Strange and Soila added Thing to her roster.
There were no Energy Cells collected this week.

[Lel]

Saturn's Children/Ultron/Jocasta, The female Ultron 2 of 3

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Cyborg / Accident at S.T.A.R. Labs / Skulduggery Pleasant / 3 of 3

Cyborg recruited

[Soila]

Shockball/Spiderman/Peter Parker/2 of 3

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Spiderman/Aunt May/The Mermaids Singing/1of3.
Angelica lived with her aunt at the farm she later uses for her dungeon.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Ultron 2. Masters of Evil- Hunting Evil: The Nazi War Criminals Who Escaped and the Quest to Bring Them to Justice 2/3 For Ultron

[Lel]

A Darker Shade of Magic/Team Marvel/Energy cell

[Shawnie]

Fairest/Marvel/Fabletown/Bigby Wolf/3 of 3
Bigby Wolf Recruited!

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

A darker shade of magic/DC/Energy cell

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Might need a ruling on this Mpauli, this book has an urban setting for about the first 40 pages and then the rest isn't urban after that, if that okay for the first Huntress then I'll mark down this book...

Huntress 1 / Huntresses are from Gotham / Monster Hunter International / 2 of 3

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

Does Warbreaker count for Mr Fantastic - Negative Zone? The cover is mostly black and white with a few small areas of colour. If so, then Mr Fantastic recruited :)

Also The String Diaries/Punisher/Frank Castle/1 of 3 - throughout the book, Hannah loses various members of her family.

[Nara]

Skulduggery Pleasant/Ultron/Age of Ultron/1 of 3
Cress/Ultron/Masters of Evil/2 of 3
Cinder/Ultron/Jocasta, the female Ultron/3 of 3

Ultron defeated!

The Summer of Chasing Mermaids/Green Arrow/Oliver Queen/3 of 3
Green Arrow recruited!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Ultron 3. Jocasta, the female Ultron No Time Like the Past Seven of Nine is a cyborg, is on the cover, and is one of the main characters.

3/3 for Ultron

Ultron Defeated

[Kevin]

Team DC
A Darker Shade of Magic/ Energy Cell

[Shawnie]

Kevin wrote: "Team DC
Station Eleven/ Energy Cell
A Darker Shade of Magic/ Energy Cell"

Do you mean Red Mars? Station Eleven was months ago. :)

[Christina]

Murder at the Vicarage/Ultron/Age of Ultron/2 of 3

[Kevin]

Shawnie wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Team DC
Station Eleven/ Energy Cell
A Darker Shade of Magic/ Energy Cell"

Do you mean Red Mars? Station Eleven was months ago. :)"

My bad, Shawnie. Got ahead of myself a bit !

[Christina]

Marvel/Written in Red/Spiderman/Aunt May/2 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Martian Manhunter 3. Shapeshifter- The Last Werewolf 3/3 Martian Manhunter

J'Onn recruited!

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was a victory for Team DC. Ultron was beaten by Nara and Wayland. Both of them were also actively recruiting with Nara adding Green Arrow to her roster and Wayland adding Martian Manhunter. On top of that Roger also recruited Cyborg.
For Team Marvel Shawnie added Bigby Wolf to her roster and Rinn made Mr. Fantastic part of her team.

Team DC acquired 2 Energy Cells to Team Marvel's 1.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Roger wrote: "Might need a ruling on this Mpauli, this book has an urban setting for about the first 40 pages and then the rest isn't urban after that, if that okay for the first Huntress then I'll mark down this."

I think less than 10% of the book playing in an urban setting wouldn't really qualify it for the challenge. And I think the urban setting is quite common, so I hope you don't mind settling for a book that is a better fit for that challenge.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Rinn wrote: "Does Warbreaker count for Mr Fantastic - Negative Zone? The cover is mostly black and white with a few small areas of colour. If so, then Mr Fantastic recruited :)

Yes, I can live with that for black and white as they are still the most dominant colors on the picture of the UK cover.