DC versus Marvel Reading Challenge 2015 Showing 1,251-1,300 of 1,404

[Lel]

The Traitor Baru Cormorant/Team Marvel/Energy cell

[Nara]

Does The Name of the Wind count for Lex Luthor 2? Kvothe is an innkeeper while telling the story.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Lex Luthor 3. Battle Suit Read a book with "battle" or "suit" in the title or where a character wears a powered armor (it needs to be powered, not just a knight in armor). Iron Tears: America's Battle for Freedom, Britain's Quagmire: 1775-1783 2/3 for Lex

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

Ubik/Lex Luthor/Lex Corp/2 of 3

One of the main characters, Runciter, runs a business - all other characters are his employees.

[Christina]

Marvel/Golden Son/Energy Cell

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

I thought I posted this, but I can't find it so I'll add it:

The Traitor Baru Cormorant/Energy Cell

[Nara]

Golden Son/Energy Cell/DC

[Clarkiep]

Team DC
A Wizard of Earthsea/Martian Manhunter/Shapeshifter/ 2 of 3

[Shawnie]

The Traitor Baru Cormorant/Energy cell
That should make 30 for us, and we'll go with Spawn. We may be able to get a few in before the end of the year. ;)

[Brendan]

Mpauli wrote: "And as we're already in November, of course some of you might have asked yourself, if there's going to be another challenge next year.
The answer to this is: If there's still interest, there will b..."

I am definitely interested in a challenge next year.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Superman 3 / Kryptonite / Stolen Songbird / 3 of 3

(Cover is predominately green)

Superman recruited

All heroes recruited!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Energy Cell/DC/ The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Since Marvel beat us to Spawn by just a bit, I believe we're going with Jackie Estacado for our portal. I have faith my team will correct me if I am wrong.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Nara wrote: "Does The Name of the Wind count for Lex Luthor 2? Kvothe is an innkeeper while telling the story."

Yes, it would count. An inn is a business. :)

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was an even split between both teams. For Team DC Roger recruited Superman and completed his roster that way. Congratulations!
Soila recruited Valkyrie for Team Marvel.
And both teams managed to acquire the 3 Energy Cells that they lacked to recruit the second portal hero.
Team Marvel finished 15 hours before Team DC and chose Spawn as their portal hero, while Team DC went with Jackie Estacado from The Darkness.
As the end of the year is nigh, the last portal hero's recruitment requirements were reduced to 10 Energy Cells, so if we have a few BotM still coming in in the next couple of days and some in early December, it could be possible for superheroic Christmas readers to work on the last heroes.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Mpauli,

Can I get a bit more of an explanation of this

"1. The Darkness
Read a book with a nightside panorama on the cover "

I'm not exactly sure what that means...

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Roger wrote: "Mpauli,

Can I get a bit more of an explanation of this

"1. The Darkness
Read a book with a nightside panorama on the cover "

I'm not exactly sure what that means..."

It just means that the daytime of the cover should be at night. A city in the dark, a character outside in the dark. It just should be clear that it is outside and at night.

[Nara]

All-American Girl/Lex Luthor/President Luthor/1 of 3
The Name of the Wind/Lex Luthor/Lex Corp/2 of 3
The Battle of the Labyrinth/Lex Luthor/Battle Suit/3 of 3

Lex Luthor defeated!

Water for Elephants/Robin/Dick Grayson/3 of 3

Robin recruited!

Winter/Cyborg/Half Man Half Robot/3 of 3

Cyborg recruited!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

THAT'S the Nara I remember from last year. ;)

[Nara]

haha things have been much busier this year with uni! Getting into the really difficult years of my course.
The year is finished now though, so allll the time for reading :P

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

So I was just updating this challenge on my blog, and I don't think I actually HAVE recruited Rocket Raccoon... I can't see my book for the 1st challenge anywhere on this thread :/ So er, I don't know what happened there, but apologies...

[Christina]

Dr. Strange Recruited

Waking the Witch (Women of the Undeworld #11)/Marvel/Dr. Strange/Eye of Agamoto/3 of 3


Main character wearing a necklace on the cover

[Lel]

The Rats/Spawn/King of Rat City/1 of 3

[Christina]

The Traitor Baru Cormorant/Team DC/ Energy Cell

[Christina]

Team DC

The Alloy of Law/ Rick Grimes/There's a New Sheriff in Town/ 1 of 3

And I'd love to participate in another challenge next year whatever that might be!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Team DC/Energy Cell/ Golden Son

[Lel]

Covet/spawn/Hunted by Angela/2 of 3

[Melanie]

Team DC
Elantris/ Huntress/ Huntresses are from Gotham/ 1 of 3

*Just joining today...where is the current score posted?

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Melanie wrote: "Team DC
Elantris/ Huntress/ Huntresses are from Gotham/ 1 of 3

*Just joining today...where is the current score posted?"

On the first page, under all the characters. Thanks for joining team DC!

[Shawnie]

Team Marvel, we better recruit! :D

[Nara]

Chasm City/Martian Manhunter/Hunters are from Mars/3 of 3

Martian Manhunter recruited!
And with that, all DC heroes recruited :D

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Daredevil/The Man without Fear/The Man in the High Castle/1of3.
Red cover option.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

As the start of December is already close, I'm going to reveal the final villain of the year. It's the classic X-Men nemesis Mister Sinister. As always you can find his challenges in the villain post at the beginning of the challenge, in the seperate Villain/Portal Hero thread or right here, down below.

Mister Sinister

Active from 01/12/2015 - 31/12/2015



1. Mister Sinister
Read a book with "Mister" or "Sinister" in the title or where one of the characters has a tatoo on their forehead.

2. Leader of the Marauders
Read a book with the word "Marauder(s)" in the title or where the main character is the leader of a band of pirates/bandits/robbers.

3. Clones, clones, clones
Read a book with "clone(s)" in the title or where one of the characters is a clone.

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Invisible Woman/Force Field/Dragons of Autumn Twilight/3of3.
Shield cover option.
Invisible Woman recruited!!!

[Melanie]

Team DC
Red Rising/Huntress/ Helena Bertinelli/ 2 of 3

[Christina]

Human Torch recruited

Spell Bound (Women of the Underworld #12)/Human Torch/Flame On/3 of 3

Fire on the cover

[Lel]

Crave/Spawn/Hellspawn/3 of 3

Devina is demon

Spawn recruited

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Rinn wrote: "So I was just updating this challenge on my blog, and I don't think I actually HAVE recruited Rocket Raccoon... I can't see my book for the 1st challenge anywhere on this thread :/ So er, I don't k..."

Okay, I subtracted the four points, when I calculated this week's points. :)

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was a win for Team DC with a lot of recruitments happening.
MVP Nara completed her roster by recruiting Robin, Cyborg and Martian Manhunter, while also defeating Lex Luthor.
For Team Marvel Christina was able to recruit Dr. Strange and Human Torch, while Lel took the achievement for being the first player to recruit Spawn and Brendan added The Invisible Woman to his team.
Team DC also won the Energy Cell race with 2:0.

[Christina]

Mpauli wrote: "This week was a win for Team DC with a lot of recruitments happening.
MVP Nara completed her roster by recruiting Robin, Cyborg and Martian Manhunter, while also defeating Lex Luthor.
For Team Marv..."

Looks like Brendan also recruited the Invisible Woman for Team Marvel. I didn't see that on the list, so just wanted to make sure we got credit for that one. :)

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Christina wrote: "Looks like Brendan also recruited the Invisible Woman for Team Marvel. I didn't see that on the list, so just wanted to make sure we got credit for that one. :) "

Thanks for the heads-up. I calculated the points, but overlooked it, when I wrote the round-up post.
As my superpower is the edit function, I added his contribution to the weekly post. :)

[Brendan]

Mpauli the Edi-tor, sounds like a villain. Would make a good monthly villain for next year. :)

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Robin 2. Dick Grayson Read a book with a circus on cover or where a circus is one of the settings. Joyland 2/3 for Robin

[Dawn]

Will there be a new reading challenge next year? I'd love to join in.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Jackie Estacado / Avatar of Kilya / Middleworld / 1 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Lex Luthor 2. Lex Corp Read a book with the word "company" in the title or where the main character owns a business (a tavern is fine, but being the head of a crime family wouldn't count). Make Me Chang owns her own PI business, part of a network with others.

Lex Luthor Defeated!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Cyborg 3. Accident at S.T.A.R. Labs
Read a book with an accident (car/plain crash, train wreck, etc.) on the cover or where the characters are involved in any kind of accident. The Solomon Curse Take your pick- there's a boat sinking, a car going off the road, and some explorers trapped in ruins by an earthquake. 1/3 for Cyborg

[Christina]

Daredevil recruited. And all main Marvel heroes now recruited! Now on to the portal heroes

A Time to Kill/Daredevil/Matt Murdock/3 of 3

Main character is a lawyer.

[Lel]

Mister B. Gone/Mister Sinister/Mister Sinister/ 1 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Green Arrow 3. Read a book with a star (star shaped, not star like the sun) on the cover or where the main character is a famous celebrity. Jefferson's Vendetta: The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary At the time of the events of this book, Aaron Burr was a national celebrity, and Thomas Jefferson an international one.

Green Arrow Recruited!

[Melanie]

Team DC/ Huntress/The Final Empire/ Revenge/ 3 of 3
*Huntress recruited!