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[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Jackie Estacado 1 / The Darkness / Dead Witch Walking / 2 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Robin 1. Read a book with exactly 2 characters on the cover or where the main character has a sidekick. Any Other Name Longmire arguably has two sidekicks, Moretti and Henry. Then again, Henry had actually said in the past that Henry is HIS sidekick. And then there's Dog. At any rate, there are sidekicks.

3/3 Robin

Robin Recruited!

[Shawnie]

Covet/Spawn/Hellspawn/ 1 of 3

[Shawnie]

Archangel's Kiss/Spawn/Hunted by Angela/2 of 3

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was a win for Team DC. Wayland got the MVP title by defeating Lex Luthor and recruiting Robin and Green Arrow. In addition to that Melanie recruited Huntress for Team DC.
For Team Marvel Christina added Daredevil to her roster.
No Energy Cells were acquired this week.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

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

Yes, next year will bring another DC versus Marvel challenge with new characters to recruit, new villains to fight and new portals to open. :)

[Sam]

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'm pretty late to the party, but I'd love another challenge next year, and both plans sound fun.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Sorry if this is a silly question but for Mister Sinister challenge is "Mr" okay or does it have to be "Mister"?

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

1. Mr. Sinister Read a book with “Mister” or “Sinister” in the title or where one of the characters has a tattoo on their forehead. Mister B. Gone 1/3 for Mr. Sinister

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Man i've been slacking this year! My first recruitment... oops.

Green Lantern/Power of the Lantern/Ilium/3 of 3
(A number of torches used in the book)
Green Lantern Recruited!

[Lel]

Spares/Mister Sinister/Clones, Clones, Clones/2 of 3

[Shawnie]

Romancing Mister Bridgerton/Mister Sinister/1 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Kirsty wrote: "Man i've been slacking this year! My first recruitment... oops.

Green Lantern/Power of the Lantern/Ilium/3 of 3
(A number of torches used in the book)
Green Lantern Recruited!"

Oh, is THAT why we're so far behind? :P
(kidding!)

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Wah!! I'm sorry Roger... Literally letting the team down -.- I'll do better!! Don't sack me!!

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Wayland***
Not sure where Roger came from... Sorry Roger and Wayland!!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Eh, I've been called worse. Not sure how Roger feels about it. ;)

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Cyborg 2. Read a book with teenagers on cover or with a teenage protagonist. The Power of Six Just about everyone in it is a teenager. 2/3 for Cyborg.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Wayland wrote: "Eh, I've been called worse. Not sure how Roger feels about it. ;)"

I'm okay with it. :)

[Melanie]

Team DC
Golden Son/Martian Hunter/ Hunters Are From Mars/1 of 3

[Shawnie]

Never Let Me Go/Mister Sinister/Clones Clones Clones/ 2 of 3

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Mister Sinister 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 Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution The people focused on are mostly either privateer captains or the ones that bankrolled them. American Privateers were called pirates by the British, and made so officially by Act Of Parliament in the Pirate Act of 1777. 2/3 for Mr. Sinister

[Lel]

Marauder/mister sinister/leader of the marauders/ 3 of 3


Mister sinister defeated.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Mister Sinister 2 / Leader of the Marauders / Retribution Falls / 1 of 3

[Melanie]

Team DC
The Three-Body Problem/Green Lantern/ Green Lantern Corps/ 1 of 3
*several main characters (perspective switches) are part of a military unit

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Dr. Strange/Eye of Agamoto/The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge/2of3.
Native necklace plays a part in a tribes decision not to kill one of the characters.

[Orion]

Rocket Raccoon/Talking Raccoon/Library of Souls/2 of 3
It prominently features a talking dog named Addison.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Cyborg 1. Half Man, Half Robot-
Read a book with a robot on the cover or where a robot/cyborg is one of the characters More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement The book covers all sorts of enhancements, including neural interfaces in the brain to run computers and/or robot arms. 3/3 For Cyborg

Cyborg Recruited!

All DC Heroes Recruited!

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Woohoo well done Wayland!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Thank you, thank you. For my next trick...

[Christina]

Marvel/Dark Places/Bigby Wolf/Chain Smoker/1 of 3

Main character smokes.

[Sam]

Team Marvel
Spiderman/Peter Parker/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/3 of 3
Spiderman recruited!

Marvel roster completed!

*rubs hands* I'm ready for the 2016 challenge!

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Dr. Strange/Sorcerer Supreme/Myth Conceptions/3of3.
Mage/Wizard main character option.
Dr. Strange recruited!!!

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Roger wrote: "Sorry if this is a silly question but for Mister Sinister challenge is "Mr" okay or does it have to be "Mister"?"

Mr. is totally fine. :)

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week both teams were pretty even and Team Marvel won by one recruitment.
For them Lel was the first player to defeat Mr. Sinister while Sam completed her roster by recruiting Spiderman. Brenda also added Dr. Strange to his team.
For Team DC Kirsty recruited Green Lantern and Wayland finished his roster as well by recruiting Cyborg.
No Energy Cells were added this week.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Mister Sinister 3 / clones, clones clones / The Clone Wars / 2 of 3

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Sorry MPauli I should have added my Team DC/Foundation/Energy Cell for last week!

[Lel]

Foundation/ Team Marvel/ Energy Cell

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Mr. Sinister 2. Clones, Clones, Clones Read a book with “clone(s)” in the title or where one of the characters is a clone. 501st Various clone troopers are characters in the book.

3/3 For Mr. Sinister

Mr. Sinister Defeated

All villains Defeated

[Shawnie]

Lover Mine/King of Rat City/Spawn/ 3 of 3
Spawn recruited

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Rick Grimes 2. There's a new Sheriff in town–
Read a book with a sheriff/cowboy the cover or where a sheriff/cowboy is one of the main characters.

The Deputy 2/3 Rick Grimes

[Shawnie]

The Pirate Bride/Mister Sinister/Leader of the Marauders/3 of 3
Main is the leader of a group of women pirates.
All villains defeated

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Energy Cell/DC/ Foundation

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Rick Grimes 3. It's the end of the world as we know it--
Read a book with destroyed buildings on cover or which plays in a post-apocalyptic society. The Drowned World

3/3 for Rick Grimes.

Rick Grimes Recruited or defeated or portaled or whatever we're calling it

[Melanie]

energy cell/ Team DC/ The Lions of Al-Rassan

[Brendan]

Team Marvel.
Daredevil /Matt Murdock /Sleeping Late On Judgement Day/2of3.
Scales on cover option.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Energy Cell / The Lions of Al-Rassan

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

This week was another close one that Team DC decided by the smalles possible margin.
For them Wayland defeated Mr. Sinister and recruited Rick Grimes.
For Team Marvel Shawnie added Spawn to her roster and defeated Mr. Sinister.
Team DC acquired 4 Energy Cells and Team Marvel added 1 to their count.

[Christina]

Marvel/Thirteen (Otherworld #13) /Bigby Wolf/Big Bad Wolf/2 of 3

Characters encounter/are werewolves.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Energy Cell/DC/ The Lions of Al-Rassan

[Melanie]

Team DC
Robin 1 / These Broken Stars/ Dynamic Duo / 1 of 3