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Zak Katz

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Baseball had a vote for the best four players in each teams history, and it culminated yesterday at the All-Star Game. I thought it'd be fun to put a spin on it and do four packs from around the Marvel Universe. For example.

Spider-Man:

Spidey, Green Goblin, Venom, Doc Ock

Captain America:

Cap, Red Skull, Winter Soldier, Falcon

X-Men:

Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean, Prof X

Marvel Top Villains:

Magneto, Dr. Doom, Red Skull, Loki

X-Men Villains:

Magneto, Mystique, Sabretooth, Juggernaut

Avengers:

Thor, Cap, Ironman, Hulk

There are a bunch of possibilities, so have fun with this. And don't bash other people's lists. Just make your own!!

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Those are all pretty good lists. I'd replace the Hulk with Hawkeye (since the Hulk has really only been an Avenger for a short period of time) and Jean Grey with Storm (even though I hate Storm).

Cosmic Marvel:

Thanos, Adam Warlock, Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel

Animal:

Howard the Duck, Rocket Raccoon, Lockjaw, Spider-Ham

Writers:

Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Chris Claremont, Bendis (much as I hate to admit it)

Artists:

Jack Kirby, John Byrne, John Buscema, John Romita Jr.

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Hell's Kitchen Heroes

Daredevil, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, Luke Cage

Hell's Kitchen Bosses

Kingpin, Silvermane, The Owl, Purple Man

Hell's Kitchen Foes

Bullseye, Paladin, Mr. Fear, Tombstone

Hell's Kitchen Femme Fatales

Elektra, Typhoid Mary, Lady Bullseye, Black Cat

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I'll go meta on you: The Core Four, of the Core Four teams:

Avengers:

Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hawkeye

Defenders:

Hulk, Strange, Namor, Surfer

X-Men:

Cyke, Wolverine, Storm, Phoenix (/Jean)

Fantastic Four:

ahem.

Even though Namor and the Surfer are founding members of the Defenders, they honestly aren't all that important to the full history of the team. I'd go with Nighthawk and Valkyrie, and I'd even put in Hellcat before them.

Speaking of Nighthawk...

Squadron Supreme: Hyperion, Nighthawk, Whizzer, Spectrum

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Supernatural:

Ghost Rider/Doctor Strange/Blade/Mephisto

Cosmic:

Thanos/Adam Warlock/Silver Surfer/Living Tribunal

X-Men:

Wolverine/Magneto/Cyclops/Professor X

Avengers:

Iron Man/Captain America/Thor/Hawkeye

Who are you, and what did you do with Kostis?

Marvel Knights:

Punisher/Daredevil/Moon Knight/Spider-Man

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Supernatural:

Ghost Rider/Doctor Strange/Blade/Mephisto

Cosmic:

Thanos/Adam Warlock/Silver Surfer/Living Tribunal

X-Men:

Wolverine/Magneto/Cyclops/Professor X

Avengers:

Iron Man/Captain America/Thor/Hawkeye

Who are you, and what did you do with Kostis?

Marvel Knights:

Punisher/Daredevil/Moon Knight/Spider-Man

He took a vacation.....TO HIS DOOM! *insert evil laugh here*

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I'm surprised so many people are saying Xavier. I realize he's the guy with the dream and all, but being that he's not often on the front lines, I feel he's often not the "Star" of the X-Men brand.

Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm & Magneto... imo. Despite being a bland boxed set full of re-release... that's your core imo.

Some might Argue Jean over Storm, but I feel like Jean gets pushed to the background a lot. Her and Xavier got last billing in the 90s Cartoon. She used to struggle to get toys released for quite some time. She spends a lot of time being dead (especially in recent years). She often doesn't even get referred to by a catchy code name... despite having two. Storm is the more action-oriented, focal, iconic, poster girl of the team (literally, I'm pretty sure more Storm posters exist than Jean Grey posters)

If we split heroes and villains, Jean can replace Magneto. I truthfully don't feel X-Men Villains as a collective theme are iconic enough to support a themed boxed set (and that's coming from a mega-hardcore X-Men fan), but if pressed to pick four: Magneto, Juggernaut, Apocalypse & Mystique... somewhat ironically, while I feel that boxed set is the least likely of those I've mentioned to be made... it's the one that appeals to me most, lol. (Ah, to be a comic book nerd).

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