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IronManFan
02/15/2003, 13:43
Here is a list of Marvel AEs to date, for those of you who are keeping track:

Thor <-> Enchantress
Mister Fantastic <-> Doctor Doom
Dr. Strange <-> Nightmare
Spider-Man <-> Hobgoblin
Wolverine <-> Sabretooth
Professor X <-> Magneto
Daredevil <-> Bullseye


It says right in the rulebook that a character can have multiple archenemies but this mechanic has yet to be utilized. One common complaint is that if someone like the say...the Green Goblin was released he'd be archenemies with both Spidey and Hobbie, which should really be the case. The two Goblins seldom met and they only fought once to the best of my knowledge. Wizkids could just say tough luck and get it as close as they can get it which means no all Goblin tournament teams. Or they could introduce a new rule that states that if two characters have the same team ability they are not archenemies even if they have the same color base. That would mean that Green Goblin and Hobgoblin could team up as long as they both have Sin Syn team abilities or something but since the Rookie Hobgoblin doesn't have the symbol (I think) he wouldn't be able to team up with GG.

For XPlosion we've seen the following AEs:

Spider-Man <-> ???
Iron Man <-> ???
Daredevil <-> ???

We don't know who the enemies are yet but if I had to venture a completely random guess I'd say Spider-Man might be AEs with Green Goblin or someone. I don't know who Iron Man's enemy would be...maybe someone like the Mandarin or Crimson Dynamo. Bullseye was Daredevil's first AE but his new AE should be someone he loved but who he couldn't get along with...like Elektra, but since we've already seen that she doesn't have an AE base maybe someone like...oh...I don't know...Typhoid Mary. (Actually Madame Masque would make a good IM AE for the same reason.) Also, I will allege that the new Hulk we have all seen would have an AE too. Maybe someone like Abomination or the Leader. Wouldn't it be cool if all of these guys came out. That would be something. But wouldn't it be cooler if instead of Webhead, Shellhead, Hornhead and Ol' Jade Jaws having one AE each in the next set, they had two each and Wizkids finally started using the multiple AE rules. I'm crossing my fingers.

Frank

T_Darksoul
02/15/2003, 14:10
Well you are somewhat right. We do have figs with multiple AE's they are called Sentinels and soon to be Sinestro. As far as the figs with the same team affiliation and AE bases we already have that. Magneto and Prof X but they are not allowed to be on the same team so I believe that we will not be seeing a change. Let's hope for some AE that can compete with each other.

Hobby is NO match for Spidey in the HC world. I would like to see a more even match up. But we will just have to wait and see.:p

bjmc1975
02/15/2003, 14:15
Spider-Man probably continues the HG AE status; I suspect Green Goblin will join in as well. Daredevil is probably still AE with Bullseye; I tend to think that color difference is simply due to the quality of the scan.

My guess for Iron Man would be Mandarin, or maybe Crimson Dynamo (who's "declassified" due to the marquee).

VanceMadrox
02/15/2003, 14:20
My house rules allows characters to have multiple AEs.

We just define the AE's in terms of the hero.

Spidey's AEs are hobgoblin and doc ock (house rule).

Hobgoblin and Doc Ock, even though treated as having the same color base, are not considered AEs.

Seems to be the easiest solution to me, and it's not too hard to remember.

Just my 2 cents.

Vance

nasburado
03/02/2003, 20:09
that would definatly work. SPidy needs green goblin and doc as arch enemies, it's just how it should be.

Symbiote8
03/02/2003, 20:18
im pretty sure the dd arch enemy is the hand ninja for some reason... i dunno, i don't know much about daredevil

Todosi
03/03/2003, 00:45
Daredevil's Archenemy in the new set is all of the Hand Ninjas, Iron man's is Mandarin, and I believe Spidey's is Green Goblin. Not sure on the last one though.

Todosi

X-Fan
03/03/2003, 22:37
Confirmed XP AE's:

Daredevil <-> Hand Ninja (both Close Combat & Ranged versions)
Spider-Man <-> Green Goblin
Iron Man <-> Mandarin
Hulk <-> The Leader

Batman1983
03/03/2003, 23:01
seems acurate to me

Weapon X AE of Lady Deathstrike?