The Avengers' Most Overlooked Member Could Be Their Most Effective

Underrated Avengers hero Blue Marvel is one of their best. Dr. Adam Brashear gained powers from a Negative Reactor explosion. This lets him absorb and manipulate matter and energy.

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Thanos #2's Battle with Christopher Cantwell, Luca Pizzari, Ruth Redmond, and VC's Cory Petit shows his power. The underrated super-genius joined Marvel's Illuminati with Emma Frost, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and Mister Fantastic.

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In recent episodes, the Illuminati have protected Roberta Marshall, a young Thanos target, as Mistress Death. Blue Marvel handles crises well.

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The issue's opening implies the Illuminati know Roberta's true identity before the twist. The situation is "complicated" (Reed Richards' words last issue), but no one wants to explain it now.

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Protect Roberta from a rampaging Thanos and disable his terrifying spaceship's weapons system. The super-genius launches into space after Reed gives Blue Marvel the mission.

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Taking the ship's first Starburster Cannon shot, Adam supercharges Blue Marvel. Weapons are destroyed by absorbed energies. After entering the ship, he kills Thanos' crew easily and finds the tractor beam controls.

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Thanos launched Fresno, but Blue Marvel retrieves it. Though rarely used in Marvel stories and comics, the former Mighty Avengers member is useful. Thanos defeats his teammates on Earth, but Blue Marvel helps from space.

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This story shows how fresh Blue Marvel is considering his Marvel debut. Because she took Thanos' best shot, Avengers writers should use Blue Marvel more.

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The Avengers' Most Overlooked Member Could Be Their Most Effective

Underrated Avengers hero Blue Marvel is one of their best. Dr. Adam Brashear gained powers from a Negative Reactor explosion. This lets him absorb and manipulate matter and energy.

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Thanos #2's Battle with Christopher Cantwell, Luca Pizzari, Ruth Redmond, and VC's Cory Petit shows his power. The underrated super-genius joined Marvel's Illuminati with Emma Frost, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and Mister Fantastic.

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In recent episodes, the Illuminati have protected Roberta Marshall, a young Thanos target, as Mistress Death. Blue Marvel handles crises well.

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The issue's opening implies the Illuminati know Roberta's true identity before the twist. The situation is "complicated" (Reed Richards' words last issue), but no one wants to explain it now.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Protect Roberta from a rampaging Thanos and disable his terrifying spaceship's weapons system. The super-genius launches into space after Reed gives Blue Marvel the mission.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Taking the ship's first Starburster Cannon shot, Adam supercharges Blue Marvel. Weapons are destroyed by absorbed energies. After entering the ship, he kills Thanos' crew easily and finds the tractor beam controls.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Thanos launched Fresno, but Blue Marvel retrieves it. Though rarely used in Marvel stories and comics, the former Mighty Avengers member is useful. Thanos defeats his teammates on Earth, but Blue Marvel helps from space.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━

This story shows how fresh Blue Marvel is considering his Marvel debut. Because she took Thanos' best shot, Avengers writers should use Blue Marvel more.

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