Continuing the countdown of my Ten FAVORITE pieces released in 2010:
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#6 are those eternal super-buddies…
Super Buddies are better than the slackers they appear to be.
Blue Beetle and Booster Gold (The Brave and The Bold #052)
WHY I WANT TO PLAY THEM EVERY WEEK:
It’s Blue and Gold! The funnest duo in comics, bar none, hearkening to a more innocent time in comics, when the body count wasn’t so relentless.
I DONT PLAY THEM EVERY WEEK BECAUSE:
As with Cookie Manhunter yesterday, I don’t consider JLI that often. And also like him, Booster and Beetle are so essential to the theme — both in spirit and in playability, thanks to one of their SPs — that I simply won’t play it without them.
I’M PLAYING THEM AGAIN:
On the next JLI team. I also need to consider them the next time I play a duo, as their Super Buddies SP benefits the double-fisted ability.
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5 is his royal majesty, monarch of Planet X…
"I AM GROOT!!!"
Groot!!
WHY I WANT TO PLAY HIM EVERY WEEK:
HE IS GROOT!
(Translation: I love the Guardians of the Galaxy, as a simple term search of this blog will reveal. He’s literally the biggest member and the last to be made. He’s powerful and effective and great fun to play shouting his trademark “I AM GROOT” catchphrase with his every action.)
I DON’T PLAY HIM EVERY WEEK BECAUSE:
HE IS GROOT!!!!
(Translation: His point value throws off the Guardians’ build totals on many point levels, especially in Modern Age with the new — and, IMO, essential — Alternate Team Ability. And I really hate to leave characters off simply to make room for Groot, or vice versa.)
I’M PLAYING HIM AGAIN BECAUSE:
HE IS GROOT!!!!!!
(Translation: I’ll fit him onto smaller — or larger — GotG builds anyway, as well as Ruler and Monster teams.)
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Tomorrow: Two more ridiculous Spider-Man-related pieces from my youth.