A month ago, I looked at what DC characters I'd like to see Heroclix of who hadn't received a figure thus far. This month it's Marvel's turn. There's more than 5 characters, but I may be able to group them into five categories. I don't have any idea if any of these characters are likely to receive the honor anytime soon. The next Marvel set is supposed to be X-Men themed. or mutant-themed, I forget which.
Guardians of the Galaxy: I'm mostly interested in the Abnett/Lanning version, and there's only two that haven't been hooked up: Jack Flag and Cosmo. Jack ought to be pretty easy to represent. Charge and Leap/Climb for movement, Super-Strength for attack, Toughness and Combat Reflexes on defense. Nothing spectacular, but a solid secondary attacker. Cosmo, would be more of a ranged attack piece. Mind Control, Telekinesis, Incapacitate, Psychic Blast, maybe Barrier and Super Senses for defense, probably some Outwit. Since he's a dog, you could throw Blades/Claws/Fangs, though I can't remember Cosmo actually biting anyone seriously so far.
If you're more into the original GotG, Charlie-27 and Martinex still need to be represented. If the '90s version is your preference, Nikki and some of the later additions to the team could be selected (though Rita DeMara, the female Yellowjacket who came back to the future with them from the 20th Century, does have her own figure. It's from an old set, though.) And there's Deathcry, who was on Star-Lord's team in the early stages of Annihilation: Conquest. They weren't the Guardians of the Galaxy then, but one could throw her in, if they wanted
Great Lakes Avengers: Well, here are some mutants. There are three members of the team that have figures, but it's Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Deadpool, and "Great Lakes Avenger" is probably not the description most people think of when it comes to those three. Why not Bertha, Flatman, Doorman, and the rest? They produced the entire U-Foes roster in Web of Spider-Man. I'm not sure how they'll capture Squirrel Girl's ability to defeat anyone, while still representing her powers relatively accurately, though. I'm not sure of the best way to represent Mr. Immortal, either. They did give the most recent Wolverine figure a power to regain health every turn, so maybe give Mr. Immortal that, since he's hard to keep down, even if he's not hard to hit?
New Warriors: There's two members from the Nicieza/Bagley run still waiting for their turn: Rage and Silhouette. Rage shouldn't be hard, the standard "brick clix", maybe ramp up his attack and damage values as he gets beaten up, since I think he got stronger as he grew angrier. Sil would be another close combat attacker, but more of the kind you keep on the periphery, picking off opponents at the edges, while Rage is in the middle of things. I think one of the older Batman figures has a power (Out of the Shadows) that could represent her ability to merge with shadows for traveling from place to place, and there used to be a feat (Camouflage) that characters with Shape Change could use so you couldn't shoot at them if they were adjacent to blocking terrain, which would represent her melting into shadows to avoid attacks.
X-Factor: The original bunch are well-represented. No surprise there, since they're the original five X-Men too. I think all of the crew from Peter David's first run have figures as well, though it's been awhile since Havok or Polaris had new ones. The current detective agency crew is short a few pieces, namely no Siryn or Monet. Rictor's never had a figure, either, powered or depowered. I thought Layla had a bystander token (basically a pog that people used to fill out teams, or to suit their desire to make things comic accurate), but I can't find any sign of it. These are some mutants they might actually make for the next set, assuming they don't load up the set with five versions each of Wolverine and Cyclops.
Triathlon, Stacy X: I can't imagine there are many other folk clamoring for either of these two (especially Stacy), but they'd both fill out some teams I want to run. Triathlon's a member of Atlas now, and I'd run a "Joe Casey's Uncanny X-Men" team. All the other members - Wolverine, Iceman, Archangel w/bird wings, Nightcrawler, Chamber - are available.
The thing I like is that even though none of these are big name characters, I can entertain the notion they might get made. I wouldn't have expected Lionheart to get selected either, but it happened in the Avengers set. I was probably one of a handful of people actually happy about that, but they released a Thunderstrike in that set as well, and I know that made at least one of the guys I played against happy as well. I don't know how many of the creators are fans, but they seem to embrace that idea that all characters are somebody's favorite. And even if you don't care for a particular character, they might still be part of a team you want to field, or have an interesting dial you'd find useful in matches.
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