In Year 2, Heroclix expanded quite a bit by adding 4 more sets to the overall Heroclix pantheon: Xplosion, the first set focused mainly on X-team characters, Cosmic Justice, DC’s offering of space faring heroes and random villains, Critical Mass, a nice mix of Spider-Man , Monsters and other assorted characters and Indyclix, a conglomeration of several independent comic book houses joining forces like Dark Horse, 2000 AD, and others. Here are my personal 5 favorites from this time period:

#5 022 Destiny (Xplosion, Rookie version 20 points)

As I mentioned before, I was a big Brotherhood guy, loved building teams of that group and in these early days, there were quite a few of them; this lady in powder blue was a perfect piece to complement these rogue mutants. As you can see, she does one thing; Prob. Once you lost that, she was left for dead but at 20 points, was the perfect addition.

*Vet Scorpion from the same set almost took this spot because I’m a big fan of that character but he just doesn’t do as much as she did*

#4 Cosmic Justice #221 Green Lantern (LE, 151 points)

So, I don’t have this piece anymore, but I mailed away for it back in the day and it was so cool to get in the mail. I could never determine exactly what Lantern it was (either Hal or John) but just the translucent green was always sweet. I didn’t do a lot with him bedsides carry and then try to shoot down someone but really my first introduction to the GL team ability which if you don’t know, let’s you carry up to 8 characters at once!!

#3 Critical Mass #070 Venom (Rookie, 55 points)

What a sculpt! A lot of fans were waiting on Venom and he was finally here. I, myself, was only able to pull the Rookie version but I was always happy with him; that leading perplex, plus able to go anywhere and pick up a weapon on your way! If the values were better, he’d still be playable today with this power set!

#2 Cosmic Justice #088 Amazo (Unique, 195 points)

This was my go to bruiser back in the day! I didn’t have a lot of them but I got lucky and pulled this Unique (which were the harder to get figures) and just couldn’t stop using him. Whether you ran in with a heavy object and smacked your opponent for big damage or just ran up and shot him from a stayed position for large damage, he could hurt you any way he needed to.

#1 Indyclix #033 Arashi (Veteran, 54 points)

I don’t know what it is about this guy (besides his cool martial arts pose) that attracted me to him but even when my collection was stolen, I made sure to get him back. He’s just a fun 50 point guy who I would always run up and just base someone with , having Super Senses (which seems to be the best evasion power for me) and Blades someone. I’ve always gotten mileage out of him and he keeps his Blades for a while so you always had a shot at using it. Big Fan and my favorite Indyclix piece.