Pop culture is gearing up for massive showdowns between iconic characters this year, most notably in the upcoming films Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War. However, nemeses, rivalries, duels, and all-out war have been the focus of popular mythology throughout its history, and this month’s LVL UP+, The VS Collection, pays homage to epic conflicts both current and past in some outstanding fashions and accessories.

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Subscribers to the Wearable this month received an exclusive Captain America / Iron Man long sleeve shirt designed by Red Chapter Clothing Company. This is an extremely supple and soft shirt that has a nice, comfortable, cut, and some artful lettering that will please optical illusion buffs, as it reads Iron Man if tou’re reading it one way, and Captain America if you’re reading it another. As usual, the LVL UP+ Wearable item is a class act that will not only get you a lot of looks, it might also trip some people out with a double take when they realize the lettering is an ambigram that carries a double message.

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Subscribers to the T-Shirt this month received an exclusive “You Sank My Battleship!” T-shirt made by Super7. This is a cool shirt to wear not only for board gamers, but also for the fashion element, as the faithful three dimensional rendering of game pieces—that many have imprinted in their memory from childhood—pop out from your chest into the world, and bear the message that you were born to play games.

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The LVL UP+ Socks subscription was really exciting this month, as the lucky subscribers got two contrasting pairs of socks, both made by Bioworld: exclusive Mario & Bowser socks and exclusive Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. vs Hydra casual crew socks. The former socks have Mario on one side and Bowser on the other of each foot, but the latter pair are in a more direct opposition, with one foot Hydra and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. Both pairs of socks have vivid designs, with the Mario and Bowser pair so brightly colored that they could (and probably will) be displayed in a case by Nintendo collectors.

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The Accessories subscribers, as usual, got more excitement and joy this month as they opened two great pieces from Bioworld: the exclusive Batman V Superman Bestie Necklace Set, and exclusive Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman hair ties. Now, you could split this awesome necklace set with your bestie, but wearing them both will look pretty great too. And the hairties are excellent for both the ubernerd that wants to display proudly their favorite hero icons on literally everything that they wear or for the undercover nerd that wants to slyly get their fandom past their school or workplace dress code.

As I noted a few months ago, LVL UP+ has their game face on for their first year’s collections, and every month you wait to subscribe, you are missing out on some unique and fashionable clothes with curated themes that you will love. To subscribe to LVL UP+, follow this link.