Contest of Champions
#1
Contest of Champions #1
Cover AThe third contest takes place in a Japanese city between Thing, Wolverine and Peregrine vs. Black Panther, Angel and Vanguard. The Thing wins for the Grandmaster. The fourth contest takes place in the jungle between Captain America, Sasquatch and Blitzkrieg and Storm, Shamrock and Collective Man. Shamrock wins for the Grandmaster (?; See note below). Grandmaster is declared the winner and the Unknown, who Invisible Girl reveals to be Death, uses the Golden Globe of Life to resurrect the Collector but she uses the Grandmaster's life force to do so. The heroes are returned to earth.
Cover Date
August 1, 1999
On Sale Date
January 1, 1999
Pages
164
Cover Price
$17.95 / CA$27.50
Editor
Bob Harras
Barcode
978078510726251795
ISBN
0785107266
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Colorist
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Characters
Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Wasp; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Wonder Man; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Beast; Soviet Super Soldiers [Darkstar; Vanguard; Crimson Dynamo; Ursa Major]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]; Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Snowbird]; X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Quicksilver; Crystal; Gorgon; Karnak; Triton; Lockjaw]; Eternals [Makkari; Karkas; Sersi; Thena]; Power Man; Iron Fist; Dazzler; Hellcat; Valkyrie; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Daredevil; Moon Knight; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Dr. Strange; Devil-Slayer; Spider-Woman [Jessica Drew]; Machine Man; Jack Of Hearts; Quasar; Hulk; Doc Samson; Son of Satan; Thor; Red Wolf; Sunfire; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain Britain; Sabra; Collective Man; Arabian Knight; Nighthawk; She-Hulk; Hercules; Werewolf by Night; Falcon; Ant-Man [Scott Lang]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanov]; Gargoyle; Rom; Jocasta; Shroud; Dr. Druid; Stingray; Night Rider; Texas Twister; Torpedo; Moondragon; Brother Voodoo; Mockingbird; Tigra; Captain Ultra; Guardsman; Living Mummy; Firebird; Whizzer; Silver Surfer; Captain Universe; 3-D Man; Angel; Iceman; Peregrine [Alain Racine] (introduction); Talisman (introduction); Defensor [Gabriel Carlos Dantes Sepulveda] (introduction); Shamrock [Molly Fitzgerald] (introduction); Blitzkrieg [Franz Mittelstaedt] (introduction); Grandmaster (villain); The Unknown [Death] (villain); Red Ghost (villain); Gypsy Moth (villain); Stan Lee (cameo); Collector (cameo); Korvac (cameo)