CONTEST OF THE CHAMPIONS

Contest of Champions • Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions (1982)

11982/06CCA Marvel Unlimited 
Front coverJohn Romita Jr., Bob Layton
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Ti:A gathering of heroes!21
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-Bob Layton, John Romita Jr.   I/F-Bob Layton, Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Patricia DeFalco, Andrew Yanchus   Ed-Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald   E-i-C-James Charles Shooter
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TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Infos and statsMarvel Super Heroes - 1982 (from Acroyear to Karnak with a brief description of each)?2
21982/07CCA Marvel Unlimited 
Front coverJohn Romita Jr., Bob Layton
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Ti:First contest: Frenzy in the frozen north!12
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Christie Scheele, Michele Wolfman   Ed-Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald   E-i-C-James Charles Shooter
Rm:Sunfire, Invisible Girl, Iron Fist vs. Talisman, Daredevil, Darkstar; There is one additional page with the recap/intro and the credits.
Ch:Daredevil (Matthew Murdock), Darkstar (Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna), Invisible Woman (Susan Richards), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand-K'ai), Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida), Talisman (I)
Rp:Reprinted in ...
Ti:Second contest: Ghost town showdown!9
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Christie Scheele, Michele Wolfman
Ch:Arabian Knight (Abdul Qamar), Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), Defensor (Gabriel Sepulveda), Iron Man (Anthony Stark), Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph), She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Iron Man, Sabra, Arabian Knight vs. She-Hulk, Captain Britain, Defensor
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TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Infos and statsMarvel Super Heroes - 1982 (from Karkas to Vision with a brief description of each)?2
31982/08CCA Marvel Unlimited 
Front coverEdward Hannigan, Allen Milgrom
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Ti:Third contest: Siege in the city of the dead!9
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Carl Gafford, Don Warfield   Ed-Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald   E-i-C-James Charles Shooter
Rm:Thing, Wolverine, Peregrine vs. Black Panther, Angel, Vanguard; There is one additional page with the recap/intro and the credits.
Ch:Angel (Warren Worthington III), Black Panther (T'Challa), Peregrine (Alain Racine), Thing (Benjamin Grimm), Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko), Wolverine (James Howlett)
Rp:Reprinted in ...
Ti:Fourth contest: Struggle in the jungle!7
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Carl Gafford, Don Warfield
Rm:Storm, Shamrock, Collective Man vs. Captain America, Sasquatch, Blitzkrieg
Ch:Blitzkrieg (Franz Mittelstaedt), Captain America (Steven Rogers), Collective Man (Hang, Tao-Yu), Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski), Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald), Storm (Ororo Munroe)
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Ti:Winner takes none!6
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Carl Gafford, Don Warfield
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TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Infos and statsMarvel Super Heroes - 1982 (from Wasp to Wonder Man with a brief description of each, followed by lists of inactive super heroes, honor roll of the deceased, super heroes of other worlds and other times, quasi-heroes)?2

Contest of Champions II (1999)

UPC: 7-59606-04767-3

11999/09CCA Marvel Unlimited$2.50
Front coverOscar Jiménez?
UPC: 7-59606-04767-3-00111 / Marvel Preview
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Ti:The gathering23
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Iron Man* - Psylocke (Lady Mandarin): IM electrocutes P
  • Iron Man - X-Force* (Cannonball, Moonstar, Sunspot, Meltdown, Proudstar, Siryn, Bedlam, Domino): Bedlam disrupts IM's armor, Domino kicks him out
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Feature(s)

TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 9: The blind refereeChris Giarrusso¼
21999/09CCA Marvel Unlimited$2.50
Front coverOscar Jiménez?
UPC: 7-59606-04767-3-00211 / Marvel Preview
1
Ti:Process of elimination22
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Human Torch* - Spider-Woman III (Mattie Franklin): HT traps SW in a whirlwind of flame
  • Mr. Fantastic - Hulk*: H breathes(!) in Mr.F and spits him out
  • Human Torch* - She-Hulk: HT dehydrates SH
  • Human Torch - Storm*: HT gives up, because he does not want to kill Storm to win
; There is one additional page with the recap/intro, the title and the credits.
Rp:Reprinted in ...
Feature(s)

TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 11: Why Thanos must destroy the universeChris Giarrusso¼
31999/10CCA Marvel Unlimited$2.50
Front coverOscar Jiménez?
UPC: 7-59606-04767-3-00311 / Marvel Preview
1
Ti:Culling the herd22
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente   L-Liz Agraphiotis, Comicraft, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Cable - Scarlet Witch*: SW puts the hex on C, but maybe C gives up (as he realizes that the contest is a trick)
  • New Warriors* (Nova, Namorita, Bolt, Turbo, Aegis, Speedball) - Slingers: NW win a game of basket ball
  • Beast - Spider-Man*
  • Domino* - Power Man II (Luke Cage)
  • Hawkeye* - Wasp
  • Colossus - Iron Fist*
  • Daredevil* - Firestar
  • Phoenix* - Justice
  • Gambit* - Quicksilver
  • Black Panther* - New Warriors
  • Wonder Man - Black Widow*
  • Deadpool* - Generation X
  • Invisible Woman* - Iron Fist
  • Thor* - Storm: T sucks the breath out of Storm
; There is one additional page with the recap/intro, the title and the credits.
Rp:Reprinted in ...
Feature(s)

TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 18: All the girls like ThorChris Giarrusso¼
41999/11CCA Marvel Unlimited$2.50
Front coverOscar Jiménez?
UPC: 7-59606-04767-3-00411 / Marvel Preview
1
Ti:Final cut22
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Michael Ryan   I/F-Raymond Kryssing, John Livesay   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Daredevil - Deadpool*: DP tricks DD
  • Black Window* - X-Force
  • Thor* - Black Widow: T electrocutes BW
  • Phoenix* - Thing: P suffocates T
  • Hulk* - Deadpool: Hulk smash!
  • Spider-Man* - Domino: SM webs up D
  • Black Panther - Captain America*: BP is out of balance
  • Gambit* - Wolverine: Rogue turns the fight in G's favor
; There is one additional page with the recap/intro, the title and the credits.
Rp:Reprinted in ...
Feature(s)

TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 22: Spidey meets Eddie BrockChris Giarrusso¼
51999/11CCA Marvel Unlimited$2.50
Front coverOscar Jiménez?
UPC: 7-59606-04767-3-00511 / Marvel Preview
1
Ti:Victory!23
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez, Michael Ryan   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente, John Livesay   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Gambit* - Hawkeye
  • Rogue (possessed by the Brood Queen) takes out Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man, Hulk, the Scarlet Witch and Phoenix in a surprise attack. Then she fights a lot of other heroes, but is almost defeated by Lockdown.
  • The final battle is Rogue - Warbird*. W wins, as the Brood Queen leaves R fearing W might kill her.
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Feature(s)

TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Fun/GameBullpen Bits 24: The advantages of the black costumeChris Giarrusso¼
Add onThe Fast Lane 1/4: Media blitz! (Spider-Man)Glenn Herdling, Gregg Schigiel, Richard Case, Chris Dickey, Paul Mounts, Michael Stewart, Steve Behling8

Contest of Champions II TPB (2002)

12002/01 $14.95
BkCr:AsiEd-Matthew Ryan   CollEd-Ben Abernathy   E-i-C-Joe Quesada   Dsgn-Mikhail Bortnik   Prod-Jessica Schwartz   Pres-Bill Jemas   Manufacturing-Bernadette Thomas
Front coverMichael Ryan, Ted Pertzborn, Udon Studios1
Ti:The gathering23
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Iron Man* - Psylocke (Lady Mandarin): IM electrocutes P
  • Iron Man - X-Force* (Cannonball, Moonstar, Sunspot, Meltdown, Proudstar, Siryn, Bedlam, Domino): Bedlam disrupts IM's armor, Domino kicks him out
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions II #1
Ti:Process of elimination22
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Human Torch* - Spider-Woman III (Mattie Franklin): HT traps SW in a whirlwind of flame
  • Mr. Fantastic - Hulk*: H breathes(!) in Mr.F and spits him out
  • Human Torch* - She-Hulk: HT dehydrates SH
  • Human Torch - Storm*: HT gives up, because he does not want to kill Storm to win
; There is one additional page with the recap/intro and the credits.
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions II #2
Ti:Culling the herd22
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente   L-Liz Agraphiotis, Comicraft, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Cable - Scarlet Witch*: SW puts the hex on C, but maybe C gives up (as he realizes that the contest is a trick)
  • New Warriors* (Nova, Namorita, Bolt, Turbo, Aegis, Speedball) - Slingers: NW win a game of basket ball
  • Beast - Spider-Man*
  • Domino* - Power Man II (Luke Cage)
  • Hawkeye* - Wasp
  • Colossus - Iron Fist*
  • Daredevil* - Firestar
  • Phoenix* - Justice
  • Gambit* - Quicksilver
  • Black Panther* - New Warriors
  • Wonder Man - Black Widow*
  • Deadpool* - Generation X
  • Invisible Woman* - Iron Fist
  • Thor* - Storm: T sucks the breath out of Storm
; There is one additional page with the recap/intro and the credits.
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions II #3
Ti:Final cut22
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Michael Ryan   I/F-Raymond Kryssing, John Livesay   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Daredevil - Deadpool*: DP tricks DD
  • Black Window* - X-Force
  • Thor* - Black Widow: T electrocutes BW
  • Phoenix* - Thing: P suffocates T
  • Hulk* - Deadpool: Hulk smash!
  • Spider-Man* - Domino: SM webs up D
  • Black Panther - Captain America*: BP is out of balance
  • Gambit* - Wolverine: Rogue turns the fight in G's favor
; There is one additional page with the recap/intro and the credits.
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions II #4
Ti:Victory!23
Cr:W-Christopher Claremont   P/L-Oscar Jiménez, Michael Ryan   I/F-Eduardo Alpuente, John Livesay   L-Comicraft, Albert Deschesne, Richard Starkings   C-Atomic Paintbrush   Ed-Ruben Diaz   E-i-C-Bob Harras
Rm:See Details  

The fighters of the individual battles, winners are marked with *.

  • Gambit* - Hawkeye
  • Rogue (possessed by the Brood Queen) takes out Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man, Hulk, the Scarlet Witch and Phoenix in a surprise attack. Then she fights a lot of other heroes, but is almost defeated by Lockdown.
  • The final battle is Rogue - Warbird*. W wins, as the Brood Queen leaves R fearing W might kill her.
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions II #5
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TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Text with art/photosUnfinished Business (with mini-illustrations)Robert Greenberger4

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions TPB (2015)

12015/12T$7.99
BkCr:AsiEd-Sarah Brunstad   CollEd-Mark D. Beazley   AsiManEd-Joseph Hochstein   AsoManEd-Alex Starbuck   EdSpecProj-Jennifer Grünwald   SenEdSpecProj-Jeff Youngquist   E-i-C-Axel Alonso   ChiCreOff-Joe Quesada   Rsrch-Jeph C. York   Dsgn-Adam Del Re   Prod-ColorTek   ExecProd-Alan Fine   Pub-Dan Buckley   Layout-Jeph York   SVP Print Sales and Marketing-David Gabriel   Special Thanks-Terry Austin, Cory Sedlmeier
Front coverJohn Romita Jr., Bob Layton
Reprints cover of Contest of Champions #1 / ISBN: 978-0-785-19447-7 / Marvel Preview
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Ti:A gathering of heroes!?
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-Bob Layton, John Romita Jr.   I/F-Bob Layton, Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Patricia DeFalco, Andrew Yanchus   Ed-Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald   E-i-C-James Charles Shooter
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions #1
Ti:First contest: Frenzy in the frozen north!?
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Christie Scheele, Michele Wolfman   Ed-Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald   E-i-C-James Charles Shooter
Rm:Sunfire, Invisible Girl, Iron Fist vs. Talisman, Daredevil, Darkstar
Ch:Daredevil (Matthew Murdock), Darkstar (Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna), Invisible Woman (Susan Richards), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand-K'ai), Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida), Talisman (I)
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions #2
Ti:Second contest: Ghost town showdown!?
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Christie Scheele, Michele Wolfman
Ch:Arabian Knight (Abdul Qamar), Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), Defensor (Gabriel Sepulveda), Iron Man (Anthony Stark), Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph), She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters), Iron Man, Sabra, Arabian Knight vs. She-Hulk, Captain Britain, Defensor
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions #2
Ti:Third contest: Siege in the city of the dead!?
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Carl Gafford, Don Warfield   Ed-Tom DeFalco, Mark Gruenwald   E-i-C-James Charles Shooter
Rm:Thing, Wolverine, Peregrine vs. Black Panther, Angel, Vanguard
Ch:Angel (Warren Worthington III), Black Panther (T'Challa), Peregrine (Alain Racine), Thing (Benjamin Grimm), Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko), Wolverine (James Howlett)
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions #3
Ti:Fourth contest: Struggle in the jungle!?
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Carl Gafford, Don Warfield
Rm:Storm, Shamrock, Collective Man vs. Captain America, Sasquatch, Blitzkrieg
Ch:Blitzkrieg (Franz Mittelstaedt), Captain America (Steven Rogers), Collective Man (Hang, Tao-Yu), Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski), Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald), Storm (Ororo Munroe)
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions #3
Ti:Winner takes none!?
Cr:W-Steven D. Grant, Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo   P/L-John Romita Jr.   I/F-Pablo Marcos   L-Joe Rosen   C-Carl Gafford, Don Warfield
Rp:Reprint from Contest of Champions #3
Feature(s)

TypeTitleCreditsPgs.
Cover galleryContest of Champions #1John Romita Jr., Bob Layton1

Marvel Contest of Champions (HC): The Art of the Battlerealm (Titan Books) (2019)

12019/02 $39.95
Front cover?
ISBN: 978-1-785-65955-3
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Ti:??
Cr:W-Paul Davies

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