Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions
(Marvel, 1982, 1999, 2015)
™ and ©1982 Marvel Entertainment Group
1982’s Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions began when every living super-hero was abruptly snatched from Earth and taken to a stadium in space. They had been called there to settle a bet between a powerful being known as the Grandmaster and a cloaked adversary called “the Unknown.” The super-heroes were to divide into teams and search for the four pieces of the Golden Globe of Life, hidden in various places around the planet. If the Grandmaster’s team won, the Unknown would be forced to resurrect the Grandmaster’s dead brother. If the Grandmaster lost, the Unknown would claim the Grandmaster’s life.
This three-issue title was one of Marvel’s first limited series. It served as an excuse to introduce several minor super-heroes such as Le Peregrine and Talisman. As a bonus, it included an index to Marvel characters major and minor à la the Marvel Universe handbooks.
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Jun 1982
Cover: $0.60
W: Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant · A: John Romita Jr.
1st Appearance of Blitzkrieg; 1st appearance of Collective Man; 1st appearance of Le Peregrine; 1st appearance of Shamrock; 1st appearance of Talisman I; Alpha Flight
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Newsstand Edition with cover by John Romita Jr
Jun 1982
Cover: $0.60
W: Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant · A: John Romita Jr.
1st Appearance of Blitzkrieg; 1st appearance of Collective Man; 1st appearance of Le Peregrine; 1st appearance of Shamrock; 1st appearance of Talisman I; Alpha Flight
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Jul 1982
Cover: $0.60
W: Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant · A: John Romita Jr.
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Aug 1982
Cover: $0.60
W: Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant · A: John Romita Jr.
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Newsstand Edition with cover by Ed Hannigan
Aug 1982
Cover: $0.60
W: Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant · A: John Romita Jr.
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Cover: $7.99
W: Bill Mantlo, Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant · A: John Romita Jr., Bob Layton
Collecting Marvel Super Hero Contest Of Champions #1-3; ca. 2015