Contest of Champions

Contest of Champions

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Official Name

Contest of Champions

Aliases

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions

Universe

Earth-616

Event Details

Creators

Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant, Bill Mantlo, John Romita Jr.

Locations

Somewhere in the Cosmos

Characters

Heroes

Alpha Flight, Avengers, Defenders, Eternals, Fantastic Four, Inhumans, X-Men, Soviet Super Soldiers, Heroes for Hire, Rangers

Villains

Grandmaster, Death

Others

Collector

Event Synopsis

The heroes of earth are abducted and transported to a large ship. The mystified heroes pondered how all of them got there. The Grandmaster and Death introduced themselves as the reason the heroes were captured. The reason the Grandmaster was playing was to restore life to his recently deceased brother, The Collector. Death could restore life to his dead brother. Both entities chose twelve players. Grandmaster chose Captain America, Talisman, Wolverine, She-Hulk, The Thing, Daredevil,

Part 1: "Gathering of Heroes!" The Grandmaster and his unnamed opponent kidnap every known hero away from Earth. They send them to a specially made arena. After the heroes get some..more..	Part 2: "Frenzy in the Frozen North!" FIRST CONTEST: Six heroes in two teams are teleported to a frozen wasteland above the sea, in order to find a quarter of a golden globe. They..more..	Part 3: "Siege in the City of the Dead!" ..more..

Notes

• Death was called "The Unknown" throughout the series.
  
  

Trivia

• This is the very first Marvel limited series.
  
  

See Also

• Pages referring to the "Contest of Champions" event

• Media "Contest of Champions" was Mentioned in
• Images showing "Contest of Champions"
• Event Gallery: Contest of Champions

Links and References

• None.

Footnotes