Contest of Champions II Vol 1 4

Contest of Champions II Vol 1 #4 Published November, 1999 Editor-in-Chief Bob Harras "Final Cut (Round 4)" Writer Chris Claremont Penciler Michael Ryan Inker John Livesay Raymond Kryssing Colourist Atomic Paintbrush Letterer Richard Starkings Albert Deschesne Editor Ruben Diaz Previous Issue Next Issue Contest of Champions II #3 Contest of Champions II #5

Deadpool	Was that a dive, or was that a dive?!
Daredevil	If so--consider me the East German judge!
Deadpool	Plagiarist! Oblique, obscure, irreverent and irrelevent references are my trademarked shtick!
Daredevil	Only if they're properly published in the federal register.
Deadpool	Poltroon! Pedant! you try to trump Deadpool on a legal technicality? And a pretty good one, too.

Appearing in "Final Cut (Round 4)"

Featured Characters:

• Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
• Lockdown (Jomo Kimanye)
• Rosetta (Rosetta Stone)
• X-Men
  • Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
  • Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
  • Wolverine ("Logan") (Skrull Impostor)
  • Rogue
• Avengers
  • Iron Man (Tony Stark)
  •  Captain America (Steve Rogers) 
  • Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
  • Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
  • Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
  • Wasp (Jan van Dyne)
  • Black Panther (T'Challa)
  • Hercules
  • Thor
• Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
•  Deadpool (Wade Wilson) 
• Thing (Ben Grimm)
• Phoenix (Jean Grey)

Supporting Characters:

• Beast (Hank McCoy)
• Hulk (Bruce Banner)
• Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin)
•  Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 

Antagonists:

• Brood
  • Brood Queen

Other Characters:

• X-Force
  • Domino
  • Sunspot (Bobby da Costa)
  • Proudstar (Jimmy Proudstar)
  • Moonstar (Dani Moonstar)

Locations:

Items:

• Daredevil's Billy Club
• Mjolnir
• Black Widow's Gauntlets
• Iron Man Armor Model 16
• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters
• Captain America's Energy Shield
• Captain America's Uniform
• Hawkeye's Bow

Vehicles:

• Night Cruiser
  
  

Synopsis for "Final Cut (Round 4)"

The Contest continues to narrow down the mightiest heroes. Deadpool beats Daredevil but has no chance when he has to go up against the Hulk. Black Widow takes out all of X-Force but then is immediately overpowered by Thor. Jean Grey, up against the Thing on the Blue Area of the Moon, lures her opponent beyond its artificial atmosphere to incapacitate him. Spider-Man outmaneuvers Domino. Captain America comes out the victor against Black Panther, but seemingly only because the Panther is becoming aware of his altered state and is preoccupied with struggling against it.

In the Acanti jungle, Iron Man's group continues to rescue and round up the other losers, restoring them with his rapidly replicating nanites. Meanwhile in the Brood lab, a mesmerized Rogue is led in for the next phase of the Queen's plan. When Rogue and the Brood Queen come in contact, the restrained Shadowcat briefly hopes it will backfire with only the power-draining mutant left standing. Unfortunately, while the Queen's body collapses, her voice in Rogue's form confirms which personality won dominance.

During the bout between Wolverine and Gambit, a rematch of sorts for the time Gambit humiliated Wolverine in the Danger Room, Rogue pays them a visit on the battlefield. Wolverine can sense the Brood Queen in her and tries to fight, but leaves himself open to Gambit's coup de grace. Teleporting back to the main arena, Rogue gathers and congratulates the seven other finalists of the Contest: Scarlet Witch, Hulk, Thor, Phoenix, Captain America, Spider-Man, and Gambit, all fully in nanite-induced thrall. Hidden up in the rafters, one other hero apparently lost in the shuffle, Hawkeye, takes aim at the suspiciously-behaving Rogue.

Notes

• The Deadpool/Daredevil fight was one of the matches decided by vote on Marvel's website.

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Links and References

• plot summary at uncannyxmen.net

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