—DeathLet the games begin!
Appearing in "Gathering of Heroes!"
Featured Characters:
- Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast)
- Death (Unnamed)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Alpha Flight
- Avengers
- ⏴ Captain America (Steve Rogers) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Iron Man (Tony Stark) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- Thor (Odinson)
- ⏴ Wasp (Jan Van Dyne) ⏵
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
- Vision (Main story and recap)
- Wonder Man (Simon Williams) (Main story and recap)
- Defenders
- Eternals
- Fantastic Four
- Xaphan (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- House of Agon (Earth-616)
- Micronauts
- Soviet Super Soldiers
- X-Men
- Rangers
- Heroes for Hire
- ⏴ 3-D Man (Charles Chandler) ⏵
- Aguila (Alejandro Montoya)
- American Eagle (Jason Strongbow)
- ⏴ Ant-Man (Scott Lang) ⏵
- Aquarian (Wundarr)
- Arabian Knight (Abdul Qamar)
- Blitzkrieg (Franz Mittelstaedt) (First appearance)
- ⏴ Black Knight (Dane Whitman) ⏵
- Black Knight's horse (Valinor)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Main story and recap)
- ⏴ Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) ⏵
- Blue Shield (Joseph Cartelli)
- Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm)
- Captain Britain (Brian Baddock)
- Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol)
- Captain Universe (First appearance)
- Clea
- Collective Man (Han, Chang, Lin, Sun and Ho Tao-Yu) (First appearance)
- The Comet (Harris Moore)
- Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
- Dazzler (Alison Blaire)
- Defensor (Gabriel Sepulveda) (First appearance)
- Devil-Slayer (Eric Payne)
- Drax (Arthur Douglas)
- Doc Samson (Leonard Samson)
- ⏴ Doctor Druid (Tony Druid) ⏵
- Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson)
- Firelord (Pyreus Kril)
- Guardsman (Kevin O'Brien)
- Havok (Alex Summers)
- ⏴ Hawkeye (Clint Barton) ⏵ (Main story and recap)
- Her (Ayesha)
- Hercules (Main story and recap)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner)
- Jack of Hearts (John Hart)
- ⏴ Jocasta ⏵
- Karkas
- ⏴ Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) ⏵
- Living Mummy (N'Kantu)
- Machine Man (Aaron Stack)
- Mentor (A'Lars)
- Mockingbird (Bobby Morse)
- ⏴ Moondragon (Heather Douglas) ⏵
- Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
- Multiple Man (James Madrox)
- Namorita
- Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)
- Nova (Frankie Raye)
- Paladin
- Peregrine (Alain Racine) (First appearance)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane)
- Powerhouse (Rieg Davan)
- Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)
- Razorback (Buford Hollis)
- ⏴ Rom ⏵
- Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph)
- Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara)
- Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald) (First appearance)
- ⏴ She-Hulk (Jenn Walters) ⏵
- Shroud (Max Coleridge)
- Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) (Vision or hallucination)
- ⏴ Spider-Man (Peter Parker) ⏵
- Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)
- Star-Dancer (Shanga Fia Delph'goram)
- Starfox (Eros)
- Stingray (Walter Newell)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie)
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)
- Tagak
- Talisman (First appearance)
- Tamara Rahn
- Thundra
- ⏴ Tigra (Greer Nelson) ⏵
- ⏴ Torpedo (Brock Jones) ⏵
- Union Jack (Joseph Chapman)
- Venus (Aphrodite Ourania)
- Werewolf by Night (Jack Russell)
- Whizzer (Bob Frank)
- Yellowjacket (Henry "Hank" Pym) (Main story and recap)
- Zabu
- Lenin (Invoked)
- Elders of the Universe (Mentioned)
- The Collector (Taneleer Tivan) (Only in recap)
- Korvac (Michael Korvac) (Only in recap)
- Champions (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans
- Mutants
- Aliens
- Abstract Entities
- Cyborgs
- Inua-Human Hybrids
- Asgardians
- Synthezoids
- Human-Demon Hybrids
- Eternals
- Inhuman-Deviant Hybrids
- Demons
- Inhumans
- Inhuman Dogs
- Acroyears
- Homeworlders
- Insectivorids
- Dakkamites
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Human-Contraxian Hybrids
- Robots
- Deviants
- Galadorians
- Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Human-Otherworlder Hybrids
- Faltine Hybrids
- Xandarians
- Banari
- Olympians
- Werewolves
- Mummies
- Zhalla'Klans
- Titan Eternals
- Saber-tooth Tiger
- Wolves
- Winged Horses
- Zenn-Lavians (Vision or hallucination)
- Pigeons (Mentioned)
- Horses
Locations:
- Earth
- Asia
- Oceania
- Europe
- France
- Paris
- Eiffel Tower (Cameo)
- Paris
- United Kingdom
- England
- Northern Ireland (First appearance)
- Western Germany
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Russia
- Novaya Zemlya (First appearance)
- Leningrad (Mentioned)
- Moscow (Mentioned)
- Siberia (Mentioned)
- Ust-Ordynsky (Mentioned)
- Russia
- France
- North America
- Antarctica
- South America
- Wakanda, Africa (Mentioned)
- Earth Orbit
Items:
- Guardian's Battle-Suit
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Main story and recap)
- Iron Man Armor MK IV (Main story and recap)
- Mjolnir
- Wasp's Suit and Bio-Synthetic Wings
- Cat Suit
- Hellstorm's Trident
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Crimson Dynamo Armor Mark III
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor
- Wolverine's Suit
- Adamantium (from Wolverine's claws)
- Ant-Man's Suit and Helmet
- Black Knight Armor and Ebony Blade
- Panther Habit (Main story and recap)
- Black Widow's Gauntlets (Main story and recap)
- Captain Britain's Uniform and Amulet of Right
- Daredevil's Suit and Billy Club
- Moon Knight's Suit
- Shadow Cloak
- Cloak of Levitation
- Eye of Agamotto
- Falcon's Wings
- Firelord's Staff
- Guardsman Armor
- Hawkeye's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Quantum Bands
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Spider-Woman's Suit
- Stingray's Suit
- Torpedo Armor
- Yellowjacket's Suit (Main story and recap)
- Globe of Life
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "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 time to recover and wonder what’s going on, the Grandmaster introduces himself and his opponent to the group. The Grandmaster explains that he has made a deal with his opponent, who wishes to remain nameless, as each chooses twelve champions. If his team wins, the Grandmaster will be given the power to restore the life of his deceased brother, the Collector. If he loses, he forfeits his life as well. And if the heroes refuse to work along, Earth will remain in the stasis it is in now. The Grandmaster and his opponent explain the game rules. Each team must find four objects of life and death that are scattered on the four corners of the Earth. After the Grandmaster and his opponent have chosen their champions, they separate them into teams and send them to Earth.
Notes
- This is the very first Marvel limited series.
- The Collector was killed during the famed ‘Korvac Saga’ in the pages of the Avengers.
- At the end of the story, there is a quick overview of all current existing super-heroes of the time. This issue goes from hero names beginning with the letters A-K.
Trivia
- At the beginning of the story Iron Man and the Vision are shown jogging, which is peculiar because the armor does all the work for Tony and the Vision is an artificial android.
- First appearances of Blitzkrieg, Collective Man, Defensor, Talisman, Peregine and Shamrock. All of them represent their countries of origin.
See Also
- 6 image(s) from Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Vol 1 1
- 4 reprint(s) of Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Vol 1 1
Recommended Reading
- Avengers #170–177 (Korvac Saga).