(September 1999)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606047673 00111
Editing
Ruben Diaz (credited) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Hero vs. Hero-- --To Decide the Final Fate of the World! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Oscar Jimenez
Inks
Eduardo Alpuente ?
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush (signed as ATOMIC!)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Contest of Champions II (Marvel, 1999 series) #1
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Cover gallery

The Gathering (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Oscar Jimenez (credited)
Inks
Eduardo Alpuente (credited)
Colors
Atomic Paintbrush (credited) (digital color and 3-D rendering)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as RS); Albert Deschesne of Comicraft (credited as Comicraft's Albert Deschesne)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
About an hour's drive north of New York City...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Force: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie]; Domino [Neena Thurman]; Jesse Bedlam [Jesse Aaronson]; Meltdown [Tabitha Smith]; Moonstar; Proudstar; Siryn [Theresa Cassidy]; Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa]
Black Panther [T'Challa] (cameo); The Brood Queen [Imperiatrix]; Brother Royal; Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Deadpool [Wade Wilson] (cameo); Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Moon Knight [Marc Spector] (cameo); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Ricochet [Johnny Gallo] (cameo); Rogue [Anna Marie]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (cameo); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo); Badoon; The Coterie (first appearance); Sharon Carter (Coterie hologram); Yukio (Coterie hologram); Zuri (Coterie hologram); Alicia Masters (Coterie hologram); Ilyana Rasputin (Coterie hologram); Jane Foster (Coterie hologram); Mary Jane Parker (Coterie hologram); Emperiatrix; Cadet Durand; Sergeant-Major Harry Malone; Lady Mandarin (illusion)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The major superheroes are captured by the Badoon and infected with nanites to make them battle each other. Iron Man's armor makes him impervious, so he is sent into the arena first. He defeats Psylocke, but is beaten by X-Force.
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Indexer Notes

How the Brood Queen survived death in The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #166 is not explained.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hero vs. Hero-- --To Decide the Final Fate of the World!
  2. 1. The Gathering
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
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