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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published November 1999
Cover Price 2.50
Pages 44
Editing Ruben Diaz (editor); Bob Harras (editor in chief)

Cover Details

Characters Rogue vs. Warbird.
Genre superhero
Pencils Oscar Jimenez (?)
Inks Eduardo Alpuente (?)

23 page Contest of Champions II story "Victory!"

Characters Black Widow, Captain America, Cyclops, Deadpool, Gambit, Hawkeye, Hulk, Iron Man, Phoenix, Psylocke, Rogue, Scarlet Witch, Shadowcat, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Thing, Thor, Warbird; GS: Lockdown, Rosetta Stone; V: Badoon, Brother Royal, Brood, Brood Queen.
Synopsis Gambit defeats Hawkeye. Iron Man and Rosetta Stone rescue Shadowcat and Warbird. Rogue, possessed by the Brood Queen, confronts all the remaining heroes. Warbird defeats Rogue, and Shadowcat and Rosetta Stone send the heroes home.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Oscar Jimenez and Michael Ryan
Inks Eduardo Alpuente and Livesay
Colors Atomic Paintbrush (digital color)
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Albert Deschesne
Notes The outcome of the duel between Gambit and Hawkeye was decided in advance by vote at the Marvel website. Cameo appearances by Beast, Domino, Human Torch, Power, Man, and Wolverine. The Rogue vs. Warbird duel is a sequel to Avengers Annual 10.
Reprinted in Wiz (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #57

8 page Spider-Man story "Media Blitz!"

Characters Spider-Man, Mysterio, J. Jonah Jameson, Sam Exmore, Toni Harris.
Genre superhero
Script Glenn Herdling
Pencils Gregg Schigiel
Inks Richard Case
Colors Paul Mounts
Letters Chris Dickey
Editing Michael Stewart and Steve Behling
Notes "Fast Lane" part 1 of 4. A "bonus insert" placed inside a number of Marvel comics published that month.