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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published September 1999
Cover Price 2.50
Pages 36
Editing Ruben Diaz (editor); Bob Harras (editor in chief)

Cover Details

Characters Iron Man vs. Psylocke.
Genre superhero
Pencils Oscar Jimenez (?)
Inks Eduardo Alpuente (?)
Reprinted in Wiz (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #53

23 page Contest of Champions II story "The Gathering"

Characters Human Torch, Iron Man, Psylocke, Rogue, X-Force [Cannonball, Moonstar, Sunspot, Meltdown, Proudstar, Siryn, Jesse Bedlam, Domino]; GA: Black Panther, Captain America, Hulk, Shadowcat, Spider-Man, Storm, Thing, Thor; V: Badoon, Brother Royal, Brood Queen.
Synopsis The major super heroes 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.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Oscar Jimenez
Inks Eduardo Alpuente
Colors Atomic Paintbrush (digital color and 3-D rendering)
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Albert Deschesne
Notes How the Brood Queen survived death in Uncanny X-Men 166 is not explained. Cameo appearances by Cyclops, Deadpool, Ricochet, She-Hulk, and Wolverine.
Reprinted in Wiz (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #53