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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published September 1999
Cover Price 2.50
Pages 36
Editing Ruben Diaz (editor); Bob Harras (editor in chief)

Cover Details

Characters Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin) vs. Human Torch.
Genre superhero
Pencils Oscar Jimenez (?)
Inks Eduardo Alpuente (?)

23 page Contest of Champions II story "Process of Elimination"

Characters Hulk, Human Torch, Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, Psylocke, Shadowcat, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin), Storm; V: Badoon, Brother Royal, Brood Queen.
Synopsis Iron Man and Psylocke find themselves in a hostile alien environment. The Hulk defeats Mr. Fantastic, and the Human Torch defeats Spider-Woman and She-Hulk, but is beaten by Storm. Meanwhile, Shadowcat learns who is really behind the contest.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Oscar Jimenez
Inks Eduardo Alpuente
Colors Atomic Paintbrush (digital color and 3-D models)
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Albert Deschesne
Notes The Brood are revealed as the real villains of the piece. The outcome of the duel between Mr. Fantastic and the Hulk was decided in advance by vote at the Marvel website.
Reprinted in Wiz (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #54