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Issue: Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #3
Publication Date: August 1982
 
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1982
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860215908
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy covers; newsprint interiors
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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And the Winner... Death!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
superhero
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Miscellaneous
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Recap

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
In an orbiting arena on the threshold of space...
Recap of the previous two issues.
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Chapter 4 Third Contest: Siege In the City of the Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Cripes! Teleportin' always makes me sick to my stomach!
The third contest takes place in a Japanese city between Thing, Wolverine and Peregrine vs. Black Panther, Angel and Vanguard. The Thing wins for the Grandmaster.
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Chapter 5 Fourth Contest: Struggle in the Jungle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
Begorrah! 'Tisn't Ireland we've been sent to, teammates!
The fourth contest takes place in the jungle between Captain America, Sasquatch and Blitzkrieg and Storm, Shamrock and Collective Man. Shamrock wins for the Grandmaster (?; See note below).
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In one of the bigger blunders on record, with the final contest looming, the score stands Grandmaster-2 The Unknown-1. Shamrock triumphs in the last conflict and the Grandmaster is declared the winner for the final part of the story. The only problem is that Shamrock was on The Unknown's team which would have made the battles tied. I guess even cosmic entities can make mistakes.
Chapter 6 Winner Takes None!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
superhero
The orbiting space stadium is electric with anticipation...
Grandmaster is declared the winner and the Unknown, who Invisible Girl reveals to be Death, uses the Golden Globe of Life to resurrect the Collector but she uses the Grandmaster's life force to do so. The heroes are returned to Earth.
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Marvel Super Heroes - 1982

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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various
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
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Miscellaneous
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Concluding the alphabetical listing of Marvel heroes as of 1982.
A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Black Swamp of Lobella]

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
fantasy
Grimslade; Indel; Oakthorn; Saren; Valerius
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Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [The Woods of Oakthorn] and [The Avalanche].

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