Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #2 (July 1982):
“And the Game Begins..!”
by Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant, John Romita Jr., etc.

Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #2

Title: “And the Game Begins..!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1982

Publisher:
Written by: Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant
Art by: John Romita Jr., Pablo Marcos

37 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Unknown (lead character)	cosmic entity	[embodies death/mortality]		587
The Grandmaster (En Dwi Gast) (lead character)	quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession	Elders of the Universe		71
Iron Man (Tony Stark)	futurist; technophile; mostly secular; sometimes prays; Alcoholics Anonymous	Force Works; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Weapon X (Exiles)		5,673
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles)		1,801
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
She-Hulk (Jennifer Walters)	Christian (denomination unknown) - nominal	Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg-ampersand-Holliway; Heroes for Hire...  Hulkbusters (S.H.I.E.L.D.); Lady Liberators (leader); S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Avengers; The Fantastic Four; Weapon X (Exiles)		952
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)	Anglican (nominal); mystical	Excalibur		365
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)	Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism	Heroes for Hire; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers		672
Arabian Knight (Abdul Qamar)	Sunni Muslim (Bedouin)	Arab; Desert Sword...  Pantheon		30
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)	Shinto	Asian; Big Hero 6...  C-Corps; Horsemen of Apocalypse; Pacific Overlords; The Marauders; The Twelve; X-Corporation; X-Men		259
Sabra (Ruth Bat-Seraph)	Jewish	The Mutant Underground; X-Corporation		59
Talisman	Australian Aboriginal religion	Aboriginal Australian		7
Defensor (Gabriel Sepulveda)		Hispanic		5
Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)	Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)	Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Siberforce; The Champions; The People's Protectorate; The Soviet Super-Soldiers; Winter Guard; X-Corporation		116
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (cameo)	Protestant	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles)		10,664
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
Thor (Donald Blake) (cameo)	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Cosmic Avengers...  The Avengers; The Ultimates; Thor Corps		4,362
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; The Fantastic Four		4,393
The Beast (Hank McCoy) (cameo)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III) (cameo)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (cameo)	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (cameo)	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Black Panther (T'Challa) (cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (cameo)	Baptist	black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  The Avengers		531
Vision (cameo)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
Luke Cage (cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	black; Heroes for Hire...  Marvel Knights; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Fantastic Four [formerly owned a bar and theater]		951
Guardian (James MacDonald Hudson) (cameo)		Alpha Flight		131
Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski) (cameo)	Jewish	Alpha Flight; Omega Flight		327
Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) (cameo)	Inhuman religion	Illuminati; Inhuman Royal Family...  Inhumans; Inhuman		505
Collective Man (Han, Chang, Lin, Sun and Ho Tao-Yu) (cameo)	Maoist Communist	3-Peace; Asian...  People's Defense Force; The 198		26
Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald) (cameo)	Catholic	[ 1st app: Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982) ]		13
Blitzkrieg (Franz Mittelstaedt) (cameo)		Schutz Heiligruppe		11
Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko) (cameo)	Communist	Exiles (Russian); Siberforce...  The People's Protectorate; The Soviet Super-Soldiers; Winter Guard		56
El Aguila (Alejandro Montoya) (behind the scenes)	Catholic	[ 1st app: Power Man and Iron Fist (vol. 1) #58 (Aug. 1979) ]		16

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “Chapter 2: First Contest: Frenzy in the Frozen North!”. Webpage for Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #2 (July 1982) created 8 December 2009. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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