Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #3 (Aug. 1982):
“And the Winner...Death!”
by Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant, John Romita Jr., etc.

Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #3

Title: “And the Winner...Death!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1982

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

51 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.
Death (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
Captain America (Steve Rogers)	Protestant	Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  The Avengers; The Invaders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus		5,992
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
The Thing (Ben Grimm)	Jewish	Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four; The Yancy Street Gang; U.S. Air Force; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		5,017
Invisible Girl (Susan Storm Richards)	Episcopalian	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Fantastic Four		4,069
The Beast (Hank McCoy)	Episcopalian; agnostic	Academy of Tomorrow; Brotherhood of Mutants...  The Avengers; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Men		5,233
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	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)	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)	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
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sorceress	A-Next; Brotherhood of Mutants...  Force Works; Lady Liberators; Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Ultimates		1,624
Black Panther (T'Challa)	African primal-indigenous religion; Black Panther Cult (leader)	black; Fantastic Force...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		786
Wonder Man (Simon Williams)	religious	Force Works; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Thunder Guard		788
Vision	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Guardians of the Galaxy; The Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Young Avengers		1,393
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
Sasquatch (Dr. Walter Langkowski)	Jewish	Alpha Flight; Omega Flight		327
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
Collective Man (Han, Chang, Lin, Sun and Ho Tao-Yu)	Maoist Communist	3-Peace; Asian...  People's Defense Force; The 198		26
Le Peregrine (Alaine Racine)		[ 1st app: Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982) ]		19
Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald)	Catholic	[ 1st app: Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982) ]		13
Blitzkrieg (Franz Mittelstaedt)		Schutz Heiligruppe		11
Talisman	Australian Aboriginal religion	Aboriginal Australian		7
Defensor (Gabriel Sepulveda)		Hispanic		5
Vanguard (Nikolai Krylenko)	Communist	Exiles (Russian); Siberforce...  The People's Protectorate; The Soviet Super-Soldiers; Winter Guard		56
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
The Collector (Taneleer Tivan)	quasi-cosmic entity w/ personal obsession	Elders of the Universe		80
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
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (cameo)	occult	Illuminati; Midnight Sons...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order		1,687
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  The Avengers; The Fantastic Four		4,661
Sprite (Kitty Pryde) (cameo)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) (cameo)	Dutch Reformed (nominal); atheist	Lady Liberators; The Avengers...  The Ultimates		1,339
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (cameo)	Egyptian classical religion (raised Jewish)	CIA; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; United States Marine Corps		423
Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) (cameo)	Catholic; LGBT; Quebecois separatist terrorist (former)	Academy of Tomorrow; Alpha Flight...  Secret Defenders; X-Men [skier]		284
Namorita (Nita Prentiss) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  The Defenders; The New Warriors		305
Devil-Slayer (Eric Simon Payne) (cameo)	Cult of the Harvester of Eyes (former)	The Defenders		44
Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara Plunder) (cameo)		[1st app: Shanna, the She-Devil (vol. 1) #1 (Dec. 1972)]		158
Quasar (Wendell Vaughn) (cameo)	atheist	Protectors of the Universe; S.H.I.E.L.D....  SHIELD Super-Agents; Star Masters; The Avengers		317
Union Jack (Joey Chapman) (cameo)		Knights of Pendragon; The Invaders		75
The Living Mummy (N'Kantu) (cameo)	African primal-indigenous religion (Swarili)	Shock Troop; The Howling Commandos		40
Guardsman (Michael O'Brien) (cameo)		Guardsmen; Project: Pegasus...  The Avengers (staff)		65
Shooting Star (Victoria Star) (cameo)		The Rangers		22
American Eagle (Jason Strongbow) (cameo)	Navajo traditional religion (tribal leader)	Native American		27
Blue Shield (Joe Cartelli) (cameo)		Project: Pegasus		21
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 4: Third Contest: Siege in the City of the Dead!”. Webpage for Marvel Super-Hero Contest of Champions #3 (Aug. 1982) created 8 December 2009. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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