Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions 1982 #3 Direct ed. - back issue - $15.00

Recap of the previous two issues.

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.

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).

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.

• Chapter 5 Fourth Contest: Struggle in the Jungle! - 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.
• Marvel Super Heroes - 1982 - Concluding the alphabetical listing of Marvel heroes as of 1982. Includes a promo for Hercules limited series.
• A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Black Swamp of Lobella] - Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [The Woods of Oakthorn] and [The Avalanche].