Chapter 5: Fourth Contest: Struggle in the Jungle! (Marvel)
Where: Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #3 When: August 1982
Why: Mark Gruenwald, Steven Grant & Bill Mantlo How: John Romita Jr
The Story So Far...
Across the universe there exists immortal entities whose existence
determines cosmic reality. The Grandmaster is one such being: an Elder
of the Universe whose taste for games inspires a Contest of Champions!
Snatching the world's heroes from a temporarily frozen Earth; The
Grandmaster drafts a team of twelve to represent him in a contest of
life and death! His team will race to find segments of a golden artifact
scattered to the four corners of the Earth!
The Grandmaster's ultimate prize is the restoration of his immortal
brother: The Collector! Killed by the man-god Korvac; The Collector's
demise is beyond even the vast cosmic reach of a fellow Elder. Thus, The
Grandmaster's contest pits him against the ultimate opponent - Death
herself! Full Original Post: https://secretearths.blogspot.com/2020/02/blitzkrieg-versus-storm.html
Context! (Marvel)
Where: Daredevil #237 When: December 1986 Why: John Harkness How: Louis Williams
The Story So Far...
An encounter with the sound manipulating mutant called Dazzler saw Klaw
absorbed and dissipated when she used his powers to attack the world
devourer: Galactus. Thus began a strange cosmic journey for the formless
Klaw!
When The Beyonder summoned Galactus to Battleworld for his
Secret Wars: Doctor Doom was able to discover and reform Klaw from his
lifeless prison within the circuitry of Galactus' ship. Resurrection was
brief, however, as the mad Master of Sound became a weapon against The
Beyonder -- and then host for the cosmic being when it briefly
surrendered its omnipotence!
Returned to Earth with his solid
sound body in tact, Klaw becomes desperate to restore his reputation
within the criminal ranks, and prove himself free from madness. Finding
himself in New York City, he soon comes upon Daredevil: the perfect hero
to prove he's still as dangerous as ever! Full Original Post: https://secretearths.blogspot.com/2020/02/klaw-versus-daredevil.html
RENEE MONTOYA versus RICHARD DRAGON Miracles & Wonders (DC)
Where: 52 #41 When: April 2007 Why: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka & Mark Waid How: Giuseppe Camuncoli w/ Keith Giffen
The Story So Far...
Pushed to the edge by her investigations into a corrupt cop, and the
related murder of Detective Crispus Allen: Renee Montoya quit the Gotham
City Police Department only to descend into a drunken downward spiral.
Montoya
found new purpose as a hired agent of The Question, travelling the
globe to investigate an Intergang conspiracy, all the while unaware she
was being groomed to replace the faceless hero once he succumbed to
terminal lung cancer.
Montoya's apprenticeship takes her to Nanda
Parbat where the master Richard Dragon will prepare her to become The
Question. As Vic Sage exits this mortal coil she fights to live up to
his legacy, but soon finds she must live up to herself! Original Full Article: https://secretearths.blogspot.com/2020/02/renee-montoya-versus-richard-dragon.html
DEATHSTROKE versus BIRDS OF PREY Perfect Pitch Part Five (DC)
Where: Birds of Prey #90 When: March 2006
Why: Gail Simone How: Paulo Siqueira & Adam DeKraker
The Story So Far...
Calculator has become the central nervous system behind unionized
villains of The Society. Marshalling a network of criminals, information
and intelligence, he helped create the ultimate force in organized
crime -- but his online dominion is challenged by one white hat hacker:
Oracle!
New incarnations of Hellhound and Black Spider failed to
bring down Oracle's associates, The Birds of Prey, after torturing
Savant, but one of the perks of The Society is having access to a near
limitless army of super-villain back-up!
Deathstroke has his
sights on terminating Black Canary and Huntress while they attempt to
evacuate casualties of their last battle!
BATMAN versus HARLEY QUINN Once More, With FEELING! (DC)
Where: Harley Quinn #25 When: December 2002 Why: Karl Kesel How: Craig Rousseau
The Story So Far...
For four weeks Harley Quinn has staged a minor crime spree on the
streets of Gotham City. Three times Batman has attempted to stop her --
and three times she and her Quinntets have managed to give him the slip!
It
all started around the same time The Joker busted out of Arkham Asylum,
but no one has seen hide nor hair of the so-called Clown Prince of
Crime!
When Harley leads her boys on a jewelry store robbery it's
another opportunity to score big and blow wind up The Batman -- or is
it? All is not as it seems as Harley ups the stakes in an effort to
become Batman's #1 arch-nemesis!
BLITZKRIEG versus STORM
