| Characters |
HEROES: Avengers [Captain America; Wasp; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Wonder Man; Iron Man]; Beast; Soviet Super Soldiers [Darkstar; Vanguard; Crimson Dynamo; Urda Major]; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; The Thing]; Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Snowbird]; X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Medusa; Quicksilver; Crystal; Gorgon; Karnak; Triton; Lockjaw]; Eternals [Makkari; Karkas; Sersi; Thena]; Power Man; Iron Fist; Dazzler; Hellcat; Valkyrie; Spider-Man; Daredevil; Moon Knight; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Power Man; Iron Fist; Dr. Strange; Devil-Slayer; Spider-Woman; Machine Man; Jack Of Hearts; Quasar; Hulk; Doc Samson; Son of Satan; Thor; Red Wolf; Sunfire; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain Britain; Sabra; Collective Man; Arabian Knight; Nighthawk; She-Hulk; Hercules; Werewolf by Night; Falcon; Ant-Man; Black Widow; Gargoyle; Rom; Jocasta; Shroud; Dr. Druid; Stingray; Night Rider; Texas Twister; Torpedo; Moondragon; Brother Voodoo; Mockingbird; Tigra; Captain Ultra; Guardsman; Living Mummy; Firebird; Whizzer; Silver Surfer; Captain Universe; 3-D Man; Peregrine [1st; Alain Racine]; Talisman (1st); Defensor [1st; Gabriel Carlos Dantes Sepulveda]; Shamrock 1st; Molly Fitzgerald]; Blitzkrieg [1st; Franz Mittelstaedt]; VILLAINS: Grandmaster; The Unknown [Death]; Red Ghost; Gypsy Moth; CAMEOS: Stan Lee; Collector; Korvac |
| Synopsis |
The Grandmaster pulls all of the heroes of earth to an orbiting arena to take place in a cosmic game he has set up with the mysterious Unknown; The Grandmaster and the Unknown each pick twelve heroes to compete in gathering four quarters of the Golden Globe of Life; If the Grandmaster's team wins, his brother, the Collector, will be returned to life but if he loses, his life will be forfeit; Every human on earth has been put in suspended animation to give the heroes a good incentive to play; Let the games begin. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Mark Gruenwald; Bill Mantlo; Steven Grant |
| Pencils |
John Romita, Jr. |
| Inks |
Pablo Marcos |
| Colors |
Andy Yanchus; Patricia DeFalco |
| Letters |
Joe Rosen |
| Notes |
Story features every Marvel hero extant in 1982 |