Marvel's FIRST event! | Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions

The Grandmaster enters a cosmic wager with Death herself, using Earth's mightiest heroes as his chess pieces! His goal? To return his fellow Elder of the Universe, the Collector, to life! The stakes? Nothing less than the fate of the Earth itself! Now, heroes from around the globe must battle it out in a contest like none ever seen before. Marvel's historic first miniseries is re-released in a single volume, packed with extras! Guest-starring everyone! (Everyone circa 1982, that is.) Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #marvel
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[@comicpop]

Pick it up here: amzn.to/1l6eFI7 And Vanguard actually appeared in Iron Man 109!

[@MercysLittleShoww]

Before I go any further in this video let me just say that the conversation about carnies, and ending it off with the Dumb And Dumber line "so you're saying there's a chance" is one of my new favorite things in the world.

[@greyborg3846]

I would love to see a sequel to this event in which the Grandmaster brings them all together again and is monologueing and there's a literal "dun, dun, dun!" And then the next page is like Spidey playing ring toss with Wolverine, and like Deadpool's riding the bumper cars with Cap and Punisher, etc. And at the end of the day Grandmaster seems really happy and asks if they all had fun, and when they say yes he says "Good. Because tomorrow we start the death matches!"

[@InoMercy]

Here's an idea for making a Contest of Champions like story that could possibly work: It's for charity. Someone set up a tournament between superheroes, where proceeds from he ticket sales go to the charity of the winner's choice. And maybe having there be some evil pot or something in the background so it isn't just superhero fight scenes, but you do you guys think?

[@adrianvelante8014]

That's a great idea. Maybe make Arcade the villain. Make him have a weird Murderworld scheme plan against the heroes.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Taking alternate versions of iconic superheroes and villains, collecting them, trapping them and making them fight each other across alternate dimensions. Where have I heard that befo- *starts having Nam-like flashbacks* ..........Oh yeah...

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Fuckboi Studios I've never been the "master" of anything before...THANK YOU! *confetti cannons go off, noisemakers blare, a banner with "Cringe Master" comes down extravagantly from the ceiling* Thank you! Mwah! THANK YOU! *bouquet of flowers are thrown* OH! Why thank you!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Fuckboi Studios I get a card too?! THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER! *confetti rains down from the sky as numerous party horns and vuvuzelas sound* Thank you! Mwah! Thank you! *Fuckboi throws his underwear* OH! Why thank you! Wait a minute...Yeah, that doesn't look or smell healthy. May want a doctor to take a look at that. *audience applause* Mwah! Thank you very much!

[@dearlydemented19ify]

+Just Some Guy with a Mustache I'm sorry, that's just fucking hilarious.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Fuckboi Studios "Bloody shit filled boxers." Chiggity check yourself before you wreck yourself, Boomer.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Fuckboi Studios Boomer, it's okay. I know that you want them to only be dreams, but people get these things. Nowadays, though, there is plenty of medication and professionals who deal with these "problems". You'll get the help that you need. I'm sure of it. Just, don't sit anywhere without at least two layers of clothing between you and the surface.

[@DrMadd]

Wow Ben's beard grew back fast! (Before you say anything I know this was recorded before he shaved it)

[@justinveenstra9388]

Dr. Madd puberty. It effects us all differently.

[@TheFashionAssasin]

Yeah CoC was very weak but man, when i was 8 years old and we saw this, our minds were blown at the sheer concept. Funny thing about Shamrock...I think Scott Lobdell's first story for Marvel was a Shamrock story in an issue of Marvel Comics Presents. In an interview online, he credits pitching such an obscure character made editorial approval easy on the overworked editor of the bi-monthly title and got him his foot in the door. Funny.

[@zachhaynes6924]

Still holding on hope for korvac saga one day.

[@williamgazca963]

Thanks for another awesome back issues.

[@MrCeratix]

6 years later i'm still eagerly awaiting that Korvac episode!

[@zach1425]

Just saw this video for the first time and I AGREE with this guy

[@steellegionaire]

Ben's beard is back?! But just earlier it was all gone! Oh God, this continuity is just too big; it's just too complicated for new viewers to jump into! You know what, fuck it! We need to have a crisis!!!

[@MercysLittleShoww]

CrisisPOP

[@steellegionaire]

Crisis on infinite comics. :)

[@poppie714]

Here's hoping for "The Killing Joke" in Back Issues: 101 since the next episode will be dedicated to a Crisis.

[@wearesibz]

WOW this is actually a comic and not just a mobile game...i had no idea this was an actual comic event

[@juancornes4933]

Ronin would be a good book for an episode, mayeb in the future! Still very excited to see the 100th episode!!

[@Sicod79]

Still waiting for the triumphant return of Shamrock.

[@pyrolee17]

Looks like Grand Master and Death really took the marvel heroes...for a ride

[@Sterncoo54]

YES! Thank you! Thank you! I watched your comic bento when you got this book and finally! Thank you! I couldn't find any other videos on this book except the mobile game! Thank you!

[@redfly4492]

😴

[@dngn4774]

Has there ever been a back issue episode where all four of you (Sal, Tiff, Ethan, and Ben) discussed it?

[@agashi336]

Ridiculously excited for the Final Crisis episode.

[@shaddowrealm]

Wtf?! I forgot today was Thursday!!!! Oh my god this is awesome to get back to after a day of DND

[@kevinmarques7716]

I love that at random, you guys just started a conversation about Legends of the Hidden Temple and Guts lol. Best segueway ever on here!

[@benellis8662]

I read on Wikipedia that Shamrock quit being a superhero, opened up a bar and became overweight.

[@SrGurkman]

That should be an ongoing title. the adventures of a superpowers Irish pub owner.

[@dabunnyman9133]

As I recall Contest Of Champions was originally going to coincide with the 1980 Olympics in Russia but was changed when the USA decided to not participate. That's why you had all the mostly forgettable non USA heroes created. The series was held up and redone.

[@blueoni7835]

wow this is before Franklin Richards imagined a universe with all new all different beardless Ben. We'll miss seeing you 616 Ben, and your beard!

[@likenem]

Coming in 2016 Dead Pool's Contest of Champion's carny edition

[@TheRAZORVIDS]

Hey i remember peregrine he was also in an issue of avengers spotlight. He teamed up with sandman and haweye to fight the red skull i think.

[@jamestorpy2023]

What if episode 100 wasn't 'Final Crisis' but 'Frank Miller's Holy Terror'?! That would be the biggest fan punk in Comic Pop history!

[@TheTheDontae]

Sal don't run away from this it is your destiny shadow land or cry for justice!

[@JeffEros]

That whole Vapors joke was funny! XD

[@wilhelmschroer5670]

hey sal so i would like to know, What is your Favourite comic Book?!

[@aidanjost4600]

It’s been 5 years and 3 days… 5 long years and 3 longer days, and we have yet to hear back. Perhaps one day he will respond, but until then we will wait…

[@caseyvogel8229]

It’s been 5 years and 2 weeks… 5 long years and 2 longer weeks, and we have yet to hear back. Perhaps one day he will respond but until then we will wait…

[@robthedude4861]

It's been 6 years now and Sal still don't give a shit.

[@samkaranja5709]

back issues 100: ultimate Spiderman

[@bobcho105]

lolno crisis time

[@LegallyEnlightented]

i like ultimate spiderman but i agree with ^ its gonna be a crisis.... or something really iconic

[@brandontriplin5447]

+Andrew Lee or they could trick there fan base and make it something super obscure

[@albertnada4681]

This was an awesome book. In all fairness I could see The Tic facing off in a pie eating contest.

[@TommyBaysMusic]

Le Perrigrin would show back up later in Harvey Birdman,Attorney at Law... or at least a character just like Le Perigrinn who had become a lawyer.

[@batfreeze56]

I know I've been saying this forever, but episode 101 needs to be Watchmen or Killing Joke... I await the return of Alan Moore...

[@MercysLittleShoww]

I want Ben and Sal to finish that Wild West City now. NEW SHOW! Singing With ComicPOP

[@kordelshorgar122]

two things 1: isn't a contest of champions that involves the brood??? 2: the made up for this comic or not game is probably the greatest geek themed drinking game,you would die intoxicated but it would be still a good game

[@kordelshorgar122]

+javier solarte in fact i'm gonna play that game when my friends come around... and if you don't hear from me again well you know what happened

[@grimthane]

"One" is not the end all and be all. "One" is Intro to Metallica.

[@marlonreynolds5422]

Good eye spotting Shanna, Ethan.

[@nx_01]

I actually went to Wild West City as a kid, it's where I ended up buying myself one of those good old-fashioned plastic cowboy katanas.

[@theTemplar08]

So we could’ve had this great redheaded luck based hero from Ireland but instead, we got Dominos about 10 years later

[@ramohnfisher3654]

Final Crisis hype!

[@Cubelarooso]

20:04 HA HA Them dorfs man them dorfs HA Hey Sasquatch, can I call you Abominable Snowman for short?

[@JoshMunroe]

I've got to keep a count of how many shirts I have that Ethan's worn on this show. I'm up to 2 so far, 3 if he's worn an Ultron 8 shirt too.

[@graduator14]

So, Secret Wars with every single hero? :D I somehow forget about this event!!

[@kyerenilrem6947]

tera and beast boy do the carnie thing in the cartoon teen titans

[@IAmDukeSilver]

One week until another Crisis!

[@diego1544]

Nice guys ,always fun

[@ATERRADOSmtg]

Ben should read modk assasin he seems like hell enjoy something like that i love that story its a modok n angela team up

[@nihilisticnemesis6153]

shadowland. we all want to see it and want to see you fly into a rage explaining it

[@truLu87]

Love Back Issues. Love ComicPop

[@dngn4774]

Secret War sounds amazing by comparison.

[@estebanhughell709]

Beast needs to take those pants to the pant store.

[@Blu_pepper]

The will be a crisis, and it shall be that Ben will get a clean shaven and Ethan gets to wear a hat, while being replaced by the puppet.

[@ufcfan0811]

You don't get to keep anything but the t shirt from legends of the hidden Temple me and my cousin were Silver snakes

[@comicpop]

No way!! That's cool. How far did you get?

[@ufcfan0811]

+ComicPOP! We made it right before the temple

[@comicpop]

What was the object they put in the temple?

[@Three_Tiny_Robots]

Ben: who's that Old Woman yelling at death? Sal: Man! Ben: sorry, Old Man Sal: he's thirty-seven! Ben: What? Sal: He's thirty-seven! He's not old - Ben: Well I can't just call him "man" Sal: Well you could say "The Collector" Ben: I didn't know he was called The Collector! Sal: Well, you didn't bother to find out did you?! Ben: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind, you looked like my grandmother!

[@nihilisticnemesis6153]

do shadowland. we all want to see it and want to see you fly into a rage explaining it

[@jrtrack837]

great vid as always!

[@RayOnRoundball]

Great choice guys! Precede a very complex and confusing Grant Morrison event with the very simple crap shoot that is Contest of Champions lol

[@zeboswalt1131]

Cool show, but there was a contest of the dead in a giant sized Avengers. Ware Grand Master had tricked death. And with the collectors help. Captured death. And set a new contest. And had the Legan of dead. Fight the Avengers. Till only Hawkeye and Cap were left. Till Hawk eye tricks the Grand master into a shell game and save the day. Turns out he cheated. But, death frees them and puts all the Avengers back to life. Though the Green Goblin was one of the dead that the Avenger Moon Night fought. Cap fought Baron Blood. Thor fought the Executioner. So it was in the 80s, but after the Simons run on Thor. Thor had the Beard and armor in the fight. Well the beard not the armor yet so he was cursed by Hela, but hadn't fought the Midgard Serpent yet. So in the middle of the Simons run. Surfer was in it too and he Korvek.

[@thomaspierce5835]

Isn't there a secret wars 2? Not the recent secret wars with doom but another one I think molecule man is in it a lot too actually.

[@comicpop]

+Thomas Pierce There sure was. It was horrendous.

[@navy0287]

+ComicPOP True, but we got Kurse (post-Algrim the Strong), Spider-Man teaching the Beyonder how to take a dump, Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith), and a solid gold building (Spider-Man takes a gold notebook from it during an Amazing Spider-Man tie-in issue) out of it. ;)

[@TheGreatDevlin]

Someone needs to figure out the Talisman thing for a no prize.

[@jeff8008]

I see this was recorded Pre-Beard Crisis Ben. We'll have to see how this retcon goes for Ben.

[@dearlydemented19ify]

I wanna see you guys read INFINITY so bad. It'd be amazing.

[@buku43v3r]

+Jake Stanley I've been waiting forever for them to do it

[@dearlydemented19ify]

+pious83 I agree that it IS dull, but its an integral part of the story.

[@Blu_pepper]

375 likes with no dislikes must be a record?

[@rockymaffitt3345]

Talisman was a member of Alpha Flight.

[@comicpop]

+Rocky Maffitt Wrong one

[@austincole7286]

*waits patiently for Afterlife with Archie*

[@therevan7288]

Man next week is ep 100 I can't believe it

[@justinowen6258]

Isn't this the same Grandmaster that Thanos gets the Infinity Stone from? If so shouldn't this predate that and make the Grandmaster super powerful?

[@Juggy113]

could you guys do irredeemable by mark waid

[@kevinmarques7716]

Oh God. Final Crisis lol. Please please please rip that book apart when you review it :)

[@davidwilson2692]

man Ben can grow a beard quick

[@fredbushee9161]

Well actually (to be that guy) depending on which half of Ireland Shamrock is from she'd have different relations with Britain as Southern is Ireland, Northern is still subject to British rule sort of. That' why the IRA is still around cause the north isn't "free" which seeing an IRA based superhero would be cool. I'm studying Irish history. I'd love to see an updated Shamrock

[@fredbushee9161]

Southern Ireland is cool with Britain but the most of the IRA is from there

[@nightcraze69]

Glactus should of used this time or the ones of secret wars as a chance to eat the planet.

[@Depthcharge2030]

Next Week. 100.

[@thomaspierce5835]

I noticed Ben has his beard once again. I think Sal needs to shave and Ethan needs beard now

[@maciekwilkosz6377]

Wasn't the Collective Man a real chracter? I remember seeing him in some Avenger comics.

[@FragItAll]

Personally I enjoyed this book. True it was kinda pointless in the grand scheme of things but still a fun read. Much better than the DD/Deadpool fight in CoC 2. Anyway, even six years later these are fun to watch, thanks guys. P.S. did you ever do one for CoC 2, I missed it if you did.

[@bAd12cheZ]

Contest of Champions is Xiaolin Showdown.

[@hectornavarro980]

So that Justice League New Frontier is in the back over there..........when are you going to explain it huh? Or at least a Comic Commentary on the Movie

[@billykincaid7095]

please guys, do infinity (marvel now) !!!!

[@Matthewlaing1395]

Who would win in a pie eating contest? My money would either be Hulk or Thor. What would everyone's else's picks be?

[@thepanelbiter9915]

OH god, the MCU could do this story! They have those two elders XD

[@jamestorpy2023]

For off the rack, you guys should do 'True Believers: Deadpool #1'. It reprints New Mutants #98 and is $1 U.S. That way it's topical since the Deadpool movie comes out in February and this issue is his first appearance. Plus, the story is ridiculous and the art is pretty bad (no body has eyes)!

[@cisnerd_2093]

Let me get this straight. This event was advertised as being a contest of "Champions," but is entirely C-listers? Talk about bait and switch.

[@dealmakerdreamtaker5257]

Z-listers

[@briankrupicka3948]

actually shamrock appeared again in guardians of the galaxy

[@TheSmithers666]

anyone else get the ad for contest of champions the game before their video started? lol

[@Bradcliffe99]

Didn't OG Teen Titans do an episode similar to Contest of Champions?

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

Rock and general music references in comics? Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is based on that.

[@aaronstark3619]

sorry, guys, but sal is wrong. both vanguard and talisman were pretty existing characters before contest of champions. Vanguard was in the Soviet super soldiers, who appeared in avengers and captain America, and talisman was a member of alpha flight, introduced in x men. i love the show, but sometimes sal's knowledge isn't quite that deep.

[@comicpop]

+aaron stark You're half right, Vanguard was created for Iron Man. But Talisman was, in fact, created in Contest of Champions.

[@aaronstark3619]

+ComicPOP! are you sure? because the character shaman was a member of alpha flight in their first appearance, and talisman is his daughter, who started in beta flight, the training program. if they started her in CoC, then at least it is a good example of a character being used elsewhere. and sorry for the multiple posts. my phone hates mythumbs.

[@aaronstark3619]

+aaron stark Her official bio says her first appearance was alpha flight #19

[@comicpop]

Talisman from Contest of Champions is a guy. We say there's a female version, but the Talisman in CoC is a dude created for the event. We even talk about why that's weird, when they already had a female Talisman.

[@aaronstark3619]

+aaron stark nope never mind. I forgot that the first talisman was the crazy aboriginal guy. and he never did go anywhere. I was thinking talisman 2. my bad.

[@brandontriplin5447]

What did you guys think of the suicide squad trailer

[@boomboomboy11]

have you already done the star wars comics?

[@r.babylon2885]

There's another Metallica hero who can transplant one person's rage to another. He is called Saint Anger.

[@grimthane]

+Allen Babylon He must be the 90's antihero.

[@r.babylon2885]

A Bastard Yes, and that hero's name is Ben

[@Aaron77527]

REVIEW ARCHIE ALREADY!!

[@girlhag]

CLONE SAGA FOR EPISODE 100

[@TheBHK1]

Shamrock is the second most insulting "Irish" comic character. I blame Banshee and Silver Banshee for taking our only good potential Irish themed character name.

[@barneyoblarney8732]

I know it's been 5 years but who's the worst Irish comic character?

[@scoots134]

But I like Hank McCoy :(

[@Macewinrude]

As a Nigerian Prince, I approve this message. Now can I get your email?

[@batfreeze56]

I know I've been saying this forever, but episode 101 needs to be Watchmen or Killing Joke... I await the return of Alan Moore...

[@ramohnfisher3654]

Final Crisis hype!

[@jrtrack837]

great vid as always!