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Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1

Marvel · Series began 1982 · June 1982

first appearance of Peregrine, Shamrock, Blitzkrieg and others

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Peregrine (Alain Racine) — introduction
Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald) — introduction
Blitzkrieg (Franz Mittelstaedt, Marvel) — introduction
Defensor (Gabriel Sepúlveda, Marvel) — introduction
Talisman (Marvel, Australian hero) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: June 1982
On sale: 1982
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860215906
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Reprinted in

Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Gallery Edition (2022), Contest of Champions (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk (2003), Avengers: The Contest (2010), Avengers: The Contest (2012), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013), Marvel Super Heroes Contest of Champions (2015)