HULK #8: Wolverine does a favor for Dum Dum Dugan and agrees to contain the Hulk; but as Wolverine should already know by now, the Hulk don’t contain so easy.
CAPTAIN AMERICA (v3) #24: HYDRA has plans to attack the delegates of the United Nations, and although Cap had captured the agents involved, the plan may still be unfolding, so long as Crossbones and Absorbing Man are free!
SPOILER ALERT: It’s the Ogre, an obscure X-Men villain, who gets hired on as the team’s engineer.
And that’s it for CONTEST II. The plot is fine, the artwork is good, and there are some fun moments, but none of it together ever rises above serviceable. Claremont gives us so much unnecessary wordage that again I can’t help but wonder if he would rather be writing prose. YMMV.
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS II #5: The Contest is officially over, with the victors selected to carry the alien Badoon and Brood into the future. But Hawkeye interrupts the victory celebration, and the fallen heroes follow suit. It’s the final throw down!
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS II #4: The violent Contest of Champions continues, while Iron Man and his merry crew of castoffs try to organize a rebellion to take on the Badoon and the Brood.
Also, Lockdown and Rosetta Stone from Shadow City meet up with Spider-Woman, Iron Man, and Psylocke in the jungle where the competition’s losers have been cast off—and they discover who they are really up against!
CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS II #2: In the next round of superhero games, Human Torch goes head-to-head with Spider-Woman. Meanwhile Iron Man, cast off to an alien jungle after losing his bout last issue, fights for survival.