This comic was one of a few comic series that were published in my country before the comics became really popular there and I remember how I saw it and was like "OH WOW! THERE'S LOTS OF HEROES AND THEY WILL FIGHT! COOL!". But even though I was teen back then, I still got kinda disappointed. Most of the battles were random and boring or just took only a single frame, while I expected to see the battles in a more detailed way. Now reading it in English, I think it feels like early nineties, not 1999. I don't know why, I think Claremont had more decent works. The art is okay, though, but that's it. Just okay. The story begins not in the best way possible, the opening scene feels too overstuffed with pointless exposition, while the main story line is lacking details. But still, the opening issue had a great job of setting up the story. I just think that for a "Contest of Champions" book the issue concentrated on Tony Stark too heavily. And it was kinda boring to read overall. more