Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Main story and flashback)
- Gamora (Main story and flashback)
Supporting Characters:
- Wendophon of Hin (First appearance)
- Huldan Wull of Kreevar Underwave (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Haracon the Ghostmaker (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
Other Characters:
- Kree (Mentioned)
- 648th Quinquennial Blade-Fighting Championship's participants
- Nightcrawler's opponents
- Contessa Yuow Yuow Screet (Skrull warrior) (First appearance)
- Yannak of Karth (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Death Merchant (Polla Quad) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Unnamed bear-like opponent (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Gamora's opponents
- Po of Samothrace (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Kronk of Opam (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Vradel Swarm (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Nightcrawler's opponents
- Skrulls (Mentioned)
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- Bollo Brok (Only in flashback) (First appearance; dies)
- Death (Mentioned)
- Star-Lord (Peter Quill) (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- Krelle Death Blades
Synopsis for 1st story
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
• Nightcrawler journeys to a far off world to represent Earth in their celebrated interplanetary blade-fighting competition. His hopes to acquit himself well are abruptly stalled when it turns out he’s facing Gamora in the semi-finals.