MFX: Contest of Champions Preliminaries - Fight 31

[Tritch]

Kitty Pryde
Alter Ego: N/A, AKA Shadowcat
Rank: 47
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Main Book: The Uncanny X-Men
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 110 lbs.

Powers, Abilities, Weapons & Gadgets
- Ability to phase through solid matter; and can take her clothing, and sometimes other objects or people, with her
- Ability to disrupt electrical systems by phasing through them, including the human brain
- Ability to phase someone through a solid object and let them go, thus solidifying them whilst still inside the object, often leading to death
- Possesses enhanced speed
- Reflexively assumes a phased state at any indication of danger
- Possesses moderate expertise of Japanese ninja and samurai martial arts
- Genius-level computer scientist
- Highly skilled in design and use of computer hardware
- Competent driver and pilot
- Talente in ballet and modern dance
- Speaks fluent Japanese, Russian and both alien languages of the Shi'ar



Spider-Man
Alter Ego: Peter Parker
Rank: 3
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Main Book: The Amazing Spider-Man
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 167 lbs.

Powers, Abilities, Weapons & Gadgets
- Ability to cling to most surfaces
- Possesses superhuman strength
- Roughly 15x more agile than a regular human
- Highlly-skilled acrobat, possesses superhuman kinesthetics
- Possesses spider-sense, which gives him an early warning system
- Accomplished scientist, inventor and photographer
- Utilizes twin artificial web-shooters on his wrists, which allow him to shoot webs for a variety of purposes
- Utilizes several other devices including spider-tracers, spider-signal light, a compact camera and carries extra web fluid

[Kieran King]

This for me is one of the closest fights yet. They're both smart enough to figure out very quickly how to beat the other. Their Ultimate Universe relationship makes this slightly funny too.

In the end, despite being annoyed that Nightwing beat the John Stewart Green Lantern, and especially that Punisher beat the freaking immortal Dream - a being more powerful than Frank Castle could even imagine, with both fights seemingly decided on popularity, I actually went with the most popular here and chose Spider-Man.

I guess you could lump Spidey in with Batman as having a certain Deus Ex Machina factor that should make them both a major force in this tournament. They always pull through no matter the odds.