The thirteenth edition of Mission Comics Trivia may have been the biggest yet. Five full-strength teams competed in what was one of the mostly tightly contested showdowns ever: only ten points separated first from fifth place, and the tiebreaker question came into effect for the first time ever.*

*maybe? Who really keeps track of all this?

With both the Deadpool & Wolverine movie and San Diego Comic Con set to kickoff later this month, the questions revolved around a general theme (but there were plenty of questions about good comics as well). And speaking of the imminent MCU blockbuster, MC+A still has some tickets left for its private screening fundraiser at Alamo Drafthouse on Wednesday, July 31. Snatch some tickets on Eventbrite before they’re all gone!

First place went to It’s Me, Hi, I’m The Dazzler, It’s Me, starring Ben, Kevin, Chris, and Steve. One thing we do keep track of here at Idle Time HQ is enthusiasm and excellence. This marks Ben’s seventh time he’s taken home a gold medal, and Kevin’s fourth (tying him with Dan for second-most all-time). In addition to the usual four-pack of TPB’s in their prize pack, these guys went home with a pair of tickets to the Deadpool fundraiser screening! Now you have even more incentive to go!

Second place, only two points behind the winners, securing their silver medal thanks to their tie-breaker response, were the Wonder Dogs team of Bad Matt, Chris, Ellie, and Emilio. Maybe more significantly, this team took home the variant cover prize pack thanks to their winning entry in the variant question category. With great entries from all five teams, it was a tough call for the judges, but Bad Matt’s “James Wolver-Dean” rose to the top.

Now for a chance to test your knowledge. Here’s the quiz in its entirety. Do it without Google, true believer!

Question #1 – Easy Opener
This official piece of merchandising, available at select theaters for Deadpool & Wolverine, is intended for what..?

I offered up the opportunity to give any feasible answer for credit, but everyone went the safe route.

Question #2 – Awards
The Eisners aren’t the only awards given out at San Diego Comic Con. Since 1974, this award has been given to individuals for their contributions to the worlds of comics, science fiction/fantasy, film, television, animation, and fandom services.

Question #3 – Secret Identities
Name the super-powered alter ego of Slade Wilson.

Question #5 – First Appearances
In which comic book series does Wolverine make his first appearance?

Question #7 – Animals
Peggy, making her acting debut as Dogpool and a recent winner of Britain’s Ugliest Dog competition, is a cross between a pug and this hairless dog breed.

Question #8 – Manga
Drops of God, a manga series by the Kibayashi siblings and Shu Okimoto, and now a live-action series on Apple+, revolves around what kind of competition?

Question #9 – On the Big Screen
In addition to his performances as Deadpool in X-Men Origins and the three Deadpool movies, Ryan Reynolds has appeared in three other movies based on comic books. Name two.

Question #10 – Toys & Games
Jim Zub, who has written a number of comics based on this property is hosting a panel at this year’s SDCC to celebrate the game’s 50th anniversary.

Question #11 – Science & Technology
Believed to have mutated in our human ancestry within the last 200,000 years, the FOXP2 gene has been identified by scientists as the key factor in the development of what?

Question #12 – Bin-Diving
Thanks to a live-action depiction in the recent Ahsoka series, copies of 1995’s Star Wars: Heir to the Empire #1, featuring the first comic book appearance of this character, have rocketed out of the dollar bin.

Question #13 – Music and Pop Culture
This 1991 issue of Deadline featured a collaboration between cartoonist Jamie Hewlett and musician Damon Albarn. The relationship that developed after this interview led to what project?

Question #14 – Back from the Dead
Later this month, Oni Press will be co-releasing Epitaphs from the Abyss, the first new title in over seventy years from what legendary comics publisher?

Question #15 – Business & Retail
Beginning in 1968, Marvel Comics was able to break from the DC-owned Independent distribution throttle, thanks to a deal with what company (represented by the “CCC” on comic book corner boxes)?

Question #16 – Around the World
One of the cards in Fleer’s 2018 “Deadpool Around the World” insert set has him holding up a chimichanga while visiting this pre-Hispanic site in Mexico’s Yucatán.

Question #17 – Conventions
WonderCon, now operated by Comic-Con International and entrenched in Anaheim, started out in the 1980’s in what Bay Area city?

Question #18 – The MCU
While just an intern for Donner Shuler Donner studios, this current Hollywood producer was reportedly responsible for insisting that Logan, in 2000’s X-Men, sported his signature hairstyle.

Question #19 – Comic Book Continuity
Based on the primary continuity of Marvel comics, order these mutants from oldest to youngest.

Mystique
Apocalypse
Namor
Exodus

Question #20 – Matching
Match the sci-fi property to the company currently publishing its comics.

a) Star Trek
b) Transformers
c) Blade Runner
d) Aliens

1. Marvel
2. Titan
3. IDW
4. Image/Skybound

Variant Question #18B
Question 18B: transform one of your team members into Wolverine. Best hair will probably win. 

Name your multiversal Logan on your answer sheet.

Question #21 – Cartoonists
What comic strip by Chic Young was turned into a series of 28 films by Columbia Pictures from 1938 to 1950?

Question #22 – Comix
in an Eisner-nominated book, Flamed Out. Although his career was cut short by an untimely death at age 39, Murphy was prolific among underground anthologies and was working as a cartoonist for National Lampoon, the humor magazine descended from which college’s newspaper?

Question #23 – Geography
In 2019’s Deadpool series, Wade becomes King of Staten Island (renamed Monster Island).Name the other four boroughs of New York City.

Question #24 – Hall of Fame
Abe Kanegson is one of the sixteen additional nominees for induction into the Eisner Hall of Fame this year. An innovative and highly influential letterer, it would only make sense for him to be inducted, as he was the letterer for this Will Eisner strip from 1947 to 1950.

Question #25 – Horror
E.M. Carroll is nominated for three Eisners for their graphic novel A Guest in the House.Their short story “The Outside” was adapted into an episode of Netflix’s Cabinet of Curiosities, the horror anthology series created by whom?

Question #26 – On TV
Who is set to star as the title character in Sony’s eight-episode live-action Spider-Man Noir series?

Question #27 – Sports
This year Major League Baseball officially integrated statistics from the Negro Leagues into its records, acknowledging accomplishments by players such as batting legend Josh Gibson, and this pitcher, the subject of Striking Out Jim Crow by Eisner-winning cartoonist James Sturm and Rich Tommaso.

Question #28 – In Memoriam
Don Perlin broke into the comics industry in the 1940’s, and was one of Marvel’s longest-tenured artists of the 70’s and 80’s, eventually graduating to managing art director under EIC Jim Shooter.In 1991, he joined Shooter in the formation of what comic book company?

Question #29 – It’s Not Delivery
Which of the following is not an actual flavor of Deadpool-branded Di Giorno frozen pizza?

Maximum Pep – Lots of Pepperoni
Wade Special – Pineapple & Black Olives
Gimme Chimi – Cumin, Beef, Jalapeño
Merc with a Mouthful of Mushroom – Mushroom

Question #30
Unscramble the anagram (integral to Wolverine’s origins):
MR. CHRONIC TALES

Questions #31 through 35 are artist identifications, one each from five different eras of comic book history.

Questions #36 through 40 are part of the Imagram. Identify the characters in the puzzle, and then use the circled letters to solve the final clue.

And, finally, a tiebreaker question…

Over the fifty-issue run of the most recent Wolverine series (2020-2024), how many times is the SNIKT sound effect used?