Round 1, Match 5 results
Ion vs. Mad Dog
As I see it, the outcome of this fight would probably come down to an issue of whether Mad Dog could seize the element of surprise.
Both the combatants have super strength...but Ion is a teenager, whereas Buzz Baxter is a former Air Force colonel. In terms of raw fighting skill, then, I'd have to assume Mad Dog's superiority. You might argue that his insanity reduces this advantage, but the legendary battlefield prowess of the Viking berserkers blunts (if it doesn't completely invalidate) that argument.
If Mad Dog gets the jump on Ion, the next critical question would be whether he could pierce the teen's forcefield (especially with his fang venom). It's difficult to determine this. According to Wikipedia, Mad Dog has bionically strengthened jaw muscles to increase his biting strength, so that might make you think the Mad Dog could take him down if he could get into a close-quarter row. On the other hand, though, Ion's forcefield has been demonstrated to be powerful enough that a baseball bat cracks over it without hurting him. Even a point-blank blast from a gatling gun does nothing more than "leave a welt."
Thus, even though Mad Dog theoretically could puncture Ion's forcefield, the fact that there's nothing in the specified text of Solo Avengers #9 that would seem to demonstrate his bite power, whereas MOST Comics #1 does show us a super-robust forcefield for Ion.
Despite being a knock-down drag out, given the issues cited above I'd give the slim advantage to Ion.
Round 1, Match 6
The sixth match is a bit of "cat-fight" as the Golden's Age's Veiled Avenger takes on Christopher Mills' and Joe Staton's unnamed heroine chronicled in Femme Noir.
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| The Veiled Avenger as depicted in Red Seal Comics #16 |
Background on the Veiled Avenger
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| "the heroine" as depicted in The Dingus. |
Background on "the heroine"
Setting
This fight takes place in a place that looks like Mordor. The combatants are at the base of a giant active volcano under an unnaturally darkened sky. The landscape is largely barren save for a few random bubbling hot springs.
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