Comic Book: The Champions (1975 series)

Champions, The #1

October 1975
"The World Still Needs…the Champions!"
Script: Tony Isabella
On the UCLA campus, new students Bobby Drake and Warren Worthington meet and agree that college life isn’t what they expected. Suddenly, a portal opens up in the air and harpies emerge, attacking everyone in sight. [...]

Champions, The #2

January 1976
"Whom the Gods Would Join…"
Script: Tony Isabella
The band of disparate heroes (Hercules, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Iceman, Angel) plus the goddess Venus stand amazed at Pluto’s announcement that Venus must wed Ares and Hercules marry Hippolyta or the universe dies. Herc refuses and goes to assault Pluto only to be beaten by Ares. [...]

Champions, The #3

February 1976
"Assault on Olympus"
Script: Bill Mantlo
In the wake of their defeat by the Huntsman (last issue), Black Widow, Angel, and Iceman have taken refuge at a beachfront cabin. Bobby is really broken up about it, brooding over his failures with the X-Men as well as the recent adventure. [...]

Champions, The #4

March 1976
"Murder at Malibu!"
Script: Chris Claremont
Black Widow and Hercules walk along a California beach, talking over their last adventure in Olympus. Suddenly, they are attacked by a madman who is strong enough to overcome Hercules and fight Nat until Herc recovers and beats up their foe. [...]

Champions, The #5

April 1976
"The Economy is So Bad That…"
Script: Tony Isabella
Warren “Angel” Worthington meets with his family lawyer Emerson Bale and discovers that he has inherited a fortune from his late parents. [...]

Champions, The #6

June 1976
"Mad Dogs and Businessmen"
Script: Tony Isabella
Hercules, Black Widow, and Iceman (plus Ivan Petrovich) of the Champions are being held at bay by the villain Rampage, threatening to kill the unconscious Angel with an armored blow to the head. Herc wants to leap forward but Iceman blasts him in the back to discourage rash action. [...]

Champions, The #7

August 1976
"The Man Who Created the Black Widow"
Script: Tony Isabella
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Champions, The #8

October 1976
"Divide and Conquer!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
The Champions (Hercules, Angel, Iceman, Ghost Rider) with Ivan Petrovich, Richard Fenster, and Emerson Bale are in their headquarters when the villain Rampage delivers a set of photographs showing Black Widow a prisoner of the bad guys, along with her Soviet trainer Alexei Bruskin. [...]

Champions, The #9

December 1976
"The Battle of Los Angeles!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
At the inaugural event for the new superhero team, the Champions, the only team members present, Hercules and Angel, are attacked by Titanium Man, Griffin, and Crimson Dynamo. Security hustles Governor Jerry Brown to safety while Richard Fenster discovers he is no good at fighting villains. [...]

Champions, The #10

January 1977
"One Man’s Son is Another Man’s Poison!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
The male Champions (Hercules, Angel, Iceman, Ghost Rider) are trapped in a metal vault by Darkstar’s Darkfield, with Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo for backup. The heroes awaken and fight back and Darkstar becomes too tired to hold up the field any longer so the three baddies teleport away. [...]

Champions, The #11

February 1977
"The Shadow from the Stars"
Script: Bill Mantlo
The Champions, test-driving their new sky-car, are in danger when the controls suddenly freeze up in Black Widow’s hands and the car heads for a rooftop where Bill Foster is standing. Bill suddenly transforms into Black Goliath and catches the ship, its momentum pushing him toward the edge. [...]

Champions, The #12

March 1977
"Did Someone Say…the Stranger?"
Script: Bill Mantlo
The Champions (Hercules, Black Widow, Iceman, Angel, Ghost Rider) and Darkstar return to Los Angles via sky-car to find Black Goliath battling Stilt-Man atop their skyscraper headquarters. [...]

Champions, The #13

May 1977
"The Doom That Went On Forever!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
In Los Angeles, Black Goliath watches helplessly, along with the entire city, as the Null-Life Bomb expands through the Champions’ headquarters to engulf the world. BG climbs the building to investigate but when he touches the bomb, he is pulled in…. [...]

Champions, The #14

July 1977
"The Creature Called…Swarm!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
At the Champions headquarters, Hercules is suddenly attacked by the defense machinery with the computer calling him an intruder; he fights back as only Hercules can. [...]

Champions, The #15

September 1977
"Death Drone!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
A massive swarm of bees is filling the city and directly attacking the Champions in their skyscraper headquarters, flying in through the broken window and via the air vents. [...]

Champions, The #16

November 1977
"A World Lost!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
Story continued from SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP #14. Doctor Doom has released his Neuro-Gas into the air making everyone in the world his unwitting servant in his plan for global domination. [...]

Champions, The #17

January 1978
"Sentinels Hunt Again!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
Hercules and Black Widow are sitting in the office at Champions headquarters when villains Blob, Unus the Untouchable, and Lorelei rush in pleading for help—moments later three Sentinels crash through the walls, tracking them down. [...]