Comic Book: Champions, The
What This Book is About:
Short-lived team book with an unusual line-up of heroes: Black Widow, Hercules, Iceman, Angel, and Ghost Rider. Later Champions books are unrelated to this one, featuring an array of youthful heroes.
Data Sheet:
Oct 1975 to Jan 1978
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Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.
Angel(Warren Worthington)
Plus: Champions, Crimson Dynamo (
Yuri Petrovich), Griffin.
Comics Index
Total Indexed Comics:
17
Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.
October 1975"The World Still Needs…the Champions!"
Script: Tony IsabellaOn 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. [...]
January 1976"Whom the Gods Would Join…"
Script: Tony IsabellaThe 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. [...]
February 1976"Assault on Olympus"
Script: Bill MantloIn 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. [...]
March 1976"Murder at Malibu!"
Script: Chris ClaremontBlack 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. [...]
April 1976"The Economy is So Bad That…"
Script: Tony IsabellaWarren “Angel”
Worthington meets with his family lawyer Emerson Bale and discovers that he has
inherited a fortune from his late parents. [...]
June 1976"Mad Dogs and Businessmen"
Script: Tony IsabellaHercules,
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. [...]
August 1976"The Man Who Created the Black Widow"
Script: Tony Isabella [...]
October 1976"Divide and Conquer!"
Script: Bill MantloThe 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. [...]
December 1976"The Battle of Los Angeles!"
Script: Bill MantloAt 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. [...]
January 1977"One Man’s Son is Another Man’s Poison!"
Script: Bill MantloThe 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. [...]
February 1977"The Shadow from the Stars"
Script: Bill MantloThe 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. [...]
March 1977"Did Someone Say…the Stranger?"
Script: Bill MantloThe 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. [...]
May 1977"The Doom That Went On Forever!"
Script: Bill MantloIn 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…. [...]
July 1977"The Creature Called…Swarm!"
Script: Bill MantloAt 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. [...]
September 1977"Death Drone!"
Script: Bill MantloA 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. [...]
November 1977"A World Lost!"
Script: Bill MantloStory 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. [...]
January 1978"Sentinels Hunt Again!"
Script: Bill MantloHercules 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. [...]