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Champions (1975)
Series · 7 books · 1975-2016

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Champions #3

1975

The Champions go where no mortals have been before…Olympus, home of the Gods! In a bid to free Hercules, the team must convince Zeus that silver-tongued Pluto is a usurper for the throne. Plus, a stunning battle for the heavens!
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#4

Champions #4

2016

The team becomes acquainted with the weird science of Dr. Edward Lansing. The ambitious Lansing is determined to create a Super Solider Serum…and the Champions prove perfect guinea pigs!
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#5

Champions #5

1976

Angel decides to pay his vast inheritance forward, establishing a ‘super hero service' for the Champions. But while Warren Worthington gains more wealth, industrialist Stuart Clarke is all the poorer. Near bankruptcy, a desperate Clarke dons an armored suit…and begins his career as a bank robber!
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#7

Champions #7

2016

The Griffin's trying to spring Stuart Clarke from the hospital…but for what dastardly purpose? Meanwhile, Ivan and Black Widow are confronted by a ghost from Natasha's past!
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#9

Champions #9

1976

Ivan Petrovich has spent his life as a father and protector to Black Widow. Will Ivan be reunited with Natasha once more? Meanwhile, Hercules, Angel and Ghost Rider are subdued by the Russians…and Crimson Dynamo unveils a shocking secret!
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#17

Champions #17

1977

Mutants of Los Angeles tremble at the might of the Sentinels! The Champions do battle to protect their own mutant members. But will the team trust the ‘evil' mutants who claim to be victims of the Sentinels' pursuit? Darkstar shows the full range of her powers…and the display's frightening!
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Marvel Masterworks

The Champions, Vol. 1

2016

Collects Champions (1975) #1-17; Iron Man Annual (1970) #4; Avengers (1963) #163; Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) #14; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #17-18, Hulk Annual #7. Join the Black Widow, Hercules, Ghost Rider, Iceman and Angel as they form an all-new super-team: the Champions! This massive Masterworks collects the Champions' complete adventures in a single volume! Every issue, every highlight, every page as the lives of these Marvel icons play out together. Their struggles will reveal the origin of the man who created the Black Widow, pit them against the combined might of Magneto and Doctor Doom; unleash the Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man on Los Angeles; team them with the Stranger in the fight for an Infinity Gem; and bring fan-favorite artist John Byrne aboard for some of his greatest early work, including stories featuring the Sentinels and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!

Authors

Tony Isabella
Tony Isabella
Author · 46 books

Tony Isabella is an American comic book writer, editor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer's Guide. Contents

Chris Claremont
Chris Claremont
Author · 248 books

Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties. Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman. Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.

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