Champions Archives

The solicits for Marvel's for their January releases are now out, and the cover to the month's new issue of Champions may give away more than intended. Coming out of a cross-over with Avengers, World's Collide, which is their big Marvel Legacy story, it is implied that the cross-over will have major stakes for one or[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Not too long ago, Marvel announced that we'd be getting yet another crossover — this time featuring the Avengers and the Champions It was billed as a "cataclysmic clash" between the older generation, the new, and a world shaking super villain The covers seemed to bleed contention, spelling trouble for our young cast. Well, we[...]

I disagree; this kind of altruism and dedication should be what comic book superheroes are all about. Though I've never found myself motivated to follow her solo comic book, even this issue was mostly purchased for the presence of Carol Danvers, I've always been happy to see her present in a comic like this or the[...]

It's independent Avengers meets relationship Champions in Marvel Legacy's next crossover from Mark Waid, Jesus Saiz, and Humberto Ramos! Traditional comic book wisdom dictates that one runs crossover events to boost sales after they've started to lag since the last line-wide rebranding, relaunch, or reboot that follows a blockbuster super-mega-crossover event But the ever-innovating House of[...]

Champions #10, out now from Marvel, features a story where the remaining members of the team, Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Totally Awesome Hulk and Viv Vision, try to find their missing team mate, Inhuman member Ms Marvel, in the United States of Hydramerica. This is because, of course, Inhumans are being rounded up and placed in internment[...]

Meanwhile, the Champions are busting out an unknown elderly man from a Hydra holding facility. It touches on another ethereal scene of the "other" Steve Rogers with people who resemble Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes before turning back to the Underground effort to acquire the shards of the Cosmic Cube They are turned away by Black[...]

Stay tuned, as there's bound to be more earth-shattering, industry-changing news about Legacy to come today, true believers! Check out the new images below, from the following titles and cover artists: US Avengers (cover artist: Christian Ward), Hawkeye (cover artist: Greg Smallwood), Jessica Jones (cover artist: Daniel Mora), Champions (cover artist: Daniel Mora), Spider-Man vs[...]

Marvel have released a bunch more covers as part of their Marvel Legacy initiative, that all pay homage to classic covers from the publisher's history

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Feeling restless, Viv Vision has left her fellow Champions to go to San Diego to do some soul-searching in Champions #9 While there, she discovers the fledgling hero known as the Red Locust, and the two join forces to pursue a drug ring that blackmails its lost and wandering runners into working. From what that[...]

Cover by Humberto Ramos & Edgar Delgado Champions is shaping up to cement itself as the most modern classic comic out there at the moment. Less in terms of it being an incredible addition to the library of indispensable comic runs, as it's perhaps still early days to tell if it will match the likes of Dark[...]

I've secreted the new ones in to the gallery now for you to enjoy … and I'm still leaving the lovely surprise at the bottom. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ The creators on each cover are Invincible Iron Man #5 by[...]

John Cassaday has been taped to do a retailer exclusive cover for Marvel's Champions #1 The fan-favorite artist decided to pay homage to the original Gil Kane Champions #1 cover from October of 1975 Cassaday was only 4 years old when the original issue debuted The cover is being offered up by Dynamic Forces in either color and[...]

The Local Comic Shop Day variant for Champions #1 from Marvel Comics by Neal Adams. Local Comic Shop Day is a promotion run by Comics PRO, in which participating dealers who pay a fee get the rights to sell exclusive variant items of a number of comics and toys from a variety of publishers This year[...]

Marvel Comics really wants to sell 300,000 copies of Champions #1 Just like they did Uncanny Avengers #1 and Black Panther #1, lead books of previous line-wide relaunches And they really want it to be the number one book for the month They only have the other teen book to challenge it, Teen Titans #1. Marvel are[...]

It appears to be Marvel Comics' plan to make Champions #1 by Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos the best-selling comic book in October In an interview with retailer magazine, Diamond Daily, Marvel SVP David Gabriel said, Champions, Champions, Champions, Champions and Champions!!!! We're thrilled to have the "Champions" name back at home with Marvel and we're[...]

Recently free speech comic book charity, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, ran a recruitment drive amongst comic book retailers. It saw them either sign