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- 1. The Beginning Sep 25, 1968
- In Tibet, Nemesis agents Stirling, Macready and Barrett are reborn superhuman.
- 2. The Invisible Man Oct 2, 1968
- The agents must retrieve loot stashed in a Swiss bank.
- 3. Reply Box No. 666 Oct 9, 1968
- Explosives expert is stabbed to death in Montego Bay hotel.
The Champions are a team of teenage superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in Champions #1 (October 2016) and was created by writer Mark Waid and artist Humberto Ramos.
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We see it all around us more and more every day -- people with power punching down. Taking lives when they don't have to. Meeting unarmed perps, even unarmed kids, with lethal firepower. That's the world we're inheriting, where violence does all the talking. But we can be better than that. We have to start enforcing justice without unjust force. What happened here today was sickening. And stuff as bad -- worse -- happens every day in this world. The strong abuse the weak -- who have to worry more all the time about who they can trust and who they can't. You want that to change? Us, too. We're in a war for a better tomorrow. Join us. Help us to not take the easy road, and I promise we'll fight every fight they can throw at us. Help us win the hard way -- the right way -- not with hate, not with retribution, but with wisdom and hope. Help us become champions.
—Ms. Marvel
Origins
The Champions were formed following the departure of Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man and Nova from the Avengers, when the trio became disillusioned by the behavior of their elders, especially in regards to the second superhuman Civil War. The young heroes desired to rectify the state of distrust by the people towards superheroes in general, and soon recruited other teenagers with similar ideals, the new Hulk, and Viv, daughter of the Vision. After their first joint mission rescuing a group of girls being trafficked by Pagliacci, the young heroes revealed themselves to the public and Ms. Marvel proclaimed the team's mission to foster a better tomorrow through hope and wisdom rather than unjust force. Her speech became viral on the Internet, and the team was dubbed the "Champions" in social media. One of the people encouraged by Ms. Marvel's speech was the time-displaced young Cyclops, who was admitted into the Champions' ranks after requesting membership. In their further early adventures, the Champions traveled to Sharzhad and helped a young girl named Amal stop militant fundamentalists from enforcing a gender apartheid; they were confronted by an Atlantean colony while cruising over their waters; and were joined by teenage hero Gwenpool in fighting the xenophobic head of Daly County's police, Sheriff Studdard. During the Leviathon Tide's invasion on Earth, the Champions crossed paths with the Freelancers, a group of teenage mercenaries, who were at the time working for Roxxon to silence protesters. The Freelancers' employers would make efforts to discredit the Champions, framing the young heroes for attacking homeless people, and later trademarking the Champions' logo. The Champions managed to clean the name, and Nova started a countermovement to reject the Champions-branded merchandise.
Secret Empire
When Hydra assumed control of the United States of America under the leadership of an evil alternate version of Captain America, the Champions were separated. Nova became trapped beyond the Planetary Defense Shield in Earth Orbit. Ms. Marvel worked with the Warriors to fight off Inhuman internment camps, and Scott was displaced to New Tian with America's mutants. Amadeus, Viv, and Miles eventually joined the Underground where they associated with Ironheart, and the new younger incarnations of Wasp, the Falcon and Patriot. After Hydra leveled Las Vegas, Black Widow set out to assassinate Captain America. Spider-Man joined her, having decided to stop running away from his supposed destiny to kill Captain America, as prophesied by the Inhuman precog Ulysses Cain. The remaining Champions, alongside Ironheart, the Wasp and the Falcon, followed him to offer their support, thus joining Black Widow's Red Room. The teenagers were eventually captured by Hydra after Widow's assassination attempt failed and resulted in her death. Spider-Man almost killed Captain America, but the Wasp convinced him not after learning that Black Widow had tried to kill Rogers so that Miles wouldn't. When the contingent of America's super-heroes launched a final attack on Hydra, the Red Room was freed by Taskmaster and Black Ant, who decided to switch sides in light of Hydra's eventual defeat. The Champions were reunited during the final battle, which saw the return of the real Captain America and fall of Hydra.
Worlds Colliding
The Champions next saw themselves forced into an uneasy alliance with the Avengers to stop the High Evolutionary from causing a collision between the Earth and his Counter-Earth. After being turned into an ordinary human by the High Evolutionary, Viv became trapped in another plane of existence while operating a device to foil the villain's plans. The Vision built a Viv 2.0 to cope with Viv's apparent death before Viv found her way home. The two twins co-existed for a brief time until Viv 2.0 went haywire and Viv killed her in self-defense. The Vision and the Wasp managed to rebuild her body, but couldn't bring back her mind. As a way to both regain her powers and ensure her sister lived on through herself, Viv transferred her consciousness to Viv 2.0's body. During this time, the Champions refrained from welcoming Viv 2.0 into the team taking into account Viv's feelings, and decided instead to invite Ironheart, Patriot, the Falcon, and burgeoning new hero the Locust, to compensate for their diminished manpower. Following Viv's return to the team, Cyclops saw himself forced to leave the Champions due to a call to arms from his fellow time-displaced X-Men. After joining the ranks of the Champions full-time, Ironheart and the Wasp helped Amadeus Cho create the Champions Mobile Bunker (C.M.B.), a new moving headquarters equipped with a command center plugged into worldwide news to facilitate the team's response to crises. During an investigation in Nunavut, Canada, the Champions stumbled into the machinations of Eshu, the Master of the World, and uncovered his capture of a local teenager named Amka Aliyak, who had become infused with the Inua spirit Sila, from whom Eshu was leeching off energy for his machinery. Amka escaped from Eshu's captivity, and joined the Champions, using the shapeshifting powers bestowed upon her by Sila to become the super hero Snowguard. The Champions became involved in an attempt of the Warbringer to cull his fellow Chitauri for serving Thanos after Nova was alerted of the Warbringer's assault on the Nova Corps on his way to Chitauri Prime. Since Thanos had no interest in saving his minions, and because regular Chitauri possess no will of their own, they didn't defend themselves to the Warbringer's slaughter. The Champions saw themselves forced to fight the Warbringer's army to save lives until Nova knocked out the villain. In the aftermath of the battle, Ironheart tried to confront Thanos, but was swiftly subdued and had her armor destroyed, leaving her traumatized. When the team took Warbringer to the Nova Corps, Commander Scott Adsit confiscated his helmet since he was not an officially-recognized Nova. Losing the source of his powers, Sam saw himself forced to step out of the front lines and become depressed. While still reeling from Thanos' attack, Riri designed her Mk 3 Armor. During this period, Amadeus underwent his own major change, having become partially depowered and renaming himself "Brawn."
Equipment
Each member's personal equipment.
Weapons
Each member's personal weapons.
Transportation
Pinpoint's Portal;; C.M.B.; formerly Cho's Meat Wagon, a jet, and a truck.
•In Champions (Vol. 3) #1, Viv is listing the members of the Champions Reinforcement Roster when she is cut off by Spider-Man before she can finish mentioning a character whose name starts with "S." Writer Jim Zub had no actual character in mind. He simply added the detail to make readers speculate, but intended to integrate somebody in the series ...
•131 appearance(s) of Champions (Earth-616)
•16 minor appearance(s) of Champions (Earth-616)
•73 mention(s) of Champions (Earth-616)
•6 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Champions (Earth-616)
•228 image(s) of Champions (Earth-616)
•23 member(s) of Champions (Earth-616)
References
1.Champions (Vol. 2) #1.MU 2.Avengers #672 3.Champions (Vol. 3) #4 4.Champions (Vol. 4) #4 5.Champions (Vol. 2) #1 6.Champions (Vol. 2) #2 7.Champions (Vol. 2) #3 8.Champions (Vol. 2) #4 9.Champions (Vol. 2) #5 10.Champions (Vol. 2) #6 11.Champions (Vol. 2) #8 12.Secret Empire #3 13.Secret Warriors (Vol. 2) #1 14.X-Men: Blue #7 15.Secret Empire #1 16.Secret Empire #2 17.Secret Empire #7 18.Secret Empire #9 19.Secret Empire #10 20.Champions (Vol. 2) #13 21.Avengers #673 22.Champions (Vol. 2) #14 23.Champions (Vol. 2) #15 24.Champions (Vol. 2) #17 25.Champions (Vol. 2) #18 26.Champions (Vol. 2) #16 27.Champions (Vol. 2) #19 28.Champions (Vol. 2) #20 29.Champions (Vol. 2) #21 30.Infinity Countdown: Champions #1 31.Infinity Countdown: Champions #2 32.Champions (Vol. 2) #22 33.Champions (Vol. 2) #23 34.Champions (Vol. 2) #26 35.Champions (Vol. 2) #27 36.Champions (Vol. 2) #25 37.Champions (Vol. 3) #1 38.Champions (Vol. 3) #2 39.Agents of Atlas (Vol. 3) #1 40.Unstoppable Wasp #2 41.Champions (Vol. 3) #4–5 42.Champions (Vol. 3) #6 43.Champions (Vol. 3) #7–8 44.Champions (Vol. 3) #8 45.Champions (Vol. 3) #9–10 46.Champions (Vol. 2) #7 47.Champions (Vol. 2) #3–4 48.Zub, Jim (9 August 2019) Hey, Mr. Zub! I’ve been enjoying the journey that... Tumblr. Retrieved on 7 September 2019.
Learn about the history, members, and missions of the Champions, a team of young superheroes who fight for a better tomorrow. The Champions are inspired by Ms. Marvel's speech and face various threats, such as Hydra, the High Evolutionary, and the Red Room.
The Champions are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in The Champions #1 (October 1975) and was created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Don Heck.
The Champions. Meet the teenage team of super hero sensations! In the fallout from Civil War II, the Champions assemble with a restored vision for their world. Instead of following in the footsteps of their predecessors, these young heroes are striking out on their own.
Aug 25, 2021 · The Champions replaced the Young Avengers as the top teen team in Marvel Comics and here are the first 10 members, and why they joined up.
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Sep 11, 2020 · In the Marvel Universe, teenage heroes have been OUTLAWED. But that’s not going to stop the Champions from doing what's right! On Wednesday, October 7, writer Eve L. Ewing and artist Simone Di Meo are teaming up for CHAMPIONS #1, a new series that places the young heroes in the fight of their lives. The world still needs heroes, and the team ...
THE CHAMPIONS. Meet the teenage team of super hero sensations! In the fallout from Civil War II, the Champions assemble with a restored vision for their world. Instead of following in the footsteps of their predecessors, these young heroes are striking out on their own.
