The Champions #2 [Regular Edition]
(January 1976)

Marvel, 1975 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Marv Wolfman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

No letters column this issue.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Champions / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ron Wilson
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe ?; Morrie Kuramoto ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your comrades cannot help you, Hercules!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Ares; Hippolyta; Pluto [Hades]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #9A lists Morrie Kuramoto as letterer.

Inside, Hippolyta's hair is colored green, while on the cover it is auburn.

Whom the Gods Would Join... (Table of Contents: 1)

The Champions / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited as John Tartag)
Colors
Phil Rachelson (credited as Phil Rache)
Letters
Irv Watanabe (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chaos reigns on the campus of U.C.L.A. for in the past hour, its scholarly confines have been rent by creatures from beyond time.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Ares (villain); Athena; Dionysus; Hippolyta (villain); Huntsman of Zeus [Cephalus] (villain); Mephisto (villain, cameo flashback); Pluto [Hades] (villain); Satan (villain, cameo flashback); Venus (Dr. Victoria Starr); Zeus; Olympians; Menoetius (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Pluto tries to marry off Hercules and Venus against their will. He is blackmailing Zeus to get his support.
Reprints
Keywords
U.C.L.A.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Your comrades cannot help you, Hercules!"]
    The Champions
  2. 1. Whom the Gods Would Join...
    The Champions
  3. 2. ["An idiosyncratic itinerary of intangible illusions and imaginary ideas intended to illuminate your id!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregg Whitmore