The Champions
#9
[Regular Edition]
(December 1976)
Marvel,
1975 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-09-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860211212
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (credited as A. Goodwin) (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #135.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The Battle of Los Angeles!
The Champions / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Champions: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Hercules
Crimson Dynamo [Yuri Petrovitch]; Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inks and lettering credits per Marvel Comics Index #9A. Previous indexer credited Mike Esposito on inks.
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The Battle of Los Angeles!
The Champions / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Hall (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Layton (credited)
- Colors
- Don Warfield (credited)
- Letters
- Karen Mantlo (credited); Gaspar Saladino (splash)
- Job Number
- C-112
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mere moments ago, an impressive ceremony began, officially inaugurating the Champions as Los Angeles' first super-hero group.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (also in flashback); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Governor Jerry Brown; Commissar [Alexi Bruskin]; Crimson Dynamo [Yuri Petrovitch] (also as The Outcast); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo flashback); Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Richard Fenster; Griffin [Johnny Horton]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (cameo flashback); Ivan Petrovich; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski] - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- The villains attack the remaining heroes and defeat them. Meanwhile, Black Widow escapes just as Ivan and Iceman locate the location where the Widow is being held.
- Reprints
-
in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #12 (10 janvier 1978) -
in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #367 (November 1980) [pgs. 1-9], #368 (December 1980) -
in The Champions Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) -
in Marvel Limited Edition. Los Campeones (Panini España, 2015 series) (Julio 2015) - in Marvel Masterworks: The Champions (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
- in Champions Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
-
- Keywords
- Los Angeles
[no title indexed]
Cables of Champions / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Bullpen, This is a comment on the latest...
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Sandy Schrieber and Robert Helemerichs. Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Battle of Los Angeles!
The Champions -
1.
The Battle of Los Angeles!
The Champions -
2.
["Dear Bullpen, This is a comment on the latest..."]
Cables of Champions -
3.
Spider-Man! in the Spider-Man and the Fly!
Hostess; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Steven Tice
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