The Champions
#14
[30¢]
(July 1977)
Marvel,
1975 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860211207
- Editing
- Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Invasion!
The Champions / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No use, Widow!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Champions: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]
Swarm - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in The Champions (Yaffa / Page, 1980 series) #5 -
in The Champions Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2007) -
in Marvel Limited Edition. Los Campeones (Panini España, 2015 series) (Julio 2015) - in Marvel Masterworks: The Champions (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
- in Champions: No Time for Losers (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Champions Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Marvel Comics Index #9A credits Annette Kawecki as letterer.
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The Creature Called... Swarm!
The Champions / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited); John Byrne (credited) (co-plot)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe (credited); Gaspar Saladino (splash)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The L.A. headquarters of the Champions is quiet this night--too quiet for a brooding man-god named Hercules!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Ivan Petrovich; Swarm (villain, introduction); Frankie - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Hercules and Iceman are attacked by the security system in the Champions headquarters. Ghost Rider, Black Widow, and Darkstar are attacked by Swarm.
- Reprints
-
in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #17 (10 novembre 1978) - in The Champions Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2007)
- in Marvel Limited Edition. Los Campeones (Panini España, 2015 series) (Julio 2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Champions (Marvel, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
- in Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2016 series) #[1] (2016)
- in Champions: No Time for Losers (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
- in Champions Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
-
- Keywords
- Los Angeles; Santa Monica Bay
Indexer Notes
Iceman dons a newly designed costume.
[no title indexed]
Cables of Champions / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Alan Doll, Jane Daley Witten, Rick Hutchins, (Unknown), and Peter Eicher.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Invasion!
The Champions -
1.
The Creature Called... Swarm!
The Champions -
2.
[no title indexed]
Cables of Champions -
3.
Spider-Man and Madam Web!
Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Steven Tice
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