The Champions #3 [Regular Edition]
(February 1976)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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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

This issue has variants:

Assault on Olympus! (Table of Contents)

The Champions / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed as Buckler)
Inks
Dan Adkins (signed as ADKINS.)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?; Jim Novak ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Even if thy son and his comrades survive this combat, Zeus--
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Pluto [Hades]; Zeus; Mutates
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Marvel Comics Index #9A lists Jim Novak as letterer.

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Assault on Olympus (Table of Contents: 1)

The Champions / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Isabella (credited) (plot); Bill Mantlo (credited) (script)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page 1); Karen Mantlo (credited)
Job Number
JV 148
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It would seem that friend Iceman takes his defeats in stride, Angel!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (also in flashback); Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff] (also in flashback); Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze] (also in flashback); Hercules (also in flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (also in flashback)
Ares (villain); Dionysus; Hippolyta (villain); Huntsman of Zeus [Cephalus] (villain); Pluto [Hades] (villain, also in flashback); Venus (Dr. Victoria Starr, also in flashback); Zeus; Mutates (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The heroes take the fight to Olympus.
Reprints

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

Cables of Champions / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Heck (illuustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're pretty much getting to let your...
Characters
Hercules

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Ruch Hango, Marnin Rosenberg, and Bob Rodi.

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

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Assault on Olympus!
    The Champions
  2. 1. Assault on Olympus
    The Champions
  3. 2. ["We're pretty much getting to let your..."]
    Cables of Champions
  4. 3. Spider-Man and the Kidnap Caper
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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