The Champions #8 [Regular Edition]
(October 1976)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1976-07-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860211210
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #132.
This issue has variants:

Messenger of Death! (Table of Contents)

The Champions / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane (signed as K)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited) (signed as M)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?; Jim Novak ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Rampage [Stuart Clarke]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Divide and Conquer! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Champions / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Bob Hall (credited)
Inks
Bruce Patterson (credited as B. Patterson)
Colors
Don Warfield (credited as D. Warfield)
Letters
Karen Mantlo (credited as K. Mantlo); Gaspar Saladino (splash)
Job Number
C-52
First Line of Dialogue or Text
By the silver bow of Apollo!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Emerson Bale; Governor Jerry Brown; Alexi Bruskin; Crimson Dynamo [Yuri Petrovitch]; Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Richard Fenster; Griffin [Johnny Horton]; Ivan Petrovich; Rampage [Stuart Clarke]; Titanium Man [Boris Bullski]; Pierre
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Rampage stops by the Champions' offices to deliver a message about their teammate, the Black Widow. Instead, his exo-skeleton explodes. Then the Champions split up: Ghost Rider takes Rampage to the hospital, Iceman and Ivan search for Natasha, and Hercules and the Angel prepare for a press conference introducing the Champions to the world. But the conference is interrupted by the arrival of the Griffin, the Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Champion-Cablers, Champions #6 gave me the highest hopes I've had for this team.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Giles Dyer, Ed Via, William MacDonald Neville, and Larry Twiss.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Spalding YourGlove / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Messenger of Death!
    The Champions
  2. 1. ["Declare your Independence..."]
  3. 2. Divide and Conquer!
    The Champions
  4. 3. ["Dear Champion-Cablers, Champions #6 gave me the highest hopes I've had for this team."]
    Cables of Champions
  5. 4. ["A ragbag of riotous repartee for our resplendently rarefied readership!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
  7. 6. ["Your game is specialized."]
    Spalding YourGlove
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