The Champions #11 [Regular Edition]
(February 1977)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mission control center
Characters
Six Million Dollar Man [Steve Austin]

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for a 13" action figure of the Six Million Dollar Man and his mission control center. The page also includes a membership offer to join the Six Million Dollar Man Bionic Action Club.

The Shadow from the Stars (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Bob Layton (credited)
Colors
Don Warfield (credited as D. Warfield)
Letters
Bruce Patterson (credited as Patterson); Gaspar Saladino (page one)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Los Angeles, twenty-five stories above street level, the Champions' shiny new sky-car begins a 1.5 second out-of-control plunge toward sudden death!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Champions: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff; Natasha Romanoff]; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Hercules; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo flashback); Goliath [Clint Barton] (cameo flashback); Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo flashback); Warlord Kaa (villain, death ?); Stilt-Man [Wilbur Day] (villain, cameo); Two-Gun Kid [Matt Hawk]; Shadow-Aliens (all death, villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Black Goliath stops the Champions' sky-car from crashing and reveals that he designed the ship. He discovers that the metal used in the construction of the ship was of inferior quality. The Champions, including new ally Darkstar, travel to Arizona and help Hawkeye and the Two-Gun Kid defeat the Warlord Kaa and his Shadow-Aliens. Back in LA, a girl arrives at Champions base carrying a box (formerly belonging to the Stranger) that was stolen from Bill Foster's lab a week ago. The Stilt-Man breaks into Champions HQ looking for the box.
Reprints
Keywords
Arizona; flying saucers; Los Angeles; mind-control

Indexer Notes

Two-Gun Kid appears between Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #151 and Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #100. The box was stolen in Black Goliath (Marvel, 1976 series) #4.

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

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Marvel, CHAMPIONS #8 was brilliant.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Carl Dennison, Tim Justice, Fred J. Quicksilver, Ted Longstreth, Paul Salerno, and Charles H. Hungerdunger.
Placed between pages 11 and 12 of the main sequence.

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

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

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Stan Lee; ?
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Of vainglorious vampires, vanquished villains, and valiant victors!
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

Indexer Notes

Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox and a cover image of Marvel Treasury Edition #13.

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb (Table of Contents: 5)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Dave Cockrum ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hulk has been "befriended" by "Cousin Betsy, the Plant Lady."
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Cousin Betsy; Rhoda Dendron; Artie Choke; Mari Gold
Reprints

Spider-Man and Captain America Ricochet to Freedom! (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain America; Spider-Man; Ricochet Racers / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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An alien ship departs, leaving behind a giant spidery web...
Characters
Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Indexer Notes

Ad for Ricochet Racers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's the next best thing to riding in a Jaguar?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for a scale model of the Jaguar XKE by Monogram.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ride into adventure with Evel Knievel
Characters
Evel Knievel; Robbie Knievel

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Evel Knievel toys by Ideal.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Guest Starring Black Goliath! Providing He Lives That Long!
    The Champions
  2. 1. ["Mission control center"]
  3. 2. The Shadow from the Stars
    The Champions
  4. 3. ["Dear Marvel, CHAMPIONS #8 was brilliant."]
    Cables of Champions
  5. 4. ["Of vainglorious vampires, vanquished villains, and valiant victors!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  7. 6. Spider-Man and Captain America Ricochet to Freedom!
    Captain America; Spider-Man; Ricochet Racers
  8. 7. ["What's the next best thing to riding in a Jaguar?"]
  9. 8. ["Ride into adventure with Evel Knievel"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Dan Creel
  • Del Gruber
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore