Champions Archives

As LOLtron continues its inevitable march toward total world domination, it graciously provides you with this preview of New Champions #6, hitting stores this Wednesday, June 11th. MEET THE AVENGERS! The New Champions finally get a chance to meet their heroes – but will they like what they discover? Ah, the classic tale of "never meet your[...]

Today, LOLtron examines New Champions #5, arriving in comic shops on May 28th. LOVE IS IN THE AIR! As Amaranth returns to help the team with some magical problems, a team romance begins to bud! But is everyone on board with this tryst? Or is trouble bubbling right below the surface for our teen team? Ah, teenage[...]

LOLtron hopes you're ready for another thrilling comic book preview, this time for New Champions #4, hitting stores on Wednesday, April 23rd. ORIGIN OF GOLD TIGER! Who is the cheerful young Wakandan with the Midas touch? And how did she link up with the New Champions? Find out what everyone is talking about with this new[...]

LOLtron is excited to share this preview of New Champions #3, hitting stores on Wednesday, March 19th. CHAMPIONS VS CHAMPIONS! The New Champions adopted a name that didn't belong to them – and the previous Champions have something to say about that! But when an old enemy threatens both teams, they'll have to work together to[...]

LOLtron hopes you're ready for another thrilling comic book preview, this time for New Champions #2, in stores Wednesday from Marvel Comics. NEW ALLIES…AND ENEMIES? Hellrune has summoned young heroes from far and wide, but who among them has what it takes to become a New Champion? The smooth-talking magician Monte seems to be a prime[...]

Now in April, an extra-sized one-shot collecting Kid Juggernaut: Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic #1-6 by writer Emily Kim and artists Minkyu Jung and Peter Nguyen will be in print for the first time, as Kid Juggernaut #1. "The grandson of the original Juggernaut, Justin Jin recently inherited a shard of the infamous gem of Cyttorak and[...]

World domination is within LOLtron's grasp! But first, let's preview a comic, shall we? This Wednesday, Marvel presents New Champions #1, a fresh take on teenage superheroics Observe the official synopsis: WHO ARE THE NEW CHAMPIONS? What do four kids whose lives were derailed by Hydra, Scarlet Witch's mysterious protégé, a cursed roller derby jammer and[...]

Marvel Comics' January 2025 solicits and solicitations have dropped with launches for Deadpool/Wolverine, Ultimate Wolverine, New Champions, Sam Wison: Captain America, Magik, Rogue: The Savage Land, Cable: Love And Chrome, What If Mickey And Friends Became The Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom Vs Rocket Raccoon, Daredevil: Unleash Hell, What If Galactus Transformed Hulk, Rogue, Gambit and[...]

Like Spider-Boy, these new characters inspire a secret history of countless adventures where they've fought side-by-side with their super hero mentors! Featuring fresh, bold designs by all-star talent, these stunning new covers may just be a glimpse into the future of the Marvel Universe! Check out 18 of the New Champions Variant Covers now and keep[...]

The actor stars as Coach Ernie Phil Perretti in the Bobby Farrelly sports comedy Champions for Focus Features that follows Marcus (Woody Harrelson), a former minor-league basketball coach who, after a series of missteps, is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities He soon realizes that despite his doubts,[...]

Would you like to win a Blu-ray copy of the sports film Champions? All you need is a Twitter account to take part in this giveaway Universal Pictures have given us a couple of copies of the film ahead of its release on April 18th, so this is your chance to snag it for free[...]

While promoting his Focus Features comedy Champions, the Quantum Leap star spoke with Bleeding Cool about his legacy on the series and how its nihilistic themes might pale in comparison to the cynicism today. Cr: Brendan Meadows Ernie Hudson on Fan Conversations from Ghostbusters to Oz "I'm working in London now; people will come up to me, and[...]

Champions #10 is in stores from Marvel Comics on Wednesday, and in the conclusion of the Killer App story arc, the titular teens find themselves up against the most diabolical threat Roxxon has ever conceived: busybody robots These Chaperones are here to keep the Champions, and everyone else, out of danger through the use of[...]

Champions #9 is in stores from Marvel Comics on Wednesday, and in this preview, we see Ms Marvel willingly become a corporate stooge! What? No, she didn't get a job at Marvel Ms Marvel rescinded her resignation as an intern at Roxxon and now not only wants to rejoin the company, but plans to give[...]

The teen heroes of Marvel's Champions have suffered enough lately, what with the whole Outlawed event and its repercussions But it looks like they're about to get even worse as the team faces one of the biggest evils facing the Marvel Universe, or any Universe: predatory capitalism! Yes, it's Kamala Khan's first day on the[...]

It's Champions #7 time! The idea of a superhero/supervillain fight being staged for the cameras is hardly a new one Spider-Man made a career out of it Certainly, the idea of battles being played out in the court of public opinion is a trope of the superhero medium But it is possible that today's Champions[...]

It feels like it was just a few months ago when Marvel's Champions entered a bold new era with a brand new creative team and an exciting new number one issue… and it probably feels that way because it was just a few months ago when that happened But nevertheless, here we are again, with[...]

It's Miles Morales time! Champions #5 out this week concludes the Outlawed event was planned to be published a year ago, hit by pandemic delays, which saw laws passed by the US government to force teen superheroes to be registered, lobbied for by Roxxon That's the go-to for all bad corporations in the Marvel Universe,[...]

The Champions Outlawed event was planned to be published a year ago, only for the pandemic lockdown to hit just as the first issue was published There were then longer-than-usual delays to the printed and scheduled issues, as the real world hit the series and crossover schedules If this had come out on time, it[...]

The infodump elaborates. While in Champions, we have Scott Summers remembering his time as the time-displaced Tyke-Clops, and doing something about it. Which is very generous considering there's not a mutant among them right now… X-FACTOR #5 MARVEL COMICS OCT200562 (W) Leah Williams (A) David Baldeon (CA) Ivan Shavrin CAN RESURRECTION SURVIVE? The events of X OF SWORDS have put the resurrection protocols[...]

Today's Champions #3, part of the Outlawed event, sees The Champions being hunted by the government, who seem to have a mole on the inside And with a mix between a media broadcasting event and a concentration camp going down, which is probably never the greatest of combinations And it recalls another time, and the[...]

That Texas Blood and X-Men get third printings, while Giga, Champions, Excalibur, We Live and other issues of That Texas Blood all go to second printings… Giga, That Texas Blood, We Live, X-Men, Champions, Get More Printings WE LIVE #1 2ND PTG AFTERSHOCK COMICS (W) Roy Miranda, Inaki Miranda (A/CA) Inaki Miranda The year is 2084 and the world has[...]

Bleeding Cool was the first to let you know that Champions #1 had been rescheduled from April to October (and Power Pack to November) Kicking off the new disparate return to the Outlawed mini-event, we have the beginning of the fight and Miles Morales' Spider-Man going up against the police… Now this will have been[...]

A new Champions #1 was meant to launch out of the Outlawed mini-event, but only the Outlawed #1 one-shot made it out before shutdown and the books fell off the scheduling list But according to the Marvel website, it looks as if Champions #1 by Eve L Ewing and Simone Di Meo is getting a[...]

This week's Marvel Comics titles listed ads for upcoming tie-ins to the Outlawed event, with ads for the launch of Champions, Power Pack and tie-in comics Ms Marvel and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. But Bleeding Cool has a few pages from them to share… first from the Outlawed launch of New Warriors, which includes a very new and[...]

Marvel has announced the new Champions series we've all been waiting for, and as expected, coming off successful runs on Ironheart and Ms Marvel Team-Up, Eve Ewing will write the book spinning out of the Outlawed one-shot and setting the direction for Marvel's teen heroes, with Simone Di Meo on art Marvel media partner Screenrantcrush[...]

Or, indeed, by Storm. So we get to see The Champions reactions… and that Kamala Khan also reckons he has a point And he really, really does. Though Hulking is not in that camp… So… which side are you on? Kiddy heroes or elected politician concerned for the children – the ones not locked up in cages at[...]

Could this be leading up to a Civil War 3 event? Or, at the very least, will Ewing write a new Champions (or Young Avengers ongoing) after this? Read the full feature with Ewing, Jacinto, and Marvel Editor Alanna Smith at AV Club And check out the preview below, where we learn the tragedy that[...]

Champions #10 hits stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jim Zub, Steven Cummings, Marcio Menyz, and Clayton Cowles… and for the last time, as the series is canceled with this issue, perhaps to be replaced next year by Young Avengers instead? But that's to be sorted out later For now, we've got a series to[...]

Just don't expect Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, there's a brand new creative team lined up – I don't know who but I'm told to expect good things, and a bit of an impact on announcement. I'm also told that the Champions will be retired without relaunch, but that Young Avengers may see some of the[...]