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Issue: The Champions #8

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Publication Date: October 1976

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Issues: #8 of 17 Issues (34 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel All-Colour Comics

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860211210

Price: £0.10 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Archie Goodwin

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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The Champions #8 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Champions #8 [British]

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Content Items (7 total)

Messenger of Death!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Gil Kane [as K] (signed)

Inker(s): Al Milgrom [as M] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Danny Crespi ?; Jim Novak ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Champions

Character(s): The Champions [Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]]; Rampage

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Pages: 1

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

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Declare your Independence...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for the Junior Sales Club of America.

Divide and Conquer!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Mantlo

Penciller(s): Bob Hall

Inker(s): Bruce Patterson

Colorist(s): Don Warfield

Letterer(s): Karen Mantlo; Gaspar Saladino (splash)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Champions

Character(s): The Champions [Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Hercules; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman]; Rampage; Alexi Brushki [The Commissar]; Ivan Petrovich; Griffin; Darkstar; Titanium Man; Crimson Dynamo [Yuri Petrovich a.k.a the Outcast]; Dick Fenster

First Line: By the silver bow of Apollo!

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.

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Pages: 17

Job Number: C-52

Notes: The origin of the Black Widow continues in flashback.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Cables of Champions

First Line: Dear Champion-Cablers, Champions #6 gave me the highest hopes I've had for this team.

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Pages: 1

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

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee; ?

Penciller(s): Jack Kirby ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

First Line: A ragbag of riotous repartee for our resplendently rarefied readership!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox and an ad for 2001: A Space Odyssey #1 (1976) including an image of the cover.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Earn famous name prizes or cash

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for the Olympic Sales Club, Inc.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Inker(s): Jack Davis (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Spalding YourGlove

First Line: Your game is specialized.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Ad for Spalding baseball gloves.