Demon-gods, alien monsters and killer bees - it only goes to show that Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow and Ghost Rider did more before #17 than some teams get done by #50! The short-lived super-team squeezed multiple mayhem into mere months of masked marvelry! Featuring the Stranger and the Stilt-Man! Magneto and Modok! The world reign of Doctor Doom! The Sentinels and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Avengers! Plus: destined for the pages of Punisher War Journal... Rampage! Collects Champions #12-17, Iron Man Annual #4, Avengers #163, Super-Villain Team-Up #14 and Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #17-18.
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The end:
This second, and final, collection of The Champions finds the bizarre superhero team consisting of Ghost Rider, Black Widow, Hercules, Iceman, and Angel taking on some big time villains in the vein of Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and even Doctor Doom. Like the issues in the first volume, The Champions works surprisingly well thanks to some surprisingly compelling set-ups and stories that usually feature a decent enough pay off to keep coming back. Not to mention the fact that there are... more info
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The Champions wrap it up on a bit of a down note:
At last, we have CHAMPIONS CLASSIC VOLUME 2, the highly anticipated second round of reprints featuring perhaps the oddest team of Marvel heroes ever. Angel, Iceman, Hercules, Black Widow, and Ghost Rider aren't a grouping I'd normally consider worthwhile, but darn if The Champions didn't have some exciting stories during their run. In volume 2, Darkstar and Black Goliath assist the team against bizarre villains such as Stilt-Man and MODOK, cosmic entities such as the Stranger and Kamo Tharn, and Swarm - a... more info
