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Issue: The Champions #11

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Publication Date: February 1977

Issue #11
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Issues: #11 of 17 Issues (34 Printings)

Title:

Variant: U.S. Cover Price

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860211202

Price: $0.30 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 9 (1 story, 1 cover)

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 #11 [U.S. Cover Price]

The Champions #11 [British]

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1 Content Item
- The Shadow from the Stars [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (9 total)

Guest Starring Black Goliath! Providing He Lives That Long!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Gil Kane (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Layton (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Danny Crespi

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): The Champions

Character(s): The Champions [Hercules; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; Iceman]; Black Goliath [Bill Foster]

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Pages: 1

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Six Million Dollar Man [Steve Austin]

First Line: Mission control center

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Pages: 1

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

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Mantlo

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): Bob Layton

Colorist(s): Don Warfield

Letterer(s): Bruce Patterson; Gaspar Saladino (page one)

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]]; Darkstar; Black Goliath [Bill Foster]; Hawkeye; Two-Gun Kid; Warlord Kaa (villain); Shadow-Aliens (all death, villains); Hulk (flashback); Stilt-Man (villain, cameo)

First Line: 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!

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.

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In Content Item: Flag

The Champions #4 published January 1980
as The Shadow from the Stars [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 17

Notes: Two-Gun Kid appears between Avengers #151 and Marvel Tales #100. The box was stolen in Black Goliath #4.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Cables of Champions

First Line: Dear Marvel, CHAMPIONS #8 was brilliant.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters of comment from readers 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.

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

Credits

Writer(s): Stan Lee; ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Marvel Bullpen Bulletins

Character(s): Spider-Man; Hulk; Thor; Thing; Iron Man

First Line: Of vainglorious vampires, vanquished villains, and valiant victors!

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Pages: 1

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

The Incredible Hulk and the Green Thumb

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum

Inker(s): Dave Cockrum ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Hulk; Hostess Fruit Pies

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Cousin Betsy; Rhoda Dendron; Artie Choke; Mari Gold

First Line: The Hulk has been "befriended" by "Cousin Betsy, the Plant Lady."

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Pages: 1

Spider-Man and Captain America Ricochet to Freedom!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Captain America; Spider-Man; Ricochet Racers

Character(s): Captain America; Spider-Man

First Line: An alien ship departs, leaving behind a giant spidery web...

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Ricochet Racers.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: What's the next best thing to riding in a Jaguar?

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Pages: 1

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

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Evel Knievel; Robbie Knievel

First Line: Ride into adventure with Evel Knievel

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Ad for Evel Knievel toys by Ideal.