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Issue: Champions #1

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Publication Date: June 1986

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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Eclipse

Brand: Eclipse Comics [in box]

Indicia Publisher: Eclipse Comics

On Sale Date: 05/20/1986

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.80 CAD
$1.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 8 (2 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #95.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Miniseries

Format Notes:

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1 Content Item
- Chapter II: The Power of Demon [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 (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Champions [Flare; Icicle; Giant; The Marksman; Rose]

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

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

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): The Penumbra

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Pages: 1

The Curse of the Hellfire Crown; Chapter 1 Full Circle

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Champions [Dr. Arcane; Flare (first appearance); Icestar (first appearance); Giant (first appearance); Rose (first appearance); the Marksman (first appearance)]; Foxbat (first appearance, villain); Demon (first appearance, villain)

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Pages: 15

Chapter II: The Power of Demon

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Madame Synn (cameo, face not shown)

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In Content Item: Flag

Champions / Flare Adventures #2 published August 1992
as The Power of Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 8

Champions Combat Room

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Penciller(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Raze

Synopsis: Description of the rules and setting for the Champions game.

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Pages: 2

[untitled]

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Flare

Synopsis: Character page for the Champions game.

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Pages: 1

Notes: First mention of Flare having a sister. Her sister, Olga (later Sparkplug) cameo in flashback to Flare's origin in Champions (Eclipse, 1986 series) #5 (February 1987), before making her first full appearance in Champions (Hero Comics, 1987 series) #3 (November 1987).

[untitled]

Character Profile on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Foxbat

Character(s): Foxbat

Synopsis: Character page for the Champions game.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Steve Peterson

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters page lacks letters as this is the first issue. It contains features on the background of the Champions game.

Giant's original name in the game was 'Goliath,' changed to avoid confusion with the various Marvel characters using that name.