Champions Appreciation 2022

[Frostbite883]

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This should do it.

[Digifiend]

How the MCU could try to integrate the Champions on-screen.

That article is obsolete - looks like the Ms. Marvel and Ironheart Disney+ shows hadn't been announced at the time.

Also, all those videos - couldn't you just have posted a playlist of them, which would also have them in chronological order?

[Frostbite883]

What was intended to be a small sketch to practise a new colouring style.

[Frostbite883]

VIV VISION & IRONHEART in Champions #9 (2020)

[Huntsman Spider]

I could see Miles probably calling up Doctor Strange to help him resurrect the girl (who was unintentionally killed by his wish to bring his friends back).

If failing that then maybe he can make another deal with Mephisto in bringing that girl back to life by playing B-Ball with an undead basketball player one-on-one in order to do that...without powers. It's an arrangement I think Mephisty might come up with just so the stacks can be to his favor.

But, then again, the rest of the Champions could help him out. Whether by cheerleading for him, coaching him or going out of their way to play ball in Mephisto's court with an all star roster of other undead basketball players regardless if it results in them losing their powers while playing that devil's game. ...And with the added risk on losing their souls to the Master of Malice.

Hmm, that could have been an interesting story.

[Digifiend]

Incredible Hulk #106 (2000 series) - She-Hulk compares Amadeus Cho to the Champions. The original ones! This is shortly after Amadeus's debut, the flashback being just prior to Jennifer's origin.




Also, Iron Man had depowered her in the then-current issue of She-Hulk, but later in this issue Amadeus manages to restore her powers (temporarily). Pretty similar to how he later turned himself into a Hulk.

Amadeus also first encountered Hercules at the end of this issue. Herc ended up taking over the book.

[Frostbite883]

Hmm, that could have been an interesting story.

Yeah it could. Albeit with a twist ending that's..bitter sweet to put it mildly.

The ending in question being the newly resurrected girl would know almost everything Spider-Miles had done to her by Mephisto, with him stttrreeetching the truth on how things really went down, and she in turn starts a smear campaign against him, and by extension -- the rest of the Champions, in secret as a kind of internet activist with her main goal squarely centering on exposing the young hero team as anything, but good.

One of her goals however will be in giving detractors of the Champions a safe space to speak their minds anonymously on the team, their motives, their methods and their efforts.

The other is offering her advice to everyone who have suffered and were harmed in some fashion or another by the team. Even dating back before their formation when they had worked individually. She wouldn't be an expert, but the girl might do whatever she can to help everyone who wants her guidance and solutions.

[Huntsman Spider]

Yeah it could. Albeit with a twist ending that's..bitter sweet to put it mildly.

The ending in question being the newly resurrected girl would know almost everything Spider-Miles had done to her by Mephisto, with him stttrreeetching the truth on how things really went down, and she in turn starts a smear campaign against him, and by extension -- the rest of the Champions, in secret as a kind of internet activist with her main goal squarely centering on exposing the young hero team as anything, but good.

One of her goals however will be in giving detractors of the Champions a safe space to speak their minds anonymously on the team, their motives, their methods and their efforts.

The other is offering her advice to everyone who have suffered and were harmed in some fashion or another by the team. Even dating back before their formation when they had worked individually. She wouldn't be an expert, but the girl might do whatever she can to help everyone who wants her guidance and solutions.

Well, damn. That's the kind of twist Mephisto would pull off. Would be a great, if tragic, challenge for the Champions.

[MitchFox]

Besides Miles Morales, spoilers:

the other Champions such as Kamala Khan, Riri Williams, Viv Vision and Sam Alexander appeared in Devil's Reign #4. The Champions managed to evade capture from Mayor Kingpin’s anti-superhero drones thanks to Rhino.

end of spoilers

[Digifiend]

spoilers:

Makes sense that Rhino would help them, he befriended Miles in the first arc of his current solo book, helped Miles and Captain America rescue some kidnapped kids. But, wait, the Champs are OUTLAWED again? They could've repurposed the cancelled New Warriors book for Devil's Reign then, and they should've had a new Champions mini. The team must be pissed off that they've been banned AGAIN, so soon after Kamala's Law was repealed.

end of spoilers

[Frontier]

Besides Miles Morales, spoilers:

the other Champions such as Kamala Khan, Riri Williams, Viv Vision and Sam Alexander appeared in Devil's Reign #4. The Champions managed to evade capture from Mayor Kingpin’s anti-superhero drones thanks to Rhino.

end of spoilers

I guess that really is the whole team at this point.

At least they're still making the rounds in events.

[Ultimate Captain America]

It's not the same law. The Kamala law was aimed at teenage vigilantes, the current one is against them all.

[Digifiend]

Effect is the same though - they're Outlawed again.

[CrimsonEchidna]

It's not the same law. The Kamala law was aimed at teenage vigilantes, the current one is against them all.

Foggy himself drew a direct comparison between the Super Hero Registration Act, Kamala's Law, and now Mayor Fisk's policy of all being of the same exact ilk with the same end goal.

[Huntsman Spider]

Foggy himself drew a direct comparison between the Super Hero Registration Act, Kamala's Law, and now Mayor Fisk's policy of all being of the same exact ilk with the same end goal.

Indeed. It's all about controlling or eliminating superheroes, since they make the people who have been generally used to having power over society, economically and/or politically speaking, feel ineffectual and powerless despite that, since money and connections won't make a damn difference against someone capable of lifting a bare minimum of 10 tons, moving faster than the human eye can register, and walking off punishment that would lead to permanent injury or death for most people, much less against the kinds of threats and challenges superheroes routinely battle.