Champions (Hero)

    (Hero, 1987-1988)
Cover art ©1987 Chris Marinnan and Al Gordon. Champions is ™ Hero Games, Inc.
Series numbering continues as Champions Classics with issue #13

Champions features several characters who were created for the Champions role-playing game. The game allows players to take on the role of a super-hero, matching powers and strategy against a colorful assortment of villains.

The comic runs true to the lighthearted spirit of the game. It stars Flare, a young and apparently man-crazy blonde with the ability to harness photonic energy; Icestar, who can create ice out of the water vapor in the air; Rose, an occult investigator; and their leader, Marksman, an experienced soldier.

This title ran for a dozen issues before restarting as The League of Champions #1. As an added bonus for Champions players, many of the lead characters that the group encounters in the comic book are written up (with ability scores, etc.) for use with the role-playing game.
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  • 1
    #1
    Sep 1987
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    1st appearance of Madame Synn; 1st appearance of The Galloping Galooper
    8 copies from $1.34
  • 2
    #2
    Oct 1987
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan, Pete McDonnell
    1st appearance of Black Enchantress; 1st appearance of The Fat Man
    2 copies from $1.75
  • 3
    #3
    Nov 1987
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    Hero Character Sheet for Olga Gottmann; 1st appearance of Icicle; 1st appearance of Sparkplug; Origin of Flare
    5 copies from $2.98
  • 4
    #4
    Dec 1987
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan, Benton Jew
    1st Appearance of Exo-Skeleton Man; 1st Appearance of Pulsar; Hero Character Sheet for Icicle; Hero Character Sheet for Pulsar
    2 copies from $2.99
  • 5
    #5
    Jan 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    Hero Character Sheet for LeRoy, the Awesome Exo-Skeleton Man; Hero Character Sheet for Sylvia, the Last Vampire
    3 copies from $2.98
  • 6
    #6
    Feb 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan, Pete McDonnell
    1st appearance of Mechanon; Hero Character Sheet for Flare; Hero Character Sheet for Foxbat
    4 copies from $2.50
  • 7
    #7
    Mar 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    Hero Character Sheet for Mechanon
    1 copy for $2.98
  • 8
    #8
    May 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Walt Davis
    Origin of Foxbat
    2 copies from $2.98
  • 9
    #9
    Jun 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    A: Dell Barras
    (also was Flare #0)
    1 copy for $2.98
  • 10
    #10
    Jul 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    Hero Character Sheet for Dark Malice
    1 copy for $4.00
  • 11
    #11
    Sep 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    Hero Character Sheet for Rose
    2 copies from $1.00
  • 12
    #12
    Oct 1988
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan
    2 copies from $1.96
  • Anl 1
    Annual #1
    Dec 1988
    Cover: $2.75
    W: Dennis Mallonee  ·  A: Chris Marrinan, Benton Jew, Howard Simpson, Dell Barras
    Origin of Dark Malice; Origin of Giant
    2 copies from $3.98