Champions (Heroic)

    (Heroic, 2007)
™ and © Heroic Publishing, Inc.
Series numbering continues from combined issues of previous Champions titles

Captain Thunder and his son Blue Bolt have made an uneasy alliance with a Russian agent for the Merchants of Menace, Ilyan King. King has offered information on the Merchants in exchange for their help in freeing his imprisoned queen, Sonya. Ilyan claims that Sonya is being held in a secret government prison, but the prison is revealed to be less than a holding facility and more like a laboratory for illegal experiments. This is what Blue Bolt would expect from the Merchants of Menace and the revelation is unsettling.

This title returns as more of a showcase and promotional vehicle for Heroic Publishing’s stable of characters rather than as the adventures of the League of Champions that it evolved into. The Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt story is continued from their own title, (from more than 10 years ago), and a back-up story features a classic Huntsman tale sets up a future Liberty Girl storyline.

— George Haberberger

		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#38 Date:  8/1/2007 Cover Price:  $2.99 NM Guide:  $2.75 3 copies available from $2.75		Roy Thomas, Dennis Mallonee, Steve Perrin, Benito Gallego	Benito Gallego, Pete McDonnell
	#39 Date:  10/1/2007 Cover Price:  $2.99 NM Guide:  $2.50 3 copies available from $2.50		Roy Thomas, Dan Thomas, Lou Mougin	Howard Simpson, Jim Valentino
	#40 Date:  4/1/2009 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Wilson Hill, Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas	Dick Giordano, Howard Simpson, David Stowers
	#41 Date:  6/1/2009 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Jim Valentino, David Berge, Wilson Hill, Dennis Mallonee	Jim Valentino, Adam Walters, Daniel Lauer, Lou Manna
	#42 Date:  8/1/2009 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Wilson Hill, Dennis Mallonee	Adam Walters, Daniel Lauer, Gordon Purcell, Ciro Napolitano
	#43 Date:  10/1/2009 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas	Scott Clark, Mark Beachum, E.R. Cruz
	#44 Date:  1/1/2010 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Shawn V. Wilson, Dennis Mallonee, Terrance Griep	Luis Medero, John Flaherty, Mark Beachum, Ciro Napolitano
	#45 Date:  4/1/2010 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Steve Perrin, Wilson Hill, Dennis Mallonee, Ray Thomas, Dann Thomas	James Webb, Mark Beachum, E.R. Cruz
	#46 Date:  7/1/2010 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Dennis Mallonee, Wilson Hill	Paul Abrams, Ciro Napolitano, Jeff Brennan
	#47 Date:  9/1/2010 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Henry Vogel, Dennis Mallonee	Howard Simpson, George Pérez, Mark Beachum
	#48 Date:  10/1/2010 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Henry Vogel, Dennis Mallonee	Lou Manna, Mark Propst, Sean Harrington
	#49 Date:  12/1/2010 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Henry Vogel, Dennis Mallonee	Scott Clark, Mark Propst
	#50 Date:  2/1/2011 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Dennis Mallonee, Henry Vogel	Mark Propst, Sean Harrington
	#51 Date:  4/1/2011 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Steve Perrin, Wilson Hill, Dennis Mallonee	James Webb, Paul Abrams
	#52 Date:  6/1/2011 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Jim Valentino, Dennis Mallonee	Jim Valentino, Paul Abrams
	#53 Date:  8/1/2011 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Dennis Mallonee	Rob Jones, Lou Manna
	#54 Date:  11/1/2011 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Dennis Mallonee	Andrew Pepoy, Paul Abrams, Garry Barnes
	#55 Date:  7/1/2012 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Terrance Griep, Dennis Mallonee	Gaetano Cassaro, Ciro Napolitano
	#56 Date:  9/1/2012 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark
	#57 Date:  10/1/2012 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark
	#58 Date:  11/1/2012 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark
	#59 Date:  12/1/2012 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark
	#60 Date:  1/1/2013 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark
	#61 Date:  2/1/2013 Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark
	#62 Date:  Cover Price:  $4.99 NM Guide:  $4.99 No copies available		Lou Mougin, Dennis Mallonee, Lou Manna	David Spurlock, Scott Clark