History ComicBook / Champions2016

** While the Cross Time Capers arc failed to get him home, he did go home in ''ComicBook/{{Extermination}}''. But TheBusCameBack in ''Champions'' Vol 3 #5, as the adult Cyclops, having regained his memories from when he was in his future, comes to help the team fight in the ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms''.

* {{Robosexual}}: Issue #2 ends with Amadeus kissing Viv Vision! He later claims kissing a robot wasn't that good, but his thought bubbles show he's heartbroken she kissed him only out of curiosity and was unimpressed. Sam also showed attraction towards Viv.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The teenage Falcon, Patriot, and Red Locust join the team in issue #16, but are gone in #19 with no explanation.

* FiveBadBand: The Freelancers, an EvilCounterpart team of young supers who hire themselves out to further the interests of the rich and powerful, and have no compunctions against [[KickTheDog "punching down"]].

** The entire team are this, to Captain Marvel, the Incredible Hulk, Richard Rider, Peter Parker, The Vision, and the original non-time displaced Cyclops. The two new members added in issue 19 are legacies to Iron Man and Janet Van Dyne.

* LegacyCharacter: Issue 9 has Viv meet up with the latest person to be Red Locust, a Mexican hero whose legacy goes back generations. Though, as it turns out, this Red Locust is the first ''female'' version because all the previous Red Loci were male and her mother died before she could bear a son, thus the organization who created the Red Locust was forced to use her as their latest.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: The Red Locust's reaction to Viv. And her reaction to getting invited to join the team in issue 16!

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The teenage Falcon, Patriot, and Red Locust join the team in issue 16, but are gone in 19 with no explanation.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Presumably how Cyclops feels when he abstains voting, be it on whether to use powers during painball or whether to invite Vivian 2.0 to join the Champions.

* VerySpecialEpisode: The series tackles international social issues while enlightening the readers about those same issues. Issue #1 calls out [[ShootHimHeHasAWallet police violence against unarmed people and children.]]

** The bigoted sheriff in issue #5 is done in [[TheDogBitesBack his beleaguered deputy]] when he demands he do something with the Champions or he'll make an example out of him, too. [[EurekaMoment It's that "Too"]] that makes the deputy realize that he had been behind many of the hate crimes in the town.

Written by Creator/MarkWaid with art by Humberto Ramos, ''Champions'' is actually the second Marvel title to bear that name. The first volume of ''Champions'' (published in the UsefulNotes/TheSeventies) consisted of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], [[ComicBook/XMen Angel]], ComicBook/GhostRider, and ComicBook/{{Iceman}}; [[OldShame it's not fondly remembered]]. Jim Zub later took over as writer in mid-2008.

Written by Creator/MarkWaid with art by Humberto Ramos, ''Champions'' is actually the second Marvel title to bear that name. The first volume of ''Champions'' (published in the UsefulNotes/TheSeventies) consisted of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], [[ComicBook/XMen Angel]], ComicBook/GhostRider, and ComicBook/{{Iceman}}; [[OldShame it's not fondly remembered]].

In the wake of ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', Kamala Khan ([[ComicBook/KamalaKhan Ms. Marvel]]) has become [[BrokenPedestal disillusioned by the heroes she used to idolize and regard as her mentors]]. Taking matters into her own hands, she officially quits [[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers The Avengers]] and rounds up former teammates Sam Alexander (ComicBook/{{Nova}}) and Miles Morales ([[ComicBook/MilesMorales Spider-Man]]) to fight crime on their own terms. Along the way, they're joined Amadeus Cho (the ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] (daughter of ComicBook/TheVision), and teenage ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} ([[ComicBook/AllNewXMen time-displaced]] from UsefulNotes/TheSixties). Later additions to the team include ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} (Riri Williams) and Nadia van Dyne (the ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp).

With a team chock full of teenagers, expect some [[TeethClenchedTeamwork rivalries]], [[HormoneAddledTeenager hormonal urges]], and a healthy dash of generational angst to ensue. Jim Zub took over as writer in mid-2018.

** Gwenpool does it in her guest issue after she realizes that [[RealityEnsues the antagonists are just bigoted people and not a mind controlling supervillain]], according to her if she wanted to deal with morally grey issues and real life problems she would have stayed in the real world instead of trying to be a superhero which to her dismay the champions barely do in this issue.

** Gwenpool does it in her guest issue after she realizes that [[RealityEnsues the antagonist are just bigoted people and not a mind controlling supervillain]], according to her if she wanted to deal with morally grey issues and real life problems she would have stayed in the real world instead of trying to be a superhero which to her dismay the champions barely do in this issue.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Mark Waid did this every other issue in the pre-''ComicBook/SecretEmpire2017'' part of the series, with the team battling human trafficking, MiddleEasternTerrorists who oppose girls getting education, and hate crimes in an American town. Jim Zub brought it back in issue 24 with a school shooting at the [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Brooklyn Visions Academy]].

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Mark Waid did this every other issue in the pre-''ComicBook/Secret Empire'' part of the series, with the team battling human trafficking, MiddleEasternTerrorists who oppose girls getting education, and hate crimes in an American town. Jim Zub brought it back in issue 24 with a school shooting at the [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Brooklyn Visions Academy]].

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Mark Waid did this every other issue in the pre-Secret Empire part of the series, with the team battling human trafficking, MiddleEasternTerrorists who oppose girls getting education, and hate crimes in an American town. Jim Zub brought it back in issue 24 with a school shooting the [[ComicBook/MilesMorales Brooklyn Visions Academy]].

** Gwenpool does it in her guest issue after she realizes that [[RealLifeEnsues the antagonist are just bigoted people and not a mind controlling supervillain]], according to her if she wanted to deal with morally grey issues and real life problems she would have stayed in the real world instead of trying to be a superhero which to her dismay the champions barely do in this issue.

With a team chock full of teenagers, expect some [[TeethClenchedTeamwork rivalries]], [[HormoneAddledTeenager hormonal urges]], and a healthy dash of generational angst to ensue.