Marvel Comics Introduces A Brand New Group Of Young Avengers In Upcoming NEW CHAMPIONS Series

Marvel Comics Introduces A Brand New Group Of Young Avengers In Upcoming NEW CHAMPIONS Series

This January, a team of young heroes set out to change the world in Steve Foxe and Ivan Fiorelli's New Champions, but who are these mysterious Young Avengers? Find everything we know so far right here...

By JoshWilding - Sep 17, 2024 04:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Next January, writer Steve Foxe (Spider-Woman) and artist Ivan Fiorelli (Daredevil: Woman Without Fear) reunite to reinvent what it means to be a teen hero in the Marvel Universe in the pages of New Champions.

Last year, we were introduced to all-new heroes inspired by Marvel icons in the "New Champions Variant" cover series. Since then, we know many of you have been eager for them to make their in-universe debuts, and after a few popped up in various titles over the last few months, they'll next explode onto the page in their own ongoing series.

The group begins with Liberty, Hellrune, Moon Squire, and Cadet Marvel, but will expand quickly over the first arc of the series as more New Champions answer the call. However, not all are destined to be heroes and some have dark connections to established Marvel lore that could spell disaster for the fledging team before they can get off the ground.

Each New Champion has a story to tell, and together, they have a world to change. It's said that mystery, action, and drama await as Marvel Comics' next teen superhero team assembles.

Here's the official description of New Champions #1 from Marvel Comics:

What do four kids whose lives were derailed by Hydra, Scarlet Witch’s mysterious protégé, a cursed roller derby jammer and a Wakandan runaway have in common? Not much! But when Hellrune’s mysterious powers activate to bring them together, they’ll have to learn how to work as a team quickly—or face the wrath of the Cult of Hela!

"As soon as I saw the New Champions variants, my mind started racing dreaming up possible origins and powers and codenames for these imagined sidekicks," Foxe explained today. "Reverse-engineering the cast from the covers was unlike any other creative process I’ve ever been involved in, and I’m beyond stoked to debut a whole new class of Marvel heroes (and a few villains!) in New Champions alongside Ivan Fiorelli."

Fiorelli added, "I’m really looking forward to diving into New Champions! What really excites me about this project is the opportunity to bring fresh faces into the Marvel Universe, and explore something completely new. These young heroes have their own stories to tell, and I’m looking forward to seeing how they’ll grow and evolve visually as the series unfolds."

"I’ve been dying to write a teen hero team my whole career—it’s the time in everyone’s life when we’re figuring out who we really are, and adding Norse magic or jet-powered punches or accidental hell portals to that search for identity is a recipe for storytelling gold," Foxe concluded.

Check out the main New Champions #1 cover by Gleb Melnikov along with variant covers by Paco Medina, Luciano Vecchio, and Federico Vicentini below and stay tuned for more details about these characters as we have them.

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NEW CHAMPIONS #1
Written by STEVE FOXE
Art by IVAN FIORELLI & IG GUARA
Cover by GLEB MELNIKOV
Variant Cover by PACO MEDINA
Variant Cover by LUCIANO VECCHIO
Variant Cover by FEDERICO VICENTINI
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Gambito
Gambito - 9/17/2024, 4:08 PM
Can’t wait for this to get cancelled!
thespiderkat
thespiderkat - 9/17/2024, 4:20 PM
Thanks, I hate it.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 9/17/2024, 4:22 PM
I'm buying 100 of each and bagging them up in the store. Retirement secure!
Polaris
Polaris - 9/17/2024, 4:40 PM
Just what we need, more teen heroes!
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/17/2024, 4:43 PM
12 issues max. These guys need to learn from Manga.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 9/17/2024, 5:55 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - and what should they learn?
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/17/2024, 6:22 PM
@Dotanuki - How to write good stories without the need to reboot, retcon, renumber and other marketing bullshit because they can't create compelling characters. That clear enough for you?

They can't sell books because they don't know what they are doing, write poorly, and introduce characters CONSTANTLY that people aren't interested in.
MrMediocre
MrMediocre - 9/17/2024, 6:37 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - They're. Different. Mediums.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/17/2024, 9:52 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - "They can't sell books because they don't know what they are doing ...." BINGO. This is what Jim Shooter said. Watch his interview linked in my post above.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/18/2024, 12:08 AM
@MrMediocre - Give me a break. Will you guys just come up with anything at this point? Manga has REPLACED the American comic book market ...in America. Get it?
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/18/2024, 12:09 AM
@GeneralZod - I can't believe the delusion at this point on this board. Comics are basically a write off at this point. They can't give them away aside from Spidey and Batman.
xfan320
xfan320 - 9/17/2024, 4:54 PM
Ewwww, no thank you.
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 9/17/2024, 5:10 PM
Marvel, we hate money.
TK420
TK420 - 9/17/2024, 5:16 PM
No wonder all the shops are closing...
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/17/2024, 9:51 PM
@TK420 - It's painful to see it happen in real time. There is one not far from where I live that has been open since the early 90s (it survived the mid-90s comics crash) ... it closed down last week. There is another shop that survives on a massive back-issue inventory; spoke with the shop owner and he said people are cutting back or dropping altogether their pull-lists.
narrow290
narrow290 - 9/17/2024, 5:20 PM
Looks like someone took some heroes, put them in a blender and hit start. Hard pass
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 9/17/2024, 5:20 PM
Hoooooray for cringe tokens!!!
narrow290
narrow290 - 9/17/2024, 5:23 PM
so, seven women and one trans dude. They aint savin shit. wtf is happing right now
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 9/17/2024, 5:27 PM
Shoutout to Batman for getting his star on the Hollywood walk of fame!
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 9/17/2024, 5:39 PM
What in the genderswapped hell ?!🤣

It's like they're aggressively chasing failure 🤣
grif
grif - 9/17/2024, 5:53 PM
change the world

marvel just dont give a [frick]

Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 9/17/2024, 5:54 PM
I liked that Avengers Academy actually created new characters that didn’t rely on legacy heroes. This just seems overly derivative.
Batmangina
Batmangina - 9/17/2024, 5:54 PM
This will sell seven copies.


WORLDWIDE
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/17/2024, 6:18 PM

This won't work.

They need 52 members to represent every gender.

If they don't, I will riot and loot. (Well okay...I do need a new TV.)
RichardGrayson
RichardGrayson - 9/17/2024, 7:52 PM
This is one of the most awful things I’ve seen. The creators look exactly how you’d expect them to. Also I guarantee this dumb [frick]ing characters pop up ina movie or show in the next few years in spite of having literally zero fans. Want proof? See Ironheart. It’s all about an agenda and the message… cringe. Glad I don’t read Marvel comics from the last ten years. Wish we could return to the days of great creators like Frank Miller but no we’re stuck with these [frick]s
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/17/2024, 9:47 PM
@RichardGrayson - Sorry i didn't tag you -- see my post above and watch the relevant portion of the Shooter interview, but he basically says what you say.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/18/2024, 12:12 AM
@RichardGrayson - This wont last long enough to show up for anything. 12 issues ...maybe. The original Champions didnt even do well and it had characters you knew.
RichardGrayson
RichardGrayson - 9/18/2024, 8:38 PM
@GeneralZod - good video! Thanks for sharing
NGFB
NGFB - 9/17/2024, 8:49 PM
Nice. Now how many of them are LGBTQIA2S+ furry?
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/17/2024, 9:44 PM
Sad to see Marvel Comics dying with their ongoing publication of unoriginal drek. Unless someone at Disney that knows what they're doing takes control (and starts by firing C.B. Cebulski), it's beyond salvation. Check out this recent interview of the legendary (and total gentleman) Jim Shooter. Start at the 6:40 mark and go to about 14:46. He really nails it.


@Marvel616
@DocSpock
@Polaris
@Nomis939
@OrgasmicPotatoe
@WakandaTech
@HistoryofMatt
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/17/2024, 10:57 PM
@GeneralZod -

Sad, but true. In my opinion, they've been in a downhill death spiral for about a dozen years, but the last 4-5 are just getting ridiculous.

Also, I don't think the weirdos they pander so hard to are even very many of the people who buy comics for entertainment.


GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 9/17/2024, 11:17 PM
@DocSpock - What Shooter said was interesting: that Marvel's current EIC (Cebulski) isn't doing his job properly (he's not) and the line editors really aren't trained to edit, they're just expediting copy and getting material published. No one above the creators really understands the craft of making good comic books anymore. I would add, as the generations go by, there is a gap in apprenticeship for the editors, resulting in the current crop not learning what constitutes proper storytelling. The lineage of solid EICs from Martin Goodman to Lee to Thomas to Goodwin to Shooter to DeFalco to Quesada (second longest editor after Lee) pretty much ended with Quesada. IMO, when it got turned over to Axel Alonso (2011 to 2017), the wheels started coming off the bus (excessive relaunches, gender-swapping, excessive agenda-pushing). It's only worsened under Cebulski (2018 to current).
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/18/2024, 12:22 AM
@GeneralZod - They are infected with activists who have no talent. They aren't even smart enough to be political. It's not social justice anymore. It is the only reality they know. As an aspiring writer myself, you have to understand points of view you don't agree with. You have to do your research. Want to create a magic system? Do the research. Want to write a story about some new cult or creed? You better study religions. Thats the problem, they aren't real writers.


@Marvel616
@DocSpock
@Polaris
@Nomis939
@OrgasmicPotatoe
@WakandaTech
@HistoryofMatt
DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/18/2024, 1:14 AM
@GeneralZod -

Wow man, you do the work. That is a roll down the memory highway for me. All my life, I was an athlete, an outdoorsman, and a corporate super stooge(36 years). But since 1965 or so, I've been also reading every Marvel & DC comic. (Except the romance ones - YUCK!) It's nice to converse with someone with such a great care and knowledge of this once great industry.

Respect man!

DocSpock
DocSpock - 9/18/2024, 1:17 AM
@CreateNowSlpL8r -

Do they have a class in not being a copycat soulless hack? If they do, these modern-day lemming aSSholes need to retake that class.
Polaris
Polaris - 9/18/2024, 11:55 AM
@GeneralZod - I got fed up with the constant relaunches and events. Then you have the comics that are plain mcu advertising or the changes made because of mcu synergy and a bunch of new derivative heroes that no one cares about. Plus, it's hard to follow. Do they think that just slapping a number 1 in a comic makes it accesible? and then changing it again after a couple of months? It's tiring.
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 9/18/2024, 3:00 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - It feels like this has been going on at all levels of entertainment. While I understand 'going after an untapped market' might have made them chose this route, but after 10-15 years of doubling down on what doesn't work and a 'modern audience' that outright refuses to materialise, it feels like they're just doing it either out of spite for their fans, or because they are contractually obligated to. Whatever the reason is, it's not working.

I guess they haven't lost enough money yet. Gotta speak their language.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/18/2024, 6:52 PM
@OrgasmicPotatoe - There is no modern audience. There are activists who bitch and complain and don't buy or consume any of this. Twitter maniacs don't buy comic books. So whats happening is, the DEI assholes have let their companies be infected with activists. Now they have to get them out like Feige is rumored to be doing. In terms of money, some blue haired weirdo doesn't care about money. Its a religion to them.
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 9/18/2024, 10:10 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - 'it's a religion to them' Oh, absolutely. I just mean, if you want to see the product go back to its former quality, we need to stop giving it money. Only then can they possibly get the idea that this agenda is not worth it. And if they want to die on that hill, then by all means, let them.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 9/19/2024, 12:51 AM
@OrgasmicPotatoe - Shogun just won a shit ton of Emmys and half the show, they aren't even speaking English. Fallout, major success. Blue Eye Samuari, beat X-men 97 for the animation award. House of the Dragon is female led, one of which is openly LGBT. They also race swapped an entire family.

Diversity is not the problem. Talent is the problem.
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