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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR CHOICE DEVASTATED THE TEAM, AND MILES CHOSE TO WALK AWAY. g BUT THE CHAMPIONS ARE FRACTURING AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT--AFTER LAYING WASTE TO NINE OF THE TEN REALMS, THE DARK ELF KING MALEKITH AND HIS POWERFUL ALLIES HAVE FINALLY BROUGHT THE WAR OF THE REALMS TO MIDGARO--THE LAST REALM STANDING! CAN KAMALA KEEP HER TEAM TOGETHER THROUGH THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET? KIM JACINTO & RAIN BEREDO coven annists: SHANNON ANDREWS assr evirox ALANNA SMITH Assoc. EoIToR TOM BREVOORT cniron C.B. CEBULSKI eniToR IN cHiEF JOE QUESADA ciicr creanive orricer DAN BUCKLEY presioenr ALAN FINE exec. PRODUCERUST AND THEM TEDLYOU MUST BE Ou'RE you're ULGIMINEBiap. ( SOAQUIN TORRES, AGGRESSIVE, yooin THE FALCON. 4 COMPETITIVE AND BROODY, ‘BUT DEE? DOWN YOU HAVE A KIND HEART AND ALOT ‘OF COURAGE. MIGHT NOT BE ENOUG TO STAND OUTINSUCHA TARE GROUP OF HEROES. UST KIND OF HAPPENS: DING. SPECIALLY WHEN YOUR TIND? . SURFACE THOUGHTS YEN. HOW'0 YOu GET RECRUITED INTOALL THiS CRAZINESS? _/ MS. MARVEL SHOUTED OUT ON THE PORUMS# THAT THE CHAMPIONS NEEDED ALL ‘THe HEL? THEY COULD cer JUST BEFORE ALL THE My TELEPATHY CAN FIND PEOPLE IN NEED AND CAN YOu LEASE LIFT THAT GIRDER?7 CAN Feel SV / chat You Have Been COUCHED By DEATH ICSELF/sKAMALA SEES A VISION OF DEATH. A GLIMPSE OF THE WHOSE ECHOES { STILL REMAIN. fy rea sicut tar Siakes THe YOUNG. | Head To Hee CORE. |10D nocxine. JDID you REALLY THINK you coup |e DEFKARNILLA AND. HELA, QUEENS OF he. __ HEL. poe ah FEEL THAT, MY r7 THATS THE OOLEST TH YEAH, BUT IT WORKED.PHS. BECAUSE TI'E Ta SYS CMTS) Ma \When society became disillusioned with its heroes, the next yoneration maule a vow to do better. To make difference, To change the world. They are the THE CHAIMPIONS WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. WITH MS. MARVEL AS THEIR NEW LEADER AND AN ‘ARMY OF PROMISING RECRUITS, IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING COULD SLOW THEM DOWN. BUT LATELY, THE TEAM HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE SEPARATED. NOVA LEFT WITH A FORMER & BLACK ORDER ASSASSIN NAMED KALDERA ONA QUEST TO RETRIEVE HIS STOLEN HELMET, WHILE MILES CHOSE TO WALK AWAY FROM THE GUILT OF USING A SECRET DD-OVER FROM MEPHISTO THAT HAD UNSPEAKABLE CONSEQUENCES. P DOUBT HAS BEGUN TO WEIGH ON KAMALA, TOO, WHO NOW KNOWS THAT MILES' BARGAIN SAVED HER LIFE AT THE COST OF ANOTHER'S, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED, HOW CAN SHE STILL LEAD HER TEAM? KIM JACINTO & STEPHANE PAITREAU coves aarisTs SHANNON ANDREWS assr c0170n ALANNA SMITH assoc. E01T0R TOM BREVOORT cniror C.B. CEBULSKI eniroR In CHIEF JOE QUESADA cHier creanive ofFicen DAN BUCKLEY presioent ALAN FINE exec. PRODUCERBEFORE THIS, YOU WENT TO GREAT EFFORTS TO Keer YOUR IDENTITY A ‘SECRET. LIGHTNING -pasT NTHEZOIO BRAIN, /OU ALREADY FIGURED OUT: WHERE T Live, DIONT You?VE BEEN PUSHING SO HARD, VI. TRYING TO BE THE PERFECT HERO, AND THEN, PERFECT LEADER, PERFECT WN Ba AziL, = FRIEND. SAW MYSELF EVERYTHING PUR A 1S eVeRvBODY ALL AT ONCE. ICANT eT IT Out oF MY HEAD. Disaster. is THIS WHAT BEING A HERO'S ALL ABOUT? DEATH AND DESPAIR? TM SUST... IM WIPED Our. ietecks ube. Voit.) Hae My HeAD.TIME BEBETIER FOR Je LONG WILL Soul” a IRE ABSENCE.WE'RE IN THIS OGETHE| THAT! THAT THING WieRe YOU SAMUP AGAINST ME LiKE THATE WE HAVEN'T fee) StOPrED FoR FueL oR c00D IN OVER BIGHT HOURS! Z DIDN'T KNOW AND.. "ANG'E WISH THATO™ NEVER HAPPENED THE ANDROMEDA II GALAXY We age oNoT ONLY HERE TO FLATTER YOURSELF, RETRIEVE YOUR EARTH MEAT. HELMET. THEN, YOU WiLL RelontrE YOUR NOVA FORCE AND TWILL KILL YOU, RESTORING MY LOST HONOR. Z WAS TRAPPED INA MIDNIGHT SPHERE FOR MONTHS, ENOLESSLY TORTURED BECAUSE OF OU your PETTY BIOLOGICAL INCONVENIENCES ARE NOTHING COMPARED WH-WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? COMPLETING. (OUR TOURNEY, SAM ‘ALEXANDER.LETTERER: VC'S CLAYTON COWLESPR a nase THIS ENDRION STEALTH SLICERS. SHIELDED FROM THEIR PROBES, SLT AS. iT WAS INVISIBLE TO YOUR PLANET'S FEEBLE SPACE DEFENSE PERIMETER. Howe ONTO vouR ‘ORGANS. a.WE CAN ‘SLIP ALONGSIDE IT AN TOUeH DOWN UNDETECTED. leyou EXPUNGE YOUR STOMACH JUICES INHeRE, = WiLL WURT YOU...EXHALE AS MUCH AIR FROM YOUR FEEBLE LUNGS AS YOU CAN, a EARTH BOY. ‘OTHERWISE YOUR CHEST WILL RUPTURE INTHE COLD VACUUM ‘OF spaces ~~WHO THE, LARK ARE YOU? WHAT ARE OUBOIN® SURPRISE MEAT SACKSro te amit adic AH, WELLTues i THENEVAC OREO ARE HENS ae Ser HELMETo ARE YEA... REAL OUT ONPARROL GARBAGE. JY NovAuslines mBUED \ on Buoy New Ne Nova Ponce enves Tue PERSON WEARING wna MeoSMic AWARENESS ait OF Luck we OF BVERSTAING AROUND. SuOULG Be ASE pieM. TOMOVEARSEND mess! hese WiioeT ones gust TOO MUCH meee ua your BéRioueRAL VISION EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS TO YOUR BIOLOGY Age ALSO AWEAKNESS, SAM ALEXANDER: 2 AN — INsTEAo OF SCROLLING. THROUGH CREW MANIFESTS, YOU ‘SHOLLD FIND USA MAP. ALREADY DONE. TOTHIS..THE NeXT ROOM is-=SIR, WE'VE, oor. CURRENT NOVA COMMANDER GN THE SPIRIT OF XANDAR, 'S POLIC! RCE AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET A HALFWAY DECENT EA. A eM! TT's comPLETELY UNPROFESSION--HEL? US RETRIEVE SAM ALEXANDER'S BLACK z.rM nor sedgen of vault SNe Been TigemTENes BY EADPOOW.HOW COME YOU GUYS AREN'T. USING THESE NOVA HELMETS? \ THERE Pao AREN'T THAT MANY LEFT, EACH ONE \s A PRECIOUS RESOURCE We NEED TO DEFEND THE UNIVERSE AGAINST THREATS, WE'VE SCANNED THE ONBOARD SySTEMS P\ AND CONFIAMED IT's ACTIVE, BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TOBE ANY WAY ‘TO MAKE [T= ITHAS BEEN My PLEASURE TO ‘SLAY MANY NOVAS. YOU AND SAM WILL Be ADDED TO MY KRELSIN VICTORY CORPSE COUNT ONCE TAY MISSION IS COMPLETE ‘AND HONOR IS) RESTORED. EVEN IF YOU STEAL THE BLACK HELMET, ir WON'T MATTER. We LOT ES CANT EVEN GE7 THE DAMN THING TO POWER UP.WHY DOES THis $#O% KEEP HAPPENING TO Me? My SLEEP Zork SCHEDULE Is myBuTr * comeLerel OFF AND IT " DOESN'TEVEN Wives Wa MATTERS Take THiS gol 7D ru BFLEVEN IFT CAN'T TLLRUN A MESSAGE PROTOCOL AND ‘Sez WHERE IT PINGS.Te KNOW THAT YOU COULD TRYTO KILL SOME: THE RIGHT CIRCUMSTANCE: PING CALLBACK: SOL ‘SYSTEM. THIRD PLANET. EARTH. | GETYOUR HELMET... \ et NEKT ISSUE: EARTHBOUND AND DOWN!‘CURRENT. SIT) THAT REQUIRE MY ‘ATTENTION WHILE SUPERVISING A CHAMPIONS STRIKE TEAM INIOWA SHE |S...SHE 1S OCCUPIED ‘Witt A PERSONAL TIER! \s THAT WaT You DorWhen society became disillusioned with its heroes, the next generation made a vow to do better. To make a difference. To change THE GHAIMPIONS WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD. WITH MS. MARVEL AS THEIR NEW LEADER AND AN ARMY OF PROMISING RECRUITS, IT SEEMED LIKE NOTHING COULD SLOW THEM DOWN. BUT LATELY, THE TEAM HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE SEPARATED, 2 MILES CHOSE TO WALK AWAY AFTER ACCEPTING A SECRET D0-OVER FROM MEPHISTO LED TO UNSPEAKABLE CONSEQUENCES. AND WHEN KAMALA LEARIVED OF MILES’ BARGAIN TO SAVE HER LIFE AT THE COST OF ANOTHER'S, SHE LEFT THE TEAM IN VIS HANDS. p MEANWHILE, NOVA DISAPPEARED WITH A FORMER BLACK ORDER ASSASSIN NAMED KALDERA ON A QUEST TO RETRIEVE HIS HELMET FROM ANOVA OUTPOST...ONLY TO DISCOVER IT HAD BEEN STOLEN | ‘AND BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH! KIM JACINTO & RAIN BEREDO coven annists SHANNON ANDREWS BALLESTEROS assr Eviton ALANNA SMITH assoc. co!ToR TOM BREVOORT eniror C.B. CEBULSKI eniroR in CHIEF JOE QUESADA cHier creanive ofFicen DAN BUCKLEY presioent ALAN FINE exec. PRODUCERyes, wy,MIGHT: sures STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE. PANIC: MENTAL ILLUSIONS AND EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION. HALT! You'Re NOT AUTHORIZED TOBE HERE... WE'RE HERE FORA SPOT. ll, One my. INSPECTION. GENERAL? APOLOGIES, sia Zeon. oer mevae StorbRivine RIGHT IND E COULD TELL THATLITILE. ‘SEE? SOLDIER BOY WAS AFRAID OF AUTHORITY AND JUST PLUCKED. THAT VISION FROM His. MIND. Lom were, POP IN, GRAB SOME HIGH-TECH CONTRABAND ‘AND THEN HEAD é EAS) BACK OUT. PEASY, LEMON- ‘SQUuEEZY!SURPRISE y TTATHINK THE SITUATION HAS ‘CHANGED... Keep Tus i ~) | \ LAD Wow,er YOU GETTING ANy He's gy CONE. ALL zm RECENING IS STATIC“ gs LOOKS LIKE WERE ON OUR OWN, SAND- my CODENAME 1S UST. YEA, BUT KINDA LIKE "BAND-ST"LE" BETTER. SAM, we've or 70 STOP MEETING Like THiS. ‘THE NOVA CORPS HAD My HELMET, BUT THEN TT GOT STOLEN, AND NOW IFe== AND, ONCE AGAIN, ALL HOPE: WERE HERE, SHE'D BE EMBARRASSED. TO ger your WELMETEBATTLE TAUNTS ARE AMUSING, BUT‘SLOW YOURa Fn OE a as eight FORALL WHO CAN FEEL IT! \oeend WE'RE SETTING |e close!tal Ate Thes = eTARE, = . ONE-ON- eal ons coitBar 70 wieWAITA SEC, VICTOR, THINK SAM'S GOT A PLAN BUT YOU. THREATENED. My PAMILY BND ILLED COZENS OF ) NOVA CORPS MEMBERS.THAT'S MOR: 'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR HONOR OR MY PRIDE.iD HY ani FACES JUSTICE FoR HesYOU ALREADY— ee OHI SOMA cSWhen society he disillusioned with its heroes, the next generation made a vow to do better. To make a difference, To change the world, = THE CHAMPIONS WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD WITH MS. MARVEL AS THEIR NEW LEADER AND AN) ‘ARMY OF PROMISING RECRUITS, IT SEEMED THEY WERE UNSTOPPABLE. a BUT THEN MILES CHOSE TO WALK AWAY AFTER A SECRET D0-OVER FROM MEPHISTO HAD UNSPEAKABLE CONSEQUENCES. AND WHEN KAMALA LEARIUED OF MILES’ BARGAIN TO SAVE HER LIFE AT THE COST OF ANOTHER'S, SHE LEFT THE TEAM IN VIV'S HANDS. ‘ONCE SAM FINALLY RECAPTURED HiS NOVA HELMET, IT SEEMED THERE COULD BE HOPE FOR THE 4 CHAMPIONS AFTER ALL.,.UNTIL IRONHEART SECRETLY AND INEXPLICABLY ATTACKED VIV, AND CALLED = THE REST OF THE TEAM TO MEET HER! KIM JACINTO & RAIN BEREDO cover anrists. SHANNON ANDREWS BALLESTEROS assi c0170n ALANNA SMITH assoc. Ev/ToR TOM BREVOORT éniron C.B. CEBULSKI Enir0R IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA ciicr creanive orFicern DAN BUCKLEY presioent ALAN FINE exec. PRooucER616 HICKORY BRANCH LANE, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. RIRI SAID Viv WAS IN DANGER.HOEVER YOU wi RE, YOU BETTERWOKE UP THis MORNING: ‘AND HAD AN ‘EPIPHANY. "BO wry NOT USE THAT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL?”ean. Ries : fin (ie oe WHAT 00. WE 00 ABOUT VIV? HER MIND ISN'T Lice THE OTHERS’ ‘SHE CAN'T APPRECIATE Th INSIGHT YOU BRING. emrie et colag adenn Leaner BeYot eae a et ag aoe I sy SS S =Serene Ceres aiaQUIZ AND NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT eSiietStte UMMM Z WONDER IF LoANT EVEN REMEMBER IE LDOWNLOADED THe LATEST-- yean, BUT FIGHTING SKELETONS AND TROLLS 1S A MORES WHEN THEY'RE NOT FOR REAL.ALL OF DEFINITELY yOu" Oe FALLS INTHE, \ category oF "BAD GUYHOw Ta Aen WINDOW TO MY PARENTS?”BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN.MUCH. 87 SMUSKING ASPIDERL“REGPECT'?, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ‘ABOUT? a SuerOsED TO BE PALSL AND THIS. 13 WHY YOu SHOULD ALWAYS “ANSWER YOUR PHONE. "YOu DONT NEED TO RUB ALL TIN. quree OF you TOGETHER.EVEN BETTER! OR FLL BLAST YOu TS BITS! you guys NEVER RESPECTED, THAT yOu suet WHAT KIND OF "pals" Keer Secrets com )) EACH OTHER?! KIND OF “PALS” QUIT THe TEAM witdour EVEN SAIN \ BEF!LP Someone IAW ,_..Messeo Wik YOUR MIND, BUT YOU Ya BROKE THEIR HOLD YSN you. ) zl(SEE AGENTS OF. Looks LIKE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR SPOT, GREENrou SE an 208, EEN cor Spon, yO “AN ENDLESS. BATTLE To paow YOUR WORTH.RIRIAND = CAN COVER THE BRAING, AND POWER MAN'S GOT THE BRAWN. CONSIDER YouRSELE REPLACED.\ . ~#7Ne THATLL MAKE THis MUCH EASIER... : —ZCHAMPIONS-- KILL THEM ALLLWhen society became disillusioned with its heroes, the next generation made a vow to do better. To make a difference. To change the world. They are the, THE CHAIMPIONS WERE ON TOP OF THE WORLD, WITH MS, MARVEL AS THEIR NEW LEADER AND AN ARMY OF PROMISING RECRUITS, IT SEEMED THEY WERE UNSTOPPABLE. BUT THEN MILES CHOSE TO WALK AWAY AFTER ACCEPTING A OEAL FROM MEPHISTO THAT HAD UNSPEAKABLE CONSEQUENCES. AND WHEN KAMALA LEARIUED OF MILES’ BARGAIN TO SAVE HER LIFE AT THE COST OF ANOTHER'S, SHE LEFT THE TEAM IN VIV'S HANDS. ONCE SAIV FINALLY RECAPTURED HIS NOVA HELMET, IT SEEMED THERE WAS HOPE FOR THE YOUNG HEROES AFTER ALL... UNTIL BLACKHEART, SON OF MEPHISTO, INFILTRATED THE CHAMPIONS AND TURNED THEM ALL AGAINST ONE ANOTHER! KIM JACINTO & RAIN BEREDO cover anrists: SHANNON ANDREWS BALLESTEROS asst c0i70n ALANNA SMITH assoc. en/roR TOM BREVOORT coiron C.B. CEBULSKI coiroR n CHIEF JOE QUESADA cHicr creanive officer DAN BUCKLEY presioent ALAN FINE exec. PROoUCERSOMETHING HAS. CORRUPTED THe NEW CHAMPIONS. We'Re THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN ‘STOP THEM, WRITER: JIM ZUB ARTIST: STEVEN CUMMINGS COLOR ARTIST: MARCIO MENYZ aI a AB aol Pore) heDID AND STLLDO. BUT PART OF FIXING iS KNOWING WHAT We EACH OO BEST, SISTER DI 5 CHARGE OF O1 BNO Fi I's Time TO BRING THE ove.= WE'RE OUTNUMBERED AND OUTELNNED!THE OTHERS, ASSUMED We'o BE FRIENDS EcAUse OF TRICKED. Tay TO RIGHT IT!TT FIGURED OUT THE FREQUENCY OF YOUR PHASE-STATE, yOUWON'T "@HOsT” ME EVER AGAIN.RIRLGAVE LIS A CHANCE \ ALITTLE TO REGROUP AND FisuRe J woozy, But ‘Out HOW 70 STOP PLL PASS. THIS. A ‘ean WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT SINCE OUR LAST FATEFUL Exzet ss ce THEIR FRAGILE Beret toe Crna rae LanE Tow youNor TO TAKE MEPHISTO'S DEAL, BUT xO! DIDN'T LISTENL LOOK WHAT YOU BID TO THE CHAMPIONS! Jadre} i SWIRLING INSIDE ALL Pel aro SCR ivanEFIGURED YOUNEED US TO DOUBT YOU OUT. 4” -SOYOU CAN BREAK OUR SPIRITS... we eiVEUP AND THEN YOU TAKE EVERYTHING. PULLIVE WITH THAT DECISION” T AbZBer YOU CAN'T USE IT AGAINST me FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE... WHEN ACCEPTED MEPHISTO'S DEAL, ANINNOGENT PERSON PAID THe PRICE AND T HIT ROCK BOTTOM... IGNORANT Gr BUT THEN eumBer ‘BACK UP.Cay “te (4, { )) A eh YY y eS : > Fe a Oia” 7a es Me Ul “6 [TLAID OUTWE'RE NOT MAKING: YOUR LOFTY IDEALS. MEAN NOTHING IN THE FACE OF REALITY. 1p0s0 ENJOY WHEN My NAME IS SPOKEN WITH SUCH REGRETFUL THE STRENGTH 95 YOUR SPIRITS 15 ADMIRABLE. YOU SHOULD BF PROUD OF YOUR > RESOLVE. You'LL FI VALIANTLY FORCES YOU CANNOT DEFEAT AND THEN, IN TIME, GROW OLD AND BITTER. FEARNOT, GAMMA CHILD, I'M NOT OFFERING ANY. NOT THIS TIME,IT'S NOT, ‘OVER, MILES. WE'LL TRY ‘AGAIN. My WORDS WERE INTENDED TO. BREAK BLACKHEART'S, INFLUENCE, BUT Hey Were ALSO TRUE. Lak Don't Want To push you AWAY WITH MY ‘AFFECTION. EDON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU SUyS) BUT KICKING DEMON BUTT cNES ME AREAL APPETITE! THAT'S Oxay. IF HE COMES BACK, WE'LL STOP Him TOGETHER. ME NEITHER. EWANT 10 BE YOUR FRIEND, viv. LeT's woRK (ON THAT INSTEAD OF HURTING BACH OTHER. UNS AWESOME.CHAMPIONS, WE'VE BEEN THROLIGH ‘SO MUCH. CHANGING THE WORLD, BATTLING INGUSTICE AND STRIPE. SOMETIMES ITFEELS IMPOSSIBLE. "REAL CHANGE TAKES TIME, AND EVEN WHEN We MAKE PROGRESS, IT CAN BE FILLED WITH SETBACKS AND HEARTACHE. "WE CF OP ust THE BIG STUFF, THE STUFF THAT REALLY MATTERS, IT'S pT THE EFFO!0 i my F} « af J & THANK YOU FOR READING! \ : YZ THE CHAMPIONS WILL y RETURN IN INCOMING! f : THIS DECEMBER!