In the wake of Civil War II, the young heroes of the MU are fed up with the adults leaving devastation behind after one of their battles. It's always been one of my gripes too. I always wonder why New Yorkers especially don't hate superheroes and supervillains alike. I mean even if you did stop Dr. Octopus, you're still the a-hole who threw my car at him. Behind Ms. Marvel's direction, they decide to become more socially conscious, taking on racism, human trafficking, etc. The book is drawn by H...

...I love Kamala, ...I love Miles...but this is so bad...what happened Waid???!!!World: The art is okay, I didn't really like the colors and I felt the art to be a bit to jagged for my taste but it was aight. The world building is good, this is the best part of the book the team coming together, the team dynamic, the world at large, it's solid and presents a clear follow up to Civil War II. It's good.Story: Argh...this is where the wheel literally fall off the book. The characters are mostly fin...

Interesting team up that I am def a fan of. :)

Mark Waid is in full hey-there-fellow-kids mode in this first volume of Champions, a well-meaning but awkward comic whose premise - teen superheroes set out to change the world - is not well-served by a series of done-in-one morality play storylines. Two of the comics here - the one set in fake-Pakistan and the one about a sheriff with a sideline in hate crimes (because he's just SO BAD that the enormous institutional power of the carceral state isn't enough for him, he's gotta start bombing mos...

Fresh and real!!!

*****3.5*****I got this for free from Amazon when I ordered Archie: Volumes 3 and 4. I selected this title because I like the Avengers movies, and this cover reminded me of those movies. I've read a few graphic novels but never any superhero comics until Watchmen and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1, Alan Moore's non-traditional superhero stories. I've watched a good deal of Marvel movie adaptations and enjoyed them, so I figured, "Why not?" I didn't really know what Champions was a...

Enjoyed it but the hulk annoyed me

The morality plays can be a bit heavy-handed, but I like the selection of characters, and I like the team interactions.

Generally I’m not a fan of superhero team books as they tend to be formulaic and dull - we gotta punch that big thing together while vapidly bantering! So I was surprised to find myself kinda enjoying the first volume of Mark Waid and Humberto Ramos’ Champions.The Champions are the youngs of the Marvel superheroing world: Ms Marvel/Kamala Khan, Nova/Sam Alexander, teen Cyclops from the past, Vision’s daughter Viv, Spider-Man/Miles Morales, and the Totally Awesome Hulk, Amadeus Cho. I’d heard tha...

3.5 Stars. This was an interesting start to the series...Champions Vol. 1: Change the World begins following the events of Civil War II and Ms. Marvel has officially decided to leave the Avengers feeling as though they don't truly care about the people they're saving. Honestly, the main reason I picked this one up is because I'm a huge fan of Ms. Marvel especially the run done by G. Willow Wilson. I wanted more of her world and while I got a little bit of that, this definitely was focused on the...

It's pleasing when all the necessary stuff falls together, while gently breaking some traditions, to make a damned good superhero book.Ms. Marvel (my favorite new character - a great addition to the Marvel roster), Nova, and Spider-Man decide to ditch the wrecking-ball Avengers, recruit Hulk and Viv Vision, and form a new group. Cyclops, who knows a thing or two about leading a young adult team, amusingly crashes their party not quite half-way through. These meddling kids (ha!) are all about 'bu...

I really, really like this book! It's fun, has a big heart and features a lot of my favourite Marvel characters. The only downsides to it for me are (a) the way Mark Waid writes the Hulk as a bit of a dumbass (he's supposed to be one of the smartest people on the planet but you'd never know that from this book) and (b) the artwork. I've never really liked Ramos' work, but it's a personal taste thing so don't let it put you off reading this; it's a blast!

Mark Waid - writerHumberto Ramos - illustratorSomewhat of a mixed-bag, but in the end the highs outnumber the lows. The writing by Waid is a little hokey, particularly the characterization of Ms. Marvel. I'm not sure if anybody besides G. Willow Wilson can write her in a believable way, but in Champions she comes across like a 35-year-old actuarial, not the fun and relatable teen we see in Ms. Marvel. The art by Ramos is at times stunning, and at times grotesque. My main complaints being the Sha...

This was fun, and there’s some really important themes throughout the issues! Not the most fantastic book I’ve read lately, but I’m always down for a young adult team, and the diversity here is really awesome. 4/5 stars.

I really had a good time reading this. It's aimed for the younger group, and sometimes I don't like it all, but it had a lot of my favorite younger superheroes so let's talk about what worked and didn't work. What I liked: I really loved the art in this. I believe this is the guy who did the art on Big Time for Spider-man run. So enjoyed that. I also really loved the character interactions with each other. I thought them handling situations such as racism, human trafficing, and oversea political...

Someone said "This could be a good comic but it's being wasted on social justice". What?! How is taking a group of diverse teenage superheroes (that makes it possible for readers of any age, who would usually not feel represented, feel like they have these amazing characters to look up to) and showing how messed up and unfair the world really is and how we CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT (it's in the title) a waste?This comic book does indeed deal with social (in)justice: racism, homophobia, bullying,...

During the events of Civil War II, Spiderman and Nova quit the Avengers team. And Ms. Marvel tries her hardest to stay on the team and be a team player. However after she tries to help rebuild the damage from a battle the Avengers had and being told it's not up to them, she cant take it anymore. She also leaves the Avengers. But Ms. Marvel isn't going to just let the potential that she had with her younger teammates be squandered. No, she assembles them (see what I did there?) and pretty much sa...

36th book read in 2018.Number 196 out of 696 on my all time book list.Very current and funny.

I like this series okay so far. The Atlantis adventure was kind of dumb, and there doesn't seem to be enough foreshadowing overall - stuff just happens - but these are characters I'm not terribly familiar with (except Ms Marvel and Cyclops), so maybe I'm just missing something. I do love the team's focus on positive change rather than "punching down," so I've added an extra star.