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Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	June 1986
Frequency	[None Listed]
Cover Price	1.25 USD; 1.80 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Cat Yronwode (Editor-in-Chief); Sean Deming (Associate Editor); Dean Mullaney (Publisher)

Cover Details

Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carol Lay (signed)
Inks	Carol Lay (signed)

1 page The Penumbra promo (ad from the publisher)

Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

15 page The Champions story "The Curse of the Hellfire Crown; Chapter 1 Full Circle"

Characters	The Champions [Dr. Arcane; Flare (first appearance); Icestar (first appearance); Giant (first appearance); Rose (first appearance); the Marksman (first appearance)]; Foxbat (first appearance; villain); Demon (first appearance; villain)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Dennis Mellonee
Pencils	Carol Lay
Inks	Carol Lay
Colors	Tom Luth

8 page The Champions story "Chapter II: The Power of Demon"

Genre	Superhero
Script	Dennis Mellonee
Pencils	Carol Lay
Inks	Carol Lay
Colors	Tom Luth
Reprinted	in Champions / Flare Adventures (Hero Comics, 1992 series) #2

2 page text article "Champions Combat Room"

Synopsis	Description of the rules and setting for the Chmapions game.
Letters	typeset

1 page Flare character profile

Synopsis	Character page for the Champions game.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carol Lay
Inks	Carol Lay
Letters	Typeset

1 page Foxbat character profile

Synopsis	Character page for the Champions game.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Carol Lay
Inks	Carol Lay
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Champions Comments"

Synopsis	Text page on the background of the Champions game.
Script	Steve Peterson
Letters	typeset