Marvel Masterworks: The Champions #1

In "Divide and Conquer!", the Champions are thrown into chaos when Rampage arrives with a message about Black Widow—only for his exo-skeleton to explode. With the team split across urgent missions, Ghost Rider rushes Rampage to the hospital, Iceman and Ivan hunt for Natasha, and Hercules and the Angel prepare for a world-altering press conference. But their plans shatter when the Griffin, Titanium Man, and Crimson Dynamo descend to disrupt the moment.

In "The Battle of Los Angeles!", the Champions are overwhelmed as a wave of villains closes in, pushing the heroes to their limits. With the team scattered and defeated, Black Widow makes a desperate break for freedom—just as Ivan and Iceman close in on the hidden location where she’s being held.

In "The Shadow from the Stars," the Champions race to uncover the truth behind a sabotaged sky-car, leading them from the desert heat of Arizona to the heart of their Los Angeles base, where a stolen box from Bill Foster’s lab sets off a chain of tension. With Black Goliath’s secret engineering behind the crash and the arrival of a mysterious girl with a Stranger’s relic, the team finds themselves entangled in a mystery that reaches beyond Earth—just as the Stilt-Man makes his move.

In Los Angeles, the Champions and Black Goliath take down Stilt-Man, only for the Stranger to suddenly appear, revealing the fleeing criminal was carrying the Null-Life Bomb. As the device begins to swell uncontrollably, the Stranger vanishes into it to disarm the threat, teleporting the team to a hostile realm where they’re ambushed by Kamo Tharnn and his Beast-Men.

In "The Doom That Went on Forever!", the Champions race against an ever-expanding threat within the Null-Life Bomb, guided by the enigmatic Stranger. With time unraveling and the fate of reality hanging in the balance, Jo and the team must unravel a paradox: their mission to steal the Runestaff was meant to save the universe, but the staff’s true origin lies in a past they never knew.

In "The Creature Called... Swarm!", the Champions' headquarters turns against Hercules and Iceman, unleashing a deadly security system. Meanwhile, Ghost Rider, Black Widow, and Darkstar face a terrifying new threat as the mysterious and relentless Swarm strikes from the shadows.

In "A World for the Winning!", Dr. Doom unleashes a mind-control gas that silences all resistance across Earth, ruling unchallenged—until his boredom leads him to free Magneto. Magneto, seeking to reclaim power, attempts to break the gas's hold on the Avengers, but only succeeds in freeing the Beast.

In "Whatever Happened to the Iceman?", Peter arrives in California to report on the collapse of the Champions, only to find Angel still standing guard at the crumbling Champion's Tower. With Spider-Man by his side, Angel confronts one of the team’s old enemies who’s using Iceman as a weapon—leaving the fate of the missing hero hanging in the balance.

In "The Evil That Is Cast...", Iceman finds himself crashing at Angel’s place for a night of fun with his new girl when a mysterious Sentinel erupts from the shadows, turning the evening into chaos. With the deadly Master Mold close behind, Angel races to Gamma Base, pulling the Hulk into a desperate fight for survival. As the mutant hunters close in and the station begins to fall, the trio must endure the fury of battle and the wreckage of their own world—barely escaping with their lives.