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The Champions (vol. 1) #10 (Jan. 1977):
“One Man’s Son is Another Man’s Poison!”
by Bill Mantlo, Bob Hall, Frank Giacoia

The Champions (vol. 1) #10

Title: “One Man’s Son is Another Man’s Poison!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1977

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Bill Mantlo
Art by: Bob Hall, Frank Giacoia


22 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Iceman Iceman (Bobby Drake) hero
CBR Scale: I Jewish Catholic
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 1,752
Angel Angel (Warren Worthington III) hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Marvel 1,741
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)
Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,789
Hercules Hercules hero deity
CBR Scale: D Greco-Roman classical religion
Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  DC Marvel 1,029
Ghost Rider Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) hero
CBR Scale: U Baptist (nominal); eclectic
Midnight Sons Marvel 306
Darkstar Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) hero
CBR Scale: S Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)
Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Marvel 116
Titanium Man Titanium Man (Boris Bullski) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Communist
Green Liberation Front; KGB...  Marvel 49
U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force supporting character group real/historical person
  [military unit; pilot] Marvel 197
Ivan Petrovich Ivan Petrovich supporting character scientist
CBR Scale: S Communist
[father of Crimson Dynamo (Yuri)] Marvel 39
Griffin Griffin (Johnny Horton) villain
  Hood's Army; Secret Empire Marvel 126
The Commissar The Commissar (Alexi Bruskin) villain
CBR Scale: M Communist
KGB
[trained Darkstar and Black Widow]
Marvel 4
Crimson Dynamo Crimson Dynamo (Yuri Petrovich) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist
KGB Marvel 5
Emerson Bale Emerson Bale supporting character
CBR Scale: U religious
[famous defense attorney] Marvel 14
Mrs. Petrovich
(flashback)
supporting character
CBR Scale: U Communist
[Ivan Petrovich's wife; Crimson Dynamos' mother] Marvel 1
Richard Fenster Richard Fenster supporting character
  [business manager for Champions (super-hero team)] Marvel 7
Jerry Brown Jerry Brown supporting character real/historical person
CBR Scale: S Catholic
[governor] Marvel 30
Captain Anderyivich supporting character
  [military officer] Marvel 1
Medvedev
(flashback)
villain
  [posed as American agent; killed Ivan Petrovich's wife] Marvel 1
Boris
(flashback)
supporting character
  [accompanied Bruskin to rescue Yuri] Marvel 1
Lenya the Dog
(flashback)
supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
dog Marvel 1
Brackett
(flashback)
villain
  [posed as American agent; killed Ivan Petrovich's wife] Marvel 1
Hawkeye Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
(flashback cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: U Christian (denomination
unknown)
Chain Gang; The Avengers...  Marvel 1,515