Remember how Marvel said way back when they introduced their original wave of New Champions variant covers that many of the speculative sidekicks of popular heroes they depicted would actually be introduced in the Marvel Universe? Well it only took about a year, but it's finally happening - Marvel is launching a New Champions ongoing title focusing on the teen heroes introduced by the eponymous line of variant covers. Written by Steve Foxe and drawn by Ivan Fiorelli, the New Champions ongoing title will focus on a core group pulled from the 22 characters introduced on the variant covers, with more of them to come as the series rolls on. To start, the title will focus on four recruits: Liberty, who debuted on the cover of 2023's Captain America #2; Moon Squire from 2023's Moon Knight #28; Cadet Marvel from 2023's Captain Marvel #1, and finally Hellrune, from 2023's Immortal Thor #3.
They'll soon be joined by Scarlet Witch's new protégé, Amaranth , who debuted on the variant cover for 2023's Scarlet Witch #9, and will come to the Marvel Universe ahead of the other New Champions in November's Scarlet Witch #9 (yes, it's the same issue number in a new volume). And there are at least two more New Champions coming to the team in a still unnamed "cursed roller derby jammer" who debuted on the cover of 2023's Ghost Rider #19, and a likewise unnamed "Wakandan runaway" who first appeared on the cover of 2023's Black Panther #5. Here's a gallery of covers for New Champions #1, inclu.