| Issue | #8 |
| Published | October 1976 |
| Frequency | bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.30 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Archie Goodwin |
| Characters | Champions [Hercules; Black Widow; Angel; Iceman; Ghost Rider]; Rampage |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Gil Kane |
| Inks | Al Milgrom |
| Letters | Dan Crespi ? |
| Characters | Champions [Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Hercules; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Angel; Iceman]; Rampage; Alexi Brushki [The Commissar]; Ivan Petrovich; Griffin; Darkstar; Titanium Man; Crimson Dynamo [Yuri Petrovich a.k.a the Outcast]; Dick Fenster |
| Synopsis | Rampage stops by the Champions' offices to deliver a message about their teammate, the Black Widow. Instead, his exo-skeleton explodes. Then the Champions split up: Ghost Rider takes Rampage to the hospital, Iceman and Ivan search for Natasha, and Hercules and the Angel prepare for a press conference introducing the Champions to the world. But the conference is interrupted by the arrival of the Griffin, the Titanium Man and the Crimson Dynamo. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Mantlo |
| Pencils | Bob Hall |
| Inks | Bruce Patterson |
| Colors | Don Warfield |
| Letters | Gaspar Saladino (page one); Karen Mantlo |
| Notes | The origin of the Black Widow continues in flashback. |