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:
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 (Bobby Drake)	Jewish Catholic	Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  The Champions; The Defenders; The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		1,752
Angel (Warren Worthington III)	Episcopalian	Academy of Tomorrow; Horsemen of Apocalypse...  Renegades; Secret Defenders; St. Joe's Preparatory School; The Champions; The Defenders; X-Club; X-Factor; X-Force; X-Men; X-Saviours		1,741
Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)	Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)	Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  The Avengers; The Champions; The Ultimates		1,789
Hercules	Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Olympian...  Renegades; The Avengers; The Champions		1,029
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna)	Communist Party member; Christian (denomination unknown)	Exiles (Russian); Republican Guard...  Siberforce; The Champions; The People's Protectorate; The Soviet Super-Soldiers; Winter Guard; X-Corporation		116
Titanium Man (Boris Bullski)	Communist	Green Liberation Front; KGB...  Republican Guard; Titanic Three		49
U.S. Air Force		[military unit; pilot]		197
Ivan Petrovich	Communist	[father of Crimson Dynamo (Yuri)]		39
Griffin (Johnny Horton)		Hood's Army; Secret Empire		126
The Commissar (Alexi Bruskin)	Communist	KGB [trained Darkstar and Black Widow]		4
Crimson Dynamo (Yuri Petrovich)	Communist	KGB		5
Emerson Bale	religious	[famous defense attorney]		14
Mrs. Petrovich (flashback)	Communist	[Ivan Petrovich's wife; Crimson Dynamos' mother]		1
Richard Fenster		[business manager for Champions (super-hero team)]		7
Jerry Brown	Catholic	[governor]		30
Captain Anderyivich		[military officer]		1
Medvedev (flashback)		[posed as American agent; killed Ivan Petrovich's wife]		1
Boris (flashback)		[accompanied Bruskin to rescue Yuri]		1
Lenya the Dog (flashback)	N.A.	dog		1
Brackett (flashback)		[posed as American agent; killed Ivan Petrovich's wife]		1
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (flashback cameo)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Chain Gang; The Avengers...  The Great Lakes Avengers; The Thunderbolts; The Ultimates		1,515

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