The Champions (vol. 1) #14 (July 1977):
“The Creature Called... Swarm!”
by John Byrne, Bill Mantlo, Mike Esposito

The Champions (vol. 1) #14

Title: “The Creature Called... Swarm!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1977

Publisher:
Written by: John Byrne, Bill Mantlo
Art by: John Byrne, Mike Esposito

11 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
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
Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)	Baptist (nominal); eclectic	Midnight Sons		306
Swarm (Fritz von Meyer)	Nazi	[scientist]		48
Ivan Petrovich	Communist	[father of Crimson Dynamo (Yuri)]		39
Rampage (Stuart Clarke) (details)  Iceman is attacked by Rampage's armor, apparently due to faulty wiring (?). Stuart Clarke himself (who normally wears the Rampage armor) apparently does not appear in this issue.		The Recession Raiders (leader) [driven to crime by terrible state of U.S. economy]		70
Frankie		[1st app: The Champions (vol. 1) #14 (July 1977)]		1
Interpol		[police force]		12

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