The New Champions, Marvel's Speculative Sidekicks, Become Canon in Their Own Comic Book — and It Might Be Hiding a Secret Return

Remember how Marvel said back when it launched its first wave of New Champions variant covers that many of the speculative sidekicks of popular heroes they depicted would actually be introduced into the Marvel Universe? Well, it only took about a year, but it's finally happening—Marvel is launching an ongoing New Champions title focused on the teen heroes introduced by the eponymous line of variant covers.

Written by Steve Foxe and drawn by Ivan Fiorelli, the New Champions title will focus on a core group drawn from the 22 characters featured on the variant covers, with more to come throughout the series. 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.