Marvel’s speculative sidekicks the New Champions become canon in their own comic – and it may be hiding a secret return | News World

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;…