GIVE AND TAKE
Written by Jim Zub
Penciled by Steven Cummings
Published July - Oct 2019
Penciled by Steven Cummings
Published July - Oct 2019
As Ms Marvel steps down from her leadership role with the Champions, Viv Vision is ready to assume command. Unfortunately for her though, her alter ego Viv 2.0 still rages in rebellion in her subconscious. Meanwhile, Kaldera and Sam reach the Rock to retrieve his Nova helmet so she can kill him honorably. She incapacitates former Deadpool handler Scott Adsit but they soon discover the helmet is actually still somewhere on Earth.
And speaking of, the auxiliary Champions have landed at a former SHIELD facility that Viv has gotten word is going to be attacked. Their stealth approach though is interrupted when Kaldera and Sam crash land. She attacks the Champions, who attack the Freelancers, who attack the SHIELD personnel, but in the end, Sam manages to find his Nova helmet and the death battle is supposedly on. But Nova has another plan. He traps Kaldera until the Nova Corps can get there and take her into custody. But the pats on the back don’t last for very long.
Ironheart calls her team to inform them there’s something wrong with Viv. But it turns out to be an ambush. Riri is apparently sick of everyone’s crap. Now influenced by Mephisto’s illegitimate son, Blackheart, she knocks all of her teammates out except for Viv. The rest of them all fan out to attack their fellow teammates like Ms Marvel and Spider-Man, while Viv is able to discuss a plan with former leader Kamala. Luckily their humility and friendship is able to thwart the demon’s control.
Back at headquarters, a similar battle breaks out between the New Champions and Brawn. Eventually their uninfected peers catch up with them and it’s teammate vs teammate. The fight erupts into a melee when they use a similar tactic to break the demons spell as before. This time however, Blackheart reveals himself to all of them. Miles unmasks himself and the gesture resonates with the entire group. They all fight en masse until the demon’s father Mephisto shows up to retrieve him. With that, the group is finally able to sit back and reve in friendship. With that, this story and series comes to an end - but the adventures of the Champions are only beginning.
So with Jim Zub’s departure of this book, I think my immediate reviews for the next series are also going to taper off. It was a decent read - from the last few books of the former volume through this entire run. Mark Waid had told some amazing stories and Jim’s were awesome to boot. I’ll probably still check it out on Marvel Unlimited. As for this story, it was a good one to go out on. I give this final Champions story an 8/10.
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