Champions #6 is a bold and busy issue, with the Champions still reeling from the last arc. Yet there's no time for a break, as new plots and enemies are already being established. The art does a great job of capturing the wrongness of what is happening in the series. Read Full Review

Champions #6 is an excellent continuation instead of a fresh start. This issue tackles the fallout of the earlier five issues. The writers do have their own identities, but the plot threads that Ewing left behind are picked up and continued by Lore as their own plot takes shape. The characters shine, five profoundly different personalities complementing and clashing with each other. The art style and bright colours are exactly what the book needs to draw the attention of younger readers and is superb at helping tell the story. Read Full Review

Champions #6 pits a still-fragile team of heroes against a merciless corporation that's determined to defeat them online. This issue has to devote lots of time and space to introducing the players and setting the stakes. But it does kick off with a great action scene, and the seamless way the creators segue from combat to conversation holds a lot of promise for future installments. As the pace accelerates, this arc is likely to turn into a real thrill-ride. Read Full Review

Lore sets this team in the direction in wanting to take down Roxxon and their negative influence over social media. We see the team trying to work through their unresolved conflict from the previous story arc, while facing their tyrant of a target. This creative team shows that these characters are nowhere near perfect, yet they won't give up in getting justice for how they have been wrongly treated. It's very clear that this team has a soft spot for Riri and I'm very excited to see their plans for her and the rest of the team. Read Full Review

Several moments in this issue feel a bit "Hello, Fellow Kids!" for my taste, but it's a good-looking comic book nonetheless. Read Full Review

While certainly not breaking the wheel, Champions' latest installment is promising some big things for the future of the young heroes and I certainly hope they are able to stick the landing. Read Full Review

Now under its fourth writer since "re-launch" the Champions faces a crossroads. The story itself feels compelling enough to see how it shakes out. The dialogue at times is clunky. Particularly in the opening salvos. Some of the quips just do not hit their mark. However, the more serious exposition does really feel in the spirit of the Champions. Art is of course perfect for a book of this nature. Vecchio is just fun. Obviously Lore will need time to build, and I'm hopeful they will.

A good issue that'll surely be liked by Champions fans.
I'm happy to see that the events of Outlawed aren't forgotten. That trust is a two-way street and something that takes time to be rebuild. Hopefully Lore will leverage this in bringing us some good character work and development, for Riri and Viv especially.
The art is good, though perhaps a bit inconsistent and while I'm personally done with Roxxon at this point it at least provides the Champions with a villain that's ties into the book's theme.

The Champions struggle to overcome internal conflict and an ambiguous legal situation. Roxxon, their antagonists du jour, are much more on the ball, rolling out a youth-oriented social media propaganda campaign with plenty of sinister foreshadowing. This issue kicks off with a promising fight scene, but then it just takes repetitive swings at setting up the conflict. The heroes' characterization fits with what's been previously established, at least -- these are still the Champions I love. But again, there's a circularity problem there: The other heroes get shorted by the excessive attention spent on Riri's (admittedly valid) frustrations.

Also, I already suspect that this arc is just a retread of the Roxxon arc from Immortal Hulk, clumsily dumbed down in a way that risks alienating its younger target audience. more

Eh fine I guess.

This was not great. The art is very uneven, and so is the writing. Unfortunate.