Heroic Adventures Volume 1

This book contains three full adventures for the Champions and Dark Champions RPGs:^[1]

1. "Throwing Stars and Bars" by Jim Crocker, with illustrations by Storn Cook: Supervillain Yo-Yo takes over Graceland and activates Presley-bots to defend it.
2. "Block Party" by Chris Avellone, with illustrations by Greg Smith: Some paranormals take over "the Block", an FBI training facility.
3. "Virtual Ice" by Bruce Tong, with illustrations by Storn Cook: Supervillain Null plans to steal the Jamil Diamond from the San Angelo Municipal Museum.

In 1981, Hero Games published the superhero role-playing game (RPG) Champions. By 1986, Hero Games was in financial difficulty, and entered into an agreement with Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) to help with printing and production.^[2] The following year I.C.E. also took over editorial control of all Hero Game products, and produced a 4th edition of the Hero System rules. During this period, I.C.E. licensed Gold Rush Games (GRG) to produce adventures for Champions. GRG's first product was Heroic Adventures Volume 1, a 96-page softcover book with cover art by Storn Cook.^[3]: 139

In the 2014 book Designers & Dragons: The '80s, game historian Shannon Appelcline explained that Hero Games "licensed Mark Arsenault's Gold Rush Games to produce fourth edition Hero books. By the time of the Fuzion announcement GRG already had their first book out, Heroic Adventures 1 (1996). Two days later, on July 21, 1996, GRG also announced that they had purchased all the old Hero stock from ICE."^[3]: 139

GRG also published a sequel, Heroic Adventures, Volume 2, in 1996.^[4]