| Issue | #7 |
| Published | August 1997 |
| Cover Price | 2.25 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Jenette Kahn (editor-in-chief); Mike Carlin (executive editor); Dan Thorsland (as D. K. Torslund); Alisande Morales (as Dread Kali; assistant editor) |
| Notes | Learn more about the Challengers at www.challengersoftheunknown.com. |
| Characters | Challengers of the Unknown [Prof Haley; June Robbins; Red Ryan; Ace Morgan]; Challengers of the Unknown [Clay Brody; Marlon Corbet; Brenda Ruskin; Kenn Kawa] |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Pencils | John Paul Leon |
| Inks | Shawn Martinbrough |
| Colors | Matt Hollingsworth |
| Characters | Challengers of the Unknown [Clay Brody; Marlon Corbet; Brenda Ruskin; Kenn Kawa]; Rocky Davis; Challengers [Ace Morgan; June Robbins; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Saxon; Edward Sands; Sarah Hargate; Professor Elgan |
| Synopsis | Intrigue everywhere... While Clay, Brenda, Marlon and Kenn investigate incidents where aircraft disappear and reappear in an instant. Everyone on board saw a brilliant light... Brenda visits an old professor and finds his lab on fire. She's jumped by Saxon, the Anti-Challenger, but escapes. Minutes later, Saxon kills an assassin gunning for the Challs. Kenn, Marlon, and Brenda take a convertible to the Mojave Desert where the planes blipped out... Marlon meets Rocky Davis and Ed Sands, who founded the new Challs. They're pulling the franchise... Marlon gets a call from his friends in the desert. Rocky demands they pull out: it's dangerous to venture there. He and Marlon fly a small plane over the desert and see the Challs' convertible disappear into a white light. Their plane crashes. Rocky and Marlon, shook up, despair. This is how Rocky's partners died. Yet, standing before them big as life, are the original Challengers: Ace, Prof, Red, and June. "What do you mean, we died?" Continued... |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Script | Steven Grant; Len Kaminski (plot and scripting assist) |
| Pencils | John Paul Leon; Tommy Lee Edwards |
| Inks | Shawn Martinbrough |
| Colors | Matt Hollingsworth |
| Letters | Ken Lopez |
| Notes | Reveals for the first time the reason for the new team and disappearance of the old team. |
| Letters | Typeset |