Challengers of the Unknown (1997 DC 3rd Series) comic books 1998-2000
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Issue #12
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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Who Knows Where the Time Goes?, script by Steven Grant, pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Bill Reinhold; The Challengers and Batman are cast adrift in time by Sands' old friend Paul Hemmings. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.
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Issue #13
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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. The Keening, script by Steven Grant, pencils by Jill Thompson, inks by Bill Reinhold; In Seattle, an Irish renegade runs into a church and seizes hostages; The church is cordoned off by police; Marlon Corbet's fiance, Jessie, is among the hostages, as is a pregnant woman. Marlon sneaks in; The thug is an Irish gunman; A swirling-smoke banshee has pursued him from Ireland; He shot his girlfriend and she laid a dying curse; Marlon invites the banshee in. Panicked hostages flee as the pregnant woman goes into labor; Marlon negotiates; The banshee has no power here, and would death honor the dead girl?; The banshee agrees, "a life for a death"; The Irishman flees; He wants to die, but Marlon tackles him; "Everyone deserves a little salvation"; Jessie is grateful, but can't live in constant fear, so kisses Marlon goodbye. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.
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Issue #14
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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Dark Waters, script by Steven Grant, pencils by Christopher Schenk, inks by George Freeman; Kenn Kawa, bound and weighted, sinks into the ocean; He reflects how he got here as he pries off the water-soaked knots; The Challs are asked to investigate the disappearance of a young man from an offshore oil rig. Brenda and Kenn visit the rig: no oil in sight, no facial hair on any man; Ashore, Clay and Marlon question an oil executive who goes nuts with a gun screaming "Kolkothak is coming!"; Climbing back on the rig, Kenn learns the young missing MAN is a WOMAN, transformed by other-gody magic; All the crew are women, a sort-of Amazon cult; They're dedicated to Kolkothak, a Lovecraftesque alien squid-monster who was buried under the Pacific Ocean--until the oil drilling set it free. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.
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Issue #15
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Last $2.25 cover price. Cover pencils by Ron Frenz (sketch) and John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Earth Came A-Walkin', script by Steven Grant, pencils by Ryan Sook, inks by Bill Reinhold; Millenium Giants are stomping all over the world; In England, the Challs try to divert the giant King Under the Hill, who's walking a collision course with London; Clay Brody zooms on a motorcycle and leaps into the giant's foot; Kenn Kawa identifies ley lines of mystical energy--with help from John Constantine; Marlon flies overhead and Brenda coordinates; With Army help, the Challs siphon huge amounts of electricity through power lines--and the giant turns; Visiting New Mexico, the Challs consult Tim Blue Star, a Hopi shaman; He figures the Earth is cleansed in cycles; "We're dead," says Brenda; Marlon suggests they need someone bigger--Superman. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #16
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First $2.50 cover price. Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Today Is a Long Time Coming, script by Steven Grant, pencils by John Paul Leon and Mike Zeck, inks by Bill Reinhold and Denis Rodier; In a bar, Rocky Davis regales Clay Brody with stories of glory days, including battles with Tyrannosaurus X and the Iron Dictator; And how the Challengers saved the Space Race; Summoned by the President, the Challengers blew into space to find a missing astronaut; They are zapped aboard a spaceship and pitted against the Alien-like Xerons who plan to destroy Earth; When the Challengers get a chance to destroy the planet Xeron, they balk at slaughtering innocents--and win the contest; The drippy-pod Enochians, Guardians of the Space-Time Continuum, tested both races before they ventured into space; The Xerons are banished to their planet for 1,000 years. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #17
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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Black Helicopter, script by Steven Grant, pencils by George Freeman, inks by Bill Reinhold; The Challs travel to Idaho to investigate a series of disappearances from a survivalist group. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
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Issue #18
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Cover pencils by Mike Zeck, inks by Denis Rodier. Saxon's Story, script by Steven Grant, pencils by Mike Zeck, inks by Denis Rodier; Background: Saxon (first name Noel) has dogged the Challengers since their inception; He's an Anti-Challenger resisting all efforts to probe the unknown; When last seen (COTU V3, 9), Saxon was sucked into a Tesla field to who-knows-where; Punks playing at devil worship conjure Saxon back to this world; Saxon visits his dying father and sister in a hospital; A local invites Saxon to a meeting; Lured to the Aristos, cultists of the Eye of the Dark Flame, the flame reveals Saxon's origin: he was also aboard the jet that crashed, but he turned away from the fierce life-altering light; The flame chooses Saxon as the "Champion of the Endtime!"; Saxon rejects demon worship and shoots the place up; Becky is a cultist: she tried to sell Saxon's soul to save their father. Saxon strangles her; Saxon leaves; His SHADOW gloats. 36 pgs. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.
