Challengers of the Unknown comic books issue 1

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"The Man Who Tampered With Infinity." A mad scientist uses an "infinity machine" to teleport monsters from other dimensions. "The Human Pets." An alien boy collects "animals." Script and pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Marvin Stein. Cover by Kirby and Stein. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Mike Deodato Jr. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $4.70

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Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Taurin Clarke. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Danny Earls. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Dan Mora. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.49

Add to cart Near Mint $5.49

Add to cart Very Fine $4.40

Add to cart Very Fine $4.40

Foil Cover Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Gleb Melnikov. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $6.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.99

Add to cart Near Mint $9.99

Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Sean Izaakse. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.30

Add to cart Near Mint $4.30

Add to cart Very Fine $3.40

Add to cart Very Fine $3.40

Foil Cover Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Sean Izaakse. Cover by Fico Ossio. Spinning out of Absolute Power and the DC All In Special, the terror of the Darkseid shockwave has cascaded across the DC Universe...tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to challenge the fate of a universe...enter: THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UKNOWN. Alongside the Justice League--where the Challengers run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower base in orbit above Earth--Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $6.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

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Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Challengers of the Unknown, script by Steven Grant and Len Kaminski, pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough; The Challengers are called to Harvest, Wyoming to investigate a string of mysterious disappearances dating back to the 19th century; The locals are hostile, and the Challengers end up in a brawl; A dour man named Saxon contends the unknown should stay unknown. Of Planes, Trains, and Legacies article on the 3rd Challengers series. 36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.

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They were four middle-aged men who seemed to have it all. Wealth. Power. Fame. Their names and likenesses appeared on every conceivable piece of merchandising...even a mountain and town were named after them. All this adoration is based on a long-ago event and the illusion of the four men - Rocky Davis, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan and Prof. Haley - the team the world knows as the CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN. Unfortunately, in a single devastating instant, all their fame and popularity is destroyed when an experiment conducted by Prof. Haley seemingly goes wrong, destroying Challengerville and the theme park, killing hundreds along with Prof. and his assistant, June. Their safe world shattered, the surviving Challengers go their separate ways, seeking to fill the void in their lives with adventuring, mysticism, women and drink. But no matter what divergent roads they take, they're destined to be drawn together again by a mysterious force that's driving normal people to commit horrendous acts of crime and violence...and to discover what really happened to Prof. Haley and June. Written by Jeph Loeb, with art by Tim Sale. Cover by Brian Bolland. New Format. Cover price $1.75.

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WRITTEN BY HOWARD CHAYKIN; ART AND COVER BY CHAYKIN Howard Chaykin, one of comics' most innovative creators, is both writer and artist of a 6-issue miniseries reinventing a classic DC team! Five extraordinary people with seemingly nothing in common share the bond of surviving a cataclysmic event. In a world devoid of super-heroes, they come together and discover that everything they know has been a lie, that the world we live in is not the one we believe it to be. To survive, they must unite and face the true masters of our universe. It's a world where literally anything can happen, and probably will! For more information, see the feature article. See this month's Dynamic Forces listings for a signed version! FC, 32 PG. (1 OF 6) $2.95 Cover price $2.95.

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WRITTEN BY KARL KESEL; ART BY DREW JOHNSON AND RANDY ELLIOTT; COVER BY JOE KUBERT In stores May 10. The "heroes living on borrowed time" return in a one-shot with a cover by the incredible Joe Kubert (HAWKMAN, SGT. ROCK, almost everything else)! Hearing that the evil Chronos (who is actually the Atom) is at Ivy University trying to take control of the mysterious "time pool," the redoubtable Challs race to the scene ? but their odds of success get pretty small when they get a taste of Professor Ray Palmer's shrinking ray! FC, 32 PG. Cover price $2.50.

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Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

1st printing. Collects Challengers of the Unknown (2024 DC) #1-5 and a Story from Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022 DC) Annual #2024. Written by Christopher Cantwell. Art by Jorge Fornes, Sean Izaakse, Amancay Nahuelpan, and Jorge Fornes. Cover by Mike Deodato, Jr. Back Cover by Sean Izaakse. THE CHALLENGERS INVESTIGATE THE AFTERMATH OF DARKSEID'S DEATH! Darkseid's death has sent a shockwave across the DC Universe, tearing open the very fabric of time and space itself! Only one band of super-scientists have the right stuff to face the fate of a universe. Enter...the Challengers of the Unknown. Ace Morgan, June Robbins, Prof Haley, Red Ryan, and Rocky Davis run day-to-day operations for the massive Watchtower in orbit above Earth. Now, they must team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League to seal the rifts that threaten the galaxy. But a mysterious foe from the Challengers' past lurks in the shadows, and its connection to the Godshock will put the DCU on borrowed time! Collects the complete five-issue Challengers of the Unknown series by writer Christopher Cantwell and artists Sean Izaakse and Amancay Nahuelpan, plus Time Check by Christopher Cantwell and artist Jorge Fornes from the Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual. Softcover, 136 pages, full color. Teen Cover price $17.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Showcase (1956-1978) #6-7 and 11-12 and Challengers of the Unknown (1958-1978 DC 1st Series) #1-18. Written by Jack Kirby, Dave Wood, and Ed Herron. Art by Jack Kirby, Bob Brown, and Wally Wood. Cover by Kirby. Relive the classic Silver Age adventures of Jack Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown - a team brought together by fate dedicated to a life of harrowing adventure in the name of good! Softcover, 544 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Showcase (1956-1978) #6-7 and 11-12 and Challengers of the Unknown (1958-1978 DC 1st Series) #1-8. Written by Dave Wood and Jack Kirby. Art and cover by Jack Kirby. Now in one amazing volume, these are the original 1950s tales of four death defying adventurers and their incredible exploits. Hardcover, 320 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

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1st printing. Collects Challengers of the Unknown (2004 4th Series) #1-6.

Story and art by Howard Chaykin.

In a world devoid of super-heroes, five extraordinary people who survived a cataclysmic event will discover that the world we live in is not the one we believe it to be.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $16.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Showcase (1956-1978) #6-7 and 11-12, and Challengers of the Unknown (1958-1978 DC 1st Series) #1-2. Written by JACK KIRBY and DAVE WOOD. Art by JACK KIRBY, ROZ KIRBY, MARVIN STEIN, BRUNO PREMIANI, and GEORGE KLEIN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Four years before Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created Marvel's Fantastic Four, there was another adventurous foursome co-created by Kirby that set fourth to challenge the unknown. Now witness those early adventures again in a specially priced hardcover volume collecting stories that were originally published in 1957-1958. Hardcover, 168 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Collects Showcase (1956-1978) #6-7 and 11-12 and Challengers of the Unknown (1958-1978 DC 1st Series) #1-2. Written by JACK KIRBY and DAVE WOOD. Art by JACK KIRBY, ROZ KIRBY, MARVIN STEIN, BRUNO PREMIANI, and GEORGE KLEIN. Cover by JACK KIRBY. Four years before Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created Marvel's Fantastic Four, there was another adventurous foursome co-created by Kirby that set fourth to challenge the unknown. Now witness those early adventures again in a specially priced hardcover volume collecting stories that were originally published in 1957-1958. Hardcover, 168 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

UK Reprint - 68 Pages

UK reprint series. Reprints material from Challengers of the Unknown (1958 DC 1st Series) #6, House of Mystery (1951-1983 1st Series) #35, and Showcase (1956-1978) #19, and Strange Adventures (1950 1st Series) #99. 68 Pages, B&W.

1st printing. Collects Challengers of the Unknown (1991 DC 2nd Series) #1-8.

Written by Jeph Loeb. Art and cover by Tim Sale.

The eight-issue miniseries that reinvented the Challengers of the Unknown is back in a new hardcover edition!

In this tale, the Challengers are ancient history-but a hack reporter is about to find them and shake them out of their situations and force them to become heroes once more!

Hardcover, 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Collects Challengers of the Unknown (1991 DC 2nd Series) #1-8. Written by Jeph Loeb. Art and cover by Tim Sale. The 8-issue miniseries that was Loeb and Sale's first DC collaboration is collected in a thrilling trade paperback! As a bonus, this collection includes a never-before-printed 12-page tale from the same period, plus the original series covers by Brian Bolland, Kyle Baker, Matt Wagner, Mark Hempel, Gil Kane, Michael Golden and Sale, an intro by Loeb and a new cover by Sale! Softcover, 204 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Collects Showcase (1956-1978) #6-7, 11-12 and Challengers of the Unknown (1958-1978 DC 1st Series) #1-8. Story and art by Jack Kirby. At last, DC collects Jack Kirby's run of adventure epics in a single paperback volume! These are the tales that introduced Ace Morgan, Red Ryan, Rocky Davis and Professor Haley - four men living on borrowed time, determined to face - and overcome - adversity in the form of monsters, aliens and would-be world conquerors! Softcover, 320 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. Collects Challengers of the Unknown (1991 DC 2nd Series) #1-8.

Written by Jeph Loeb. Art and cover by Tim Sale.

Time has finally caught up with the Challengers of the Unknown. The world seems to have passed them by, and they are now relics, curious artifacts and faded celebrities. All that changes when their fabled mountaintop headquarters blows up and the quartet suddenly find themselves on trial for their lives. So begins the most audacious case of their careers!

Softcover, 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.