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Challengers of the Unknown (Challengers of the Unknown Archives) (Paperback)

by Bob Brown (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 528 pages
  • Publisher: DC Comics (20 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1401217257
  • ISBN-13: 978-1401217259
  • Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 742,540 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Their Motto: Dare Anything!, 22 Nov 2007
By P. J. Doree - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown (Paperback)
Once again, the Showcase books come through with a series I've always wanted to read, but could never trace back issues of. And it's Jack Kirby, so of course it's brilliant.
Four famous adventurers miraculously survive a fatal plane crash, and, having cheated death once, resolve to ( you guessed it ) Challenge The Unknown! Who can resist a premise like that?
Kirby once described this series as like a movie, and each episode is just that, as The Challs fight monsters / invading aliens / giant killer robots / time travelling wizards / you name it. This is the movie Ray Harryhausen should've made instead of all those ropey Sinbad films.
Yes, there are flaws, there are a few too many monsters coming out of magic bottles, and the team don't really have distinct personalities, but these stories were never meant to be read in one sitting, and any comics fan worth their salt will be swept away by the 100mph pace, and at the sheer delight of The King's imagination, firing off in a million directions at once.
Plus it's fun to spot the pointer's toward another famous Kirby foursome...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Science Fiction the Proper Way, 24 Sep 2008
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown (Paperback)
I remember reading some of these stories as a child - it was good to bring back the sense of wonder and terror that I felt then. Oh for the days when I thought that genies and levitation and all kinds of elixirs were possibilities - if only I could be in the right place at the right time.

This is science fiction as it should be, 1950s style: monsters, ray guns, futuristic architecture and tacky robots abound. Yum.

Buy this book, guiltily read one story per week and then pass it on to your offspring (to ease your conscience). You know you want to ...
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