Challengers of the Unknown Archives HC Vol 1 High Grade (2003)

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• 1 The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box [Chapter 1] Script: Jack Kirby +
  Origin and introduction of the Challengers of the Unknown.
• 2 Dragon Seed [Chapter 2] Script: Jack Kirby +
• 3 The Freezing Sun [Chapter 3] Script: Jack Kirby +
• 4 The Whirling Weaver [Chapter 4] Script: Jack Kirby +
• 5 ULTIVAC Is Loose! [Chapter 1] Script: Dave Wood +
• 6 Chapter 2: A Challenger Must Die! Script: Dave Wood +
• 7 Chapter 3: The Fearful Millions Script: Dave Wood +
• 8 Chapter 4: The Fatal Prediction Script: Dave Wood +
• 9 The Day the Earth Blew Up [Chapter 1] Script: Dave Wood +
  At the Pentagon, Navy officers and scientists are stumped. Two scientists mysteriously disappeared in Antarctica. They call in "men capable of handling the unknown". Ace takes the call. He, Rocky, and Red fly. They'll pick up Prof along the way. Off New Guinea, Prof is amazed to find a volcano rising from the seabed. In the Antarctic, the Challengers snow-tractor toward the mystery spot. The tractor bogs in a snowstorm and needs repairs. Ace and Rocky explore and fall through thin ice! They land on a futuristic bridge. Above, Prof and Red are captured by skinny orange aliens in bubble-suits.
• 10 The Tyrans [Chapter 2] Script: Dave Wood +
  Two captured Challengers are dropped down a miles-deep airlift. Ace and Rocky find an airshaft and search for miles. They reach a underground city of aliens with an army preparing for invasion. Ace tries to capture a sentry, but the alien anticipates his every move with its computer-like mind. All four Challs are imprisoned with the missing scientists. The aliens are planting charges all over the world to blow away chunks and reduce Earth's mass intending to enslave the human race. Prof realizes the undersea volcano was a test. The Challengers plan to attack when the aliens are at rest.
• 11 The Thing That Came Out of the Sea [Chapter 3] Script: Dave Wood +
  The Challengers hypnotize an alien who leads them to a gravity control room. The team crank the gravity high, pinning the aliens to the ground. Ace and Rocky try to destroy the main detonator. Prof and Red teleport to Washington and alert the military who bring their forces to the battle. Prof is given a wearable minisub and attempts to dismantle the bomb. Underground Ace, Rocky and the two scientists flee a gas attack and gun-cars. Cranking a valve brings raging heat that crisps aliens and slags the bomb detonator. In the Pacific, a claw-machine erupts from the ocean to attack the Navy.
• 12 One Minute to Doom [Chapter 4] Script: Dave Wood +
  On the Pacific island, Red sprays a new secret chemical weapon, a corrosive gas that eats the machine. Soon Ace leads a fleet of bombers to pound what's left of the alien base, and the menace is over. Their only casualty is Prof, who caught a cold diving off the South Pole!
• 13 Menace of the Ancient Vials [Chapter 1] Script: Dave Wood +
• 14 The Fire Being [Chapter 2] Script: Dave Wood +
• 15 Demon from the Depths [Chapter 3] Script: Dave Wood +
• 16 The Deadly Duplicates! [Chapter 4] Script: Dave Wood +
• 17 Challengers of the Unknown Script: Jack Kirby +
• 18 The Man Who Tampered with Infinity Script: Jack Kirby +
• 19 The Human Pets Script: Jack Kirby +
  An alien boys captures the Challengers and treats them like pets.
• 20 The Traitorous Challenger Script: Jack Kirby +
  A prospector uncovers a monster, an indestructible one-eyed walking box that tramples villages. The Challengers's weapons don't make a dent. And June mysteriously sabotages their efforts! Prof finally guesses the monster's one eye is solar-powered. Pursued until sunset, the monster expires. June had run a computer program that predicted the Challengers would die, hence her sabotage. But her efforts changed the equation, so she saved the day!
• 21 The Monster Maker Script: Jack Kirby +
  The Challengers pursue Roc, a would-be conqueror. Using "mind over matter", Roc runs them off by mentally conjuring a giant ape and missile. Fighting fire with fire, the scientist who created the mind-over-matter machine gives Ace similar powers. They battle with a conjured dragon, knight, giant vacuum cleaner, mirrors, and more. Finally Ace uses spinning circles to hypnotize and capture Roc.

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