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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781401210878
ISBN number: 1401210872
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 544
Printing Date: September 27, 2006
Publishing house: DC Comics
Age index: Young Adult
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 283233
Studio: DC Comics
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I love the Challengers of the Unknown!! I have loved this team of classic Kirby characters ever since my dad gave me all his Silver Age comics!! The concept of a group of guys who cheated death and now go out in search of the strange and unknown was just always intriguing to me!!
For the price and the content you just can't beat it!!
I love that DC has finally decided to collect older titles in a cheap, affordable format that ANYONE can get without putting a HUGE dent in their pockets!!
Yes they are in grey and white but to me I think that enhances the art work of the penciller and the inker who created these issues!!
Now DC needs to bring on The Metal Men!! ;)
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It is fantastic that DC has chosen to reprint their lesser known titles in this format. These stories were almost never reprinted before. The telephone book format is great, keeps the books affordable and accessible for everyone. The Challengers had some great stories and art over the years and outlasted many of the other books in the DC line that had better know heroes over the years. Thanks DC and please reprint some of the other team books of the Challenger type!
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The art in this volume is SPECTACULAR. Specifically, in Challengers Of The Unknown #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8. The legendary Jack Kirby is inked by the EQUALLY legendary Wally Wood (Daredevil, EC Comics, MAD, The Outer Space Spirit and the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents to name a few).
This volume represents the work of two comics masters at the height of their ability showing how it's done! Wally Wood was an acknowledged master of futuristic sf ships and monsters and his control of light an line always brought a certain polish to any book on which he worked. Kirby is, well... Kirby. Kirby helped define the visual language of sequential illustration and his creations and concepts have been the foundation of Marvel Comics since the Silver Age.
To have Kirby partnered with Wood is about as good as it gets!
For the record-
This volume covers 1957- 1961 and reprints Showcase #6 , #7, #11, #12 and Challengers Of The Unknown #1-17
It's Kirby. It's Wood. It's a GREAT read. AND... it's cheap. 'Nuff said.
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The line work in this volume of Showcase Presents is fantastic! Kirby's art leaps off the page! I think this volume is in the top five of all the Showcases offered so far. Dc should be commended on the wonderful variety of Showcases! We're getting adventure, horror, Sci-Fi, as well as the expected spandex teams. You can not go wrong with any book in the whole showcase line, but I think this Showcase Presents: Challengers of The Unknown, is a great place to start. Top of the line stories and art throughout, and you can see where some of the ideas for Kirby's later Fantastic Four started!
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