Thursday, 10 December 2009

Random Review: Challengers of the Unknown #87

"Twelve Million Years to Twilight" by Carla & Gerry Conway, Keith Giffen and John Celardo, cover by Alex Saviuk and Dick Giordano.

In this issue the Challengers of the Unknown, along with Deadman and Swamp Thing, have travelled to the distant future to stop the tyrannical Sunset Lords from dumping monstrous mutant creatures in the present.

This was the last issue of the Challengers of the Unknown, so it's perhaps understandable that Carla & Gerry Conway's story feels a little hurried. What's less understandable is why pages are wasted on a mindless fight scene and a cross-section of Challenger Mountain when more important events are shown in a few cramped panels. Keith Giffen and John Celardo's art is similar to Carmine Infantino's, but less quirky and interesting.

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