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Challengers of the Unknown #85

DC · Series began 1958 · February-March 1978

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Dates

Cover date: February-March 1978
On sale: November 22, 1977
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #85 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition35¢ cover

Barcode 0709893045303 · shared with another edition
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UK pence edition0.12 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.12 GBP.

Barcode 0709893045303 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Rich Buckler, Curt Swan, Keith Giffen, Michael Netzer, Juan Ortizinks: Jack Abel, John Celardo, Bob Wiacek, Bob McLeodcolors: Tatjana Wood, Jerry Serpescript: Gerry Conway, Jack C. Harris, Bob Rozakisletters: Milt Snapinnediting: Bob Rozakis

Stories

The Creature from the End of Time! · 2 pages
Chapter 1: The Box from Beyond · 4 pages
A giant box appears in Toronto. The Challs, accompanied by Swamp Thing and Deadman, investigate.
Chapter 2: Monsters and Men · 6 pages
When Deadman tries to enter the box it opens and releases a monster. After they kill the monster, they haul the box and carcass to Challenger Mountain where tests indicate the box is from the future.
Chapter 3: Flight Into the Future · 5 pages
The heroes fly to Rip Hunter's desert lab, which appears abandoned. Swamp Thing pushes a button and Rip's Time Sphere appears with a skeleton inside. They use the time sphere to travel to 12,000,000 AD. Amidst crumbling ruins they are surrounded by future-men and Rip Hunter in rags and a crown.

Reprinted in

Deadman (2011), Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (2018), Deadman Omnibus (2020)