Issue | #4 |
Published | June 1991 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 1.00 GBP |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Elliot S. Maggin; Katie Main |
Characters | Rocky Davis |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | Matt Wagner (signed) |
Inks | Matt Wagner (signed) |
Reprinted | in Challengers of the Unknown Must Die (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]; in American Heroes (Play Press, 1991 series) #9/10 |
Characters | Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan]; Harold Moffet; Batman; Corinna Stark; Sgt Bambadora; soldiers; Amazon tribesmen; Duncan Pramble (unnamed) |
Synopsis | Rocky is led by the nose around the world by Corinna Stark, hitting casinos and gambling his money away. Rocky misses his buddies and drinks. “I’m getting too old for this…” Red is making a name as “The 9MM Vigilante” in Gotham, until a midnight visit by Batman, who gives him a one-way ticket to anywhere else. Red fetches up in El Segundo, where ironically he first became a hero for saving the country (Showcase #6). Red works as a mercenary until he’s invited to change sides, and does, and gets betrayed and thrown into prison. “I’m getting too old for this…” Ace hang-glides over the Amazon seeking the Tuto, a tribe famed for magic. He boards a riverboat that’s ambushed by arrows. Shot full of shafts, he tumbles over a waterfall and lies dying. “I’m getting too old for this…” Harold Moffet keeps getting messages from beyond: Prof’s face telling him “Do your job,” and TV scenes of mass murder. “What’s happening to me?” |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Jeph Loeb |
Pencils | Tim Sale |
Inks | Tim Sale |
Colors | Lovern Kindzierski |
Letters | Bob Pinaha |
Notes | The title is again a twisted soap opera title, "The Young and the Restless". Part 4. |
Reprinted | in Challengers of the Unknown Must Die (DC, 2004 series) #[nn]; in American Heroes (Play Press, 1991 series) #9/10 |
Synopsis | Fans praise and condemn the Challengers' revamp. Loeb and Sale state they respect Jack Kirby's work. |
Script | Jeph Loeb |
Pencils | Marc Hempel (signed) |
Inks | Marc Hempel (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Letters of comment from readers Dale Coe, J.M. DeMocko, R. Kevin Doyle, Kevin Hall, Rux Hensley, Mark Lucas and Vinnie Bartilucci. Also includes a miniature preview of next issue's cover art. |