{"id":3542,"date":"2022-01-10T15:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2022-01-10T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:15:00","slug":"636-the-challengers-of-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/636-the-challengers-of-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"636 &#8211; The Challengers of the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-of-the-unknown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-of-the-unknown.png\" alt=\"A panel from Showcase #6, November 1956\" class=\"wp-image-3543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-of-the-unknown.png 852w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-of-the-unknown-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-of-the-unknown-768x573.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A panel from Showcase #6, November 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 1956, DC introduced a new group of heroes in Showcase #6: The Challengers of the Unknown. Most folks credit Jack Kirby in some way with the creation of this group, which consisted of four daredevils: Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Red Ryan and Ace Morgan who, after miraculously and inexplicably surviving a plane crash decide they are living on borrowed time and must dedicate their lives to &#8220;take a few more risks&#8221; and &#8220;challenge the unknown&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-birth.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-birth.png\" alt=\"Another panel featuring the Challengers from Showcase #6, November 1956\" class=\"wp-image-3544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-birth.png 540w, https:\/\/www.codedread.com\/comicbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/195611-challengers-birth-300x262.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Another panel featuring the Challengers from Showcase #6, November 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This first adventure pits them against a sorcerer bent on uncovering the secret of eternal immortality, who pits the Challengers against various &#8230; challenges, including a stone giant, a freezing sun, and the like. The book-length tale is a full 24-pages, broken up into a couple chapters, and it really gives a chance to set the tone and characters, complete with just-slightly-baggy skin-tight purple uniforms, Kirby krackles, intricate backdrops, and messy blotches of ink that become a staple of early Marvel books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challengers of the Unknown are the first in a generation of &#8220;idea-borrowing&#8221; that happened between DC and Marvel over the course of the next several years. It is pretty clear to me that there is a &#8220;genealogy&#8221; of groups that start with the Challengers, moves to the Fantastic Four, then back to the Doom Patrol, then on to the X-Men and Teen Titans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 1956, DC introduced a new group of heroes in Showcase #6: The Challengers of the Unknown. 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