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September 2004 |
The back cover of the book states, "They were once the greatest adventurers on Earth!" then blurbs how "Time has finally caught up with the Challengers..." The back sports a re-sketch of the famous issue where June grew into a giant (COTU 15). Rocky alludes to this adventure many times during the miniseries. No one seems to believe him. Why not, when superheroes fly overhead regularly?  The book contains yet another variant of the picture, evidently some personal joke given to a friend, "Nutritionist of the Unknown." |
The first page shows the infamous issue of the Tattle Tale with the gory story of how Challenger Mountain exploded.  |
More art goodies are tucked inside. Some in-between panels. All the original covers (reduced). One variant cover. Never-seen sketches of the Challengers that Tim Sale worked up preparing for the series. More newspaper pages. At least one sketch from a letters page is NOT included in the collection. We can't show all the sketches, but here's the most intriguing. The Lil' Challs?  Lil' Ace reads a Doctor Strange comic. Lil' Red plays with war toys. And Lil' Rocky can't figure out how to get June and Prof out of a box. Look closely, and you can see the ghost image of the infamous headline, "Thousands Die as Sleepy Town is Destroyed..." Is this an art mistake, or intentional? |
Comment The trade paperback is worth getting for completists. The new Multi-Man story is (almost) worth the price of admission. |
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The book made the front cover of CSNsider 897. The full article runs here courtesy of Cliff Biggers. (Thanks, Cliff!) © 2003 Comic Shop News Inc. |
Here's the original black and white cover found on the Internet.  |
And here's the Spanish edition. Cool thought: the Challs speaking fluent Spanish throughout. |
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