Challengers of the Unknown #4
In "Chapter 1: The Wizard of Time," the Challengers of the Unknown face their most baffling case yet when a mysterious soldier from a forgotten past is captured trying to steal a plane. Led by a man who speaks only of an "Island of the Wizard," the team follows a trail of ancient riddles to a hidden realm where time itself is bent by the enigmatic scientist Darius Tiko. Written and illustrated by Jack Kirby, with inks by Wally Wood and letters by Joe Letterese, this 1958 adventure features Kirby’s dynamic cover art and plunges readers into a mind-bending mystery where past and present collide—without revealing how it ends.
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When a group of men dressed as ancient Greek soldiers attempts to steal a plane, one is captured. The Challengers are brought in to investigate and find that the captured soldier only wishes to return to the "Island of the Wizard." The soldier leads the Challs to this island where they meet Darius Tiko, who experiments with time travel. Confronted, the scientist disappears in a time cube but the Challs and the soldier follow in another cube, to track down Tiko and recover his stolen technology.
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