Challengers of the Unknown #40
In "The Super Powers of the Challengers," the team races to stop a masked thief known as Mr. Voodoo from robbing an art gallery—only for the mysterious assailant to vanish. When a robot spider infiltrates their jet and later reveals a hidden plan, the Challengers face a new threat: Multi-Man, disguised as Mr. Voodoo, has mapped their mountain base and unleashed a swarm of insect robots to attack. Written by Arnold Drake and illustrated by Bob Brown, with inks and lettering by Brown, the cover by Bob Brown captures the tension of this high-stakes showdown.
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The Challengers rush to an art gallery being robbed by Mr. Voodoo, a walking tiki mask, but he escapes. A robot spider boards their jet, accompanies them back to Challenger Mountain, photographs the mountain HQ, and returns to Mr. Voodoo, who is Multi-Man in disguise. Multi-Man creates a diagram of Challenger Mountain and follows the Challs back to their HQ, where the guys are testing a new machine. Multi-Man leads a robot army of insects against the Challs, but Prof releases a tse-tse fly and Multi-Man panics, allowing Prof to use the new machine to materialize a condor to grab Multi-Man.
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