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Cover: Rich Buckler & Joe Rubinstein

Challengers of the Unknown #83

Oct 1977 · DC · 0.35 USD
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“Chapter 1: Seven Doorways to Destiny!”

In "Chapter 1: Seven Doorways to Destiny!", the Challengers of the Unknown face a terrifying new threat as alien plant life awakens across Earth, forcing the team into a desperate race against time. With Gerry Conway scripting the action and Keith Giffen’s dynamic art bringing the chaos to life—inked by John Celardo and colored by Jerry Serpe—this pivotal issue sees the team split across continents, from a London showdown to a hidden Pennsylvania lab, all while the mysterious M'Nagala's legacy begins to stir. The cover by Rich Buckler and Joe Rubinstein captures the eerie, otherworldly tension of the moment.

writer Gerry Conway · artist Keith Giffen · inker John Celardo · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer John Workman · cover Rich Buckler, Joe Rubinstein

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colorist Jerry Serpe
letterer John Workman
cover pencils Rich Buckler
cover inks Joe Rubinstein

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Clayborne and Holland find Prof, who suggests using sonics against the plant life. Outside London, while Ace fetches a pack of jet fuel, Rocky chants to allow one of M'Nagala's kin to enter this world. Back in Pennsylvania, Holland ducks away because he is reverting to Swamp Thing as his bio-restorative formula wears off, but Clayborne and Prof fight off the cultists and fire the emergency siren, transforming the cultists to slime. In London, Ace chucks the fuel pod into the monster, destroying it and shutting the portal. Soon after, all the Challengers are reunited in Perdition.

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