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Cover: Rich Buckler & Jack Abel

Challengers of the Unknown #85

Feb 1978 · DC · 0.35 USD
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“The Creature from the End of Time!”

In "The Creature from the End of Time!", the Challengers of the Unknown journey to Rip Hunter's desert lab—now eerily abandoned—only to awaken a mysterious Time Sphere holding a skeletal figure. With the sphere's power, they leap to 12 million AD, where crumbling ruins hide a future where Rip Hunter, once a legend, now rules as a ragged king among the last of humanity. Written by Gerry Conway and illustrated by Keith Giffen, with inks by John Celardo and colors by Jerry Serpe, this 1978 issue features a striking cover by Rich Buckler and Jack Abel.

writer Gerry Conway · artist Keith Giffen · inker John Celardo · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Milt Snapinn · cover Rich Buckler, Jack Abel

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colorist Jerry Serpe
letterer Milt Snapinn
cover pencils Rich Buckler
cover inks Jack Abel

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The heroes fly to Rip Hunter's desert lab, which appears abandoned. Swamp Thing pushes a button and Rip's Time Sphere appears with a skeleton inside. They use the time sphere to travel to 12,000,000 AD. Amidst crumbling ruins they are surrounded by future-men and Rip Hunter in rags and a crown.

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