Challengers of the Unknown by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale #[nn]

In "The Challengers Must Die!", the once-celebrated team is fractured and fading—Rocky drowning in regret, Ace lost in mysticism, and Red simmering with bitterness—until a mysterious red mist draws Prof Haley and June Robbins into a desperate mission. When a bomb detonates during their experiment, Challenger Mountain collapses in a fiery blast, and the stranded heroes must race to save Challengerville before the law locks them away.

In "The Restless and the Young!", Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale deliver a moody, character-driven journey through the lives of four Challengers of the Unknown as they confront their pasts and the weight of time. Rocky gambles his way across the globe with Corinna Stark, Red becomes a vigilante in Gotham only to be exiled by Batman, Ace seeks a legendary tribe in the Amazon and faces a deadly ambush, and Harold is haunted by cryptic visions from a voice he can’t place. Each man grapples with the same quiet dread—“I’m getting too old for this…”—as their pasts catch up with them in ways they never expected.

In "As the World Spins!", the Challengers of the Unknown face their lowest moments—Red Ryan broken in a prison cell, Ace Morgan haunted by a vanished tribe, Rocky Davis drowning in regret, and Harold Moffett chasing a story that might be a ghost. When a cryptic box of gold and a voice from beyond summon them back together, they’re forced to confront what it means to live, even when time feels borrowed. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale deliver a haunting, character-driven journey through despair and the fragile hope of reunion.

In "I Know You Are, But What Am I?", Multi-Man—now a robot with no memory of his origins—stumbles through a surreal identity crisis after reading his own obituary. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale craft a poignant, offbeat adventure as he seeks proof of his existence at the DMV, only to unravel a truth far stranger than he imagined. When Ice rebuilds him with a companion in a gesture of kindness, the pair drive off into an uncertain future, leaving the Challengers to wonder what it truly means to be real.