Dave Wood (1) (1926–1974)

Four men of action; a pilot, a diver, an acrobat, and an athlete survive a plane crash; believing they are living on borrowed time they vow to help the world by tackling the challenges no-one else can. Together they will face the unknown. The basic premise of The Challengers is a great one that opens up a lot of story-telling possibilities. Writer/Artist Jack Kirby exploits it to the full with stories of giant monsters, ancient wizards, super-scientists, time-travel and more. Unfortunately that is only the first half of this volume. Once Kirby moved off the title you can see an immediate slump in quality and imagination with a series of rote, simplistic tales from which The Challengers concept never really recovered.… (altro)