Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby TPB
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby TPB
Cover Credits
Artist: Jack Kirby

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Title: "The Beasts from Planet 9"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Challengers of the Unknown (of Earth-1)

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Wallace Wood

Reprinted From:
Challengers of the Unknown #7 (1959)

Feature Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Three alien beasts (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • Carver (an archaeologist; no further appearances)
  • Two aliens from Pluto (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When an archaeologist discovers a crashed alien ship on Druid Island, he summons the Challengers of the Unknown. The Challs discover that the ship contain beasts for an alien zoo, and that the creatures have escaped. Ace and Red tangle with a flame-breathing giant bird, while Rocky and Prof handle an aquatic beast that destroys ships. Following their successful recapture of the creatures, they team-up to handle the last beast. Later, two aliens land and take the creatures back to their own planet.


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