The surviving
Challengers have split up and gone their own ways. Rocky is now an action star.
Ace has decided to further his spiritual journey by learning the arcane arts.
Red has gone a little loco and moved to Gotham in order to become the Punisher!
Not only that, these heroes have dropped their youthful monikers and taken back
up their real names as a sign of growing up and moving on.
I enjoyed this twist
in having the remaining Challengers try to make it on their own. But what I
enjoyed more were the Easter eggs. For example, ‘Ace’ is renting an apartment in
Greenwich Village from a very strange doctor. If you haven’t figured out who I
am talking about, maybe the sorcerer’s Asian man-servant will ring a few bells.
This series is
excellent. It wasn’t a big hit when it came out in 1991 and to be honest, I
think these 8 issues have been designated to bargain bins nationwide. However,
the little touches that Loeb and Sale put into this book with the Easter eggs,
homages to Kirby, and inside jokes is what made this series superb and a hidden
gem worth discovering.
Worth Consuming.
Rating: 10 out of 10
stars.
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