Showcase Vol 1 12

From DC Database

Appearing in "Menace of the Ancient Vials"

Featured Characters:

• Challengers of the Unknown

• Ace Morgan
• Professor Haley
• Red Ryan
• Rocky Davis

Supporting Characters:

• None

Villains:

• Brommer
• Gortz
• Karnak

Other Characters:

• Amos Hunter (an archaeologist)
• Chet Hollister (an sheriff)

Locations:

• Unnamed island

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "Menace of the Ancient Vials"

While chasing the criminal known as Karnak, the Challengers and their prey end up flying into a strong lightning storm, forcing both parties to land. Karnak finds a manor owned by an archeologist who had just discovered the ancient vials of a long dead society, each vial able to unleash a different magical effect. Karnak and his companion steal the vails and use them to battle the Challengers.
The Challengers are able to fight off all the effects of the differn vials, from fighting Karnak as a giant, a giant fire creature, a giant octopus, and an army of Karnak duplicates. Learning that the Karnak duplicates, the Challengers use this fact to find the real Karnak, who tries to use the last vial which turned out to be an antidote to the duplicate vial.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown Archives, Volume 1 and Showcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown, Volume 1.

• This issue is divided into four chapters:

• Part I: Menace of the Ancient Vial
• Part II: The Fire Being
• Part III: The Demon from the Depths
• Part IV: The Deadly Duplicators

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss Showcase Vol 1 12 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Showcase series

Recommended Reading

• None.

Links and References

• Showcase series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Showcase series index at DC Indexes

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