| Issue | #65 |
| Published | August 1999 |
| Cover Price | $1.99 |
| Pages | 40 |
| Editing | Mike McAvennie; Frank Berrios (Assistant Editor) |
| Characters | Superboy; Metal Men; Creeper; Green Lantern; Robin; Impulse; Inferno; Damage |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Tom Grummett (signed) |
| Inks | Karl Kesel (signed) |
| Colors | Patrick Martin |
| Letters | Comicraft |
| Characters | Mr. Carter; Superboy; Challengers of the Unknown; Rip Hunter; Colonel Adam Winterbourne; Mickey Cannon; Young Justice; Robin; Impulse; Guardian; Metal Men; Creeper; Titans; Inferno; Steel; Green Lantern; Power Girl; Heat Wave; Captain Marvel, Jr.; Sparx; Damage; Risk; Hero Hotline (Stretch; Private Eye; Diamondette); Serling Roquette; Dabney Donovan; Tekka; Gadget Guru; Hawk & Dove; Flamebird; Dubbilex; Superman; Wonder Woman; Batman |
| Synopsis | Continued from 64... Metropolis, in the Planet Krypton restaurant. Mr. Carter, the owner, closes the restaurant for renovations. Just in time. The Hypershuttle smashes through the roof! Superboy breaks free. "We made it!" The Challengers crawl out: Ace, Prof, and June. Here to meet them is Rocky, flown in specially! Their reunion is marred: Red was lost in Hypertime. And June is not June Robbins, but June Walker! Somehow she got switched with an alternate. THIS June has been a full-time Challenger since meeting Ultivac (Showcase 7), not a "mascot". Since Prof has Metron's knowledge of Hypertime, and a piece of hyperium, and the Challengers are "living on borrowed hypertime", they vow to reenter Hypertime to rescue Red. Mr. Carter offers the sub-basement as a "Hypertime Headquarters", because he's actually the cyborg Rip Hunter! The Challengers invite Superboy to join the team as a "death-cheater." Thanks, but Superboy has to go, since Cadmus is trying to replace him right now! At Cadmus, dozens of heroes are gathered. Captain Marvel Jr. The Creeper. Young Justice. Sparx. Flamebird. The Odd Man. Steel. And others come to replace Superboy or meet him or just hang out. Colonel Winterborne and Mickey Cannon host a sort-of tryout, but things get out of hand. Hero Hotline gets miffed. Damage is passed over. The Gadget Guru wants to disassemble the Metal Men. Green Lantern reports Superboy is still MIA. Heat Wave, trying to reform, exposes Hawk and Dove as Punch and Julee! They grab a hostage - and get clobbered by Superboy. He's back! Tryouts are over. Heat Wave gets a "second chance" to be Superboy's backup. And Dubbilex gets haunted by the Gene-Gnome. Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman come to collect and debrief Superboy about his Hypertime adventure. And Mickey Cannon says, "I'll never think of Superboy as a 'kid' again!" |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Karl Kesel |
| Pencils | Tom Grummett |
| Inks | Dan Davis |
| Colors | Buzz Setzer |
| Letters | Comicraft |
| Notes | "Hyper-Tension!": Epilogue. Until this issue, it was thought a mere typo that June Robbins was accidentally named June Walker in Kirby's Challengers 1, 2, and 3. Karl Kesel has worked both Junes into the DCU. Learn more about the Challengers at http://www.challengersoftheunknown.com |
| Notes | 5 letters of comment by David Lewis Sinofsky, Moyer D. Hall Jr., Marc Graham, Matt Child, Nick Newman, plus cover illustrations of SUPERBOY #61 and #66. |
| Notes | House Advertisement for: DEXTER'S LABORATORY series, "JLApe: Gorilla Warfare" DC's 1999 annuals, THE SHAZAM ARCHIVES Vol 2 hardcover. |
| Notes | Total of 11 one-page and 1 two-page advertisements for: Magicburst Pop-Tarts (snack, Kellogg's), Mega Warheads (candy, Foreign Candy Comp), Oreo Stacking Contest (contest, oreo.com), Bugs Bunny Lost in Time (game, Playstation), NesQuick (soft drink, Nestle), StarQueen The Second Story (game, Enix, 2 pages), Eggo (snack, Kellogg's), 3 Musketeers (candy, Mars), Star Wars CommTech (toy, Hasbro), Bug's Life (game, Nintendo), Croc 2 (game, Playstation), milk (milk, whymilk.com). |