Titanes Planetarios #171
In Titanes Planetarios #171, the Challengers confront Wilfred Clayton’s claim that he saved them in a plane crash—each now reflecting on their past lives before becoming heroes. Rocky recalls defeating a brutal opponent in the ring, even after being drugged, while the Prof remembers a reckless moment that changed him: a collision with a work boat that brought him face-to-face with Sir Lawrence Revere, a man laboring to recover a statue for fishermen. Written by Arnold Drake and illustrated by Bob Brown, with cover art by Bob Brown, this issue offers a poignant look at the men behind the masks.
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Wilfred Clayton insists he saved the Challengers' lives at their plane crash and they all owe him. Each thinks back to their lives before they became Challengers. Rocky was wrestling a brute named Barton and, despite the mob drugging his water, he won the match. Prof was a spoiled heir with a new yacht who sideswiped a work boat containing his hero, Sir Lawrence Revere, slaving to salvage a statue for local fishermen, and in helping him Prof starts to grow up.
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