Challengers of the Fantastic

A one-shot from Marvel in 1997, Challengers of the Fantastic is a fun, self-contained mash-up that teams up the Fantastic Four with the Challengers of the Unknown. Written by Karl Kesel with art by Tom Grummett, this single issue pits the combined team against a common threat, offering a lighthearted crossover between Marvel's first family of superheroes and the classic DC-adventurer team. It's a neat, compact example of the kind of inter-company team-ups Marvel and DC used to produce, giving fans a quick, satisfying glimpse of what these two very different groups might look like working together.