Challengers of the Unknown (1997 3rd Series) #2

Cover pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough. Undead, script by Steven Grant and Len Kaminski (plot and scripting assist), pencils by John Paul Leon, inks by Shawn Martinbrough

The Challengers appear on Nina Justis's talk show; She's famous as an alien abductee, until the Challs show photos of her "abducted" in Aruba, vacationing; Nina vows to get even... Meanwhile, in a unnamed city, drug addicts are dying like flies - then awakening in hospitals and swarming over people. The Challengers are called in, though city officials think they're "glory hounds"; They investigate corpses and find no drugs. Then corpses animate and attack.

36 pgs. $2.25. Cover price $2.25.