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Challengers of the Unknown (Volume 5) #5 is an issue of the series Challengers of the Unknown (Volume 5) with a cover date of June, 2025. It was published on April 16, 2025.
Synopsis for "Rock & A Hard Place"
Appearing in "Rock & A Hard Place"
Featured Characters:
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Ace Morgan (Infected)
- June Robbins (Infected)
- Prof Haley (Infected)
- Red Ryan (Infected)
- Rocky Davis (Also as an illusion)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Ultivac (Also as an illusion)
Other Characters:
- Challengers of the Unknown
- Justice League Unlimited
- Skeets (Cameo)
- Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) (Mentioned only)
- Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) (Mentioned only)
- Darkseid (Mentioned only)
- Death (Mentioned only)
- Phantom Stranger (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- 20th Century
- 2024
- Solar System
- Earth (Cameo)
- Justice League Watchtower/"DS-Anomaly-E" (First appearance as DS-Anomaly-E)
- Solar System
- Mindworld
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
Items:
- Batsuit
- Bio-Belts
- Bracelets of Submission
- Firestorm Matrix
- Green Lantern Ring
- Lasso of Truth
- Nth Metal
- T-Spheres
- Wonder Woman's Tiara
Concepts:
- Darkseid Anomalies
- DS-Anomaly-E
- Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Magic
- Metahumans
- Omega Energy
- Time Travel
- Space-Time Rupture
- Space-Time Rupture
Notes
- Final issue.
- Although Skeets, which is also responsible for displacing Ultivac and Rocky to the past, only makes a cameo in the epilogue, its appearance explains why it doesn't appear as a prisoner of the Absolute Universe Legion of Super-Heroes, unlike its master, Booster Gold, in Summer of Superman Special #1.
Trivia
- The Omega-infected Challengers repeating the word "Absolute" is obviously a nod to Darkseid's new homeworld, the Absolute Universe.
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Challengers of the Unknown series
- Images from Challengers of the Unknown Vol 5 5