Challengers of the Unknown #23

(December-January 1961-1962)

Death Guarded the Doom Box (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; superhero

Characters:

Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; (Challengers of the Unknown); Burt Langdon and his gang

Synopsis:

Burt Langdon, a criminal, has stolen the Horn of Herix from a museum. The Challengers track Langdon’s gang to a secret valley where a Doom Box, a legendary weapon, is hidden. Weird boobytraps slow the Challengers: an alligator, a tree-turned-elevator, giant robot Romans. They find the horn, discarded, then the Doom Box guarded by a ring of flames and a two-headed dragon! Ace blows the horn: a ray from the box drives back the dragon and flames. Langdon’s gang attacks, grabs the box, and runs. Ace blows the horn again, and the box explodes. The horn was made to destroy the box if it were moved from its protective ring of flames.

Reprints:

• in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #28 ([March 1962])
• in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([April] 2008)

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes

People Are People (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Scientific Word Origins (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

The Island in the Sky! (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake?

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Bob Brown

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; superhero

Characters:

Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; (Challengers of the Unknown); June Robbins; Dr. Kue and Greeg (alien scientists), Zog and his gang (alien criminals).

Synopsis:

Atop a restaurant in Boulder City, Colorado, June Robbins is amazed as objects vanish into thin air. She fetches the Challengers. Little green men run amok in the city, trapping people in glass cylinders. Prof and Rocky pursue. Ace and Red fly to a mysterious cloud that camouflages a flying platform contolled by alien criminals! They’re captured. In the city, Rocky and Prof battle the aliens’ metal insect with a wrecking ball crane. Two new aliens shake the insect to pieces. They’re scientists who commanded the flying platform until criminals seized control. These aliens fly Rocky and Prof to the platform. The Challengers create a diversion, free Ace and Red, and brawl with alien criminals. The good scientists blow jets of air to suspend everyone and dump them in jail! Sorted out, the Challengers bid the good aliens goodbye.

Reprints:

• in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([April] 2008)

Indexer Notes

The first 12¢ issue. Writer id by Bob Hughes

The Amazing Predictions of Mlle. Lenormard (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

["It's all finished"] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Rocket / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor; science fiction