Challengers of the Unknown #31

(April-May 1963)

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Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Who Saved the Challenger's Lives, Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Wilfred Clayton; Barton; Sir Lawrence Revere; President Domingo

Synopsis

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.

Reprints

• in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #171
• in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)

Keywords

hero team

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes.

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My Greatest Adventure; Tales of the Unexpected / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Jaro Stamps; Maxim Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Chapter 2: The Secret from the Challengers' Past (Table of Contents: 7)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Wilfred Clayton

Synopsis

Before they all met, Red worked on a radio tower for President Domingo in a South American country where a kid asks Red to stop the dictator's evil plans, teaching Red true heroism. Ace ran a tiny air service delivering nitro to prospectors and when a crate breaks loose he heroically delivered the cargo. Flying to their appearance on the Heroes TV show, Ace's plane crashes and they become men "living on borrowed time." Clayton claims that what they don't know is that he saved their lives after the crash. In return, he wants them to go to South America and assemble a giant statue for him.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes.

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Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Challengers' Mail Chute / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

? (logo illustration)

Inks

? (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tommy Jones, D. D. Dixon, and H. W. Greene plus snippets of other readers' letters.

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 3: The Warrior from 1,000 A.D. (Table of Contents: 11)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Wilfred Clayton; Dr. Steuben

Synopsis

In South America, trying to assemble the statue, Prof and Red are attacked by its flying arm and sword. They are able to reattach the arm, but realize the statue is actually a robot. Clayton binds and imprisons them along with Dr. Steuben, the robot's inventor. Meanwhile, Ace and Rocky secure the robot's other arm and are about to reattach it to the statue, when it seemingly goes crazy and batters the statue. Ace had reprogrammed the arm to destroy the robot because he realized there was one detail Clayton had gotten wrong in the Challengers' origin story.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Bob Hughes.

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

As Hot as Tomorrow's Headlines! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Dr. No / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)