Challengers of the Unknown #38

(June-July 1964)

Are You a Good Neighbor? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Synopsis

The boys learn a lesson about littering.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.

The Menace the Challengers Made (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script

Arnold Drake

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; The Ooze [Killer Starke]; African tribespeople

Synopsis

In Central Africa, the Challs pursue Killer Starke into the mysterious Red Forest. They corner Starke in a cave. He shoots wild, so Prof lobs a grenade. Starke is missing, until a bubbling pool of strange minerals releases a walking blob-monster, absorbing everything and growing larger. Prof works up a plan, Red calls an Air Force base for parts, and Rocky and locals dig a pit. Ace rides an elephant to lure the Ooze onto a leafy cover and it falls over a pit of whooshing jet engines. Suspended in air, the Ooze shrinks until it's just Starke again and the Challs take Starke back to prison.

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

The Ooze is likely based on the 1958 movie The Blob starring Steve McQueen.

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

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The Magic Genie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Genie, bring me a chest full of diamonds...

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Genie

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Giant Superboy Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Snippets of letters from readers.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's a wonderful day for a drive in the country!

Genre

humor

Characters

Moolah the Mystic

Synopsis

Moolah goes for a drive and runs out of gas.

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #50 (May 1956)

Time-Bomb on Holdout Island (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Genre

adventure

Characters

Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Doctor Heller; Colonel Takawa; Japanese soldiers

Synopsis

The Challengers investigate a suddenly active volcano. They're jumped by Japanese soldiers still fighting World War II. In the volcano is a factory run by Doktor Heller and Colonel Takawa, and Ace and Rocky are captured. Heller has two weapons: a "flying saucer" and gold pellets that vibrate steel to pieces to drop on American cities. Heller forces Ace and Rocky into the saucer, then whips them around. Prof and Red hop in the saucer and pilot it atop the factory chimney, flooding it with smoke. The Challs radio the 7th Fleet to come get the villains.

Reprints

• in The Hundred Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 ? series) #95 ([September 1964])
• in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #7 (octobre 1968)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

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The Doom Patrol / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Palisades Amusement Park / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Astroforce / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)