Challengers of the Unknown #53

(December 1966-January 1967)

Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis

After Joe claims he's going to keep the pennies for himself, Superman takes Joe and Tom to Asia, South America, and Africa to show them first-hand how much good the pennies they collect for UNICEF can do.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Who Is the Traitor Among Us? (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

First Line of Dialogue or Text

DC once more --

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Challengers of the Unknown: Leslie "Rocky" Davis; Mark "Prof" Haley; Kyle "Ace" Morgan; Matthew "Red" Ryan
Scientist-X; Dimension-Man; The Iron Dictator; Neo-Nazis

Synopsis

Brought to a trashed laboratory, the Challengers hear a message from Scientist X telling the team they can find his valuable inventions by solving three clues. The Challs are bushwhacked by Dimension-Man, who wants the inventions for himself. To help him, D-Man pulls out of limbo the Iron Dictator. After the Challs decode the clues to the location of the inventions, Iron Dictator distracts them and D-Man knocks them out, making it appear that one of them is a traitor. But the Challs refuse to fall for it, defeat the Iron Dictator's neo-Nazis, and make Scientist X's headquarters their new home.

Reprints

• in Brûlant (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #6 (juillet 1968)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Across 24 pages, but pages 9, 16, and 24 are 2/3 pages.

The Dimension Man and the Iron Dictator are never seen or mentioned again.

On the Go with Motorific! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Ideal Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Kat from AMT Jumps the Gun (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

AMT Models; The Kat from AMT / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Hawkman Beware! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Mike's Toy Factory (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Emenee Thermo/Craft Workshop / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Bob Hope; Inferior Five / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Let's Chat with the Challs / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter from David J. Esser and snippets of letters from other readers; on the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Trik-Trak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Billy and the Kid (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Captain Billy & the Kid; Renwal Models / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Job Number

6446

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to customize my model car...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Idea from Haynes Skowes.
On the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Batman; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Telegraph Set (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Electric S.O.S. Telegraph / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Battle Grounds of the World! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Andy and George; G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)