(February-March 1968)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-12-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Thing That Could Not Die! (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Rocky Davis; Ace Morgan; Prof Haley]

Defend Yourself with Ketsugo (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Thing That Could Not Die (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 22.5 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
adventure
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Professor Haley]; Marty Ryan [Tino]; The Challenger Haters [Multi-Man; Kra; Volcano Man]; Mr. Morton
Synopsis
The team discovers that Red is not dead but has drank the liquid light formula and become a crazed criminal.
Reprints
Keywords
Liquid light

Indexer Notes

Story across 24 pages, but pages 8, 16, and 24 are 1/2 pages. Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the main story sequence.

Letters from: Alan Lipsett, Wallace L. Hopkins. Excerpts of letters from: John Zocco, Bill Urban, James Schneck, Charles Vice, Gary Martin, Joe Lenius, Sherry Betts, Brian Witt, Samuel Herskovitz, Larry Emery.

Boot Hill Express (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Monogram / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

2 Hours to Die! (Table of Contents: 7)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Prof Haley]; Cyclops (flashback)
Synopsis
Prof is trapped in his mini-sub and the team has two hours to rescue him before a bomb explodes.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page count corrected by Bryan Stroud. Page 7 and page 8 of the original story combined into one, with the top tier of panels of page 7 removed entirely and the other panels trimmed down.

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

Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Get Smart! Get Model Motoring! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Aurora Model Motoring / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thing That Could Not Die!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  2. 1. Defend Yourself with Ketsugo
  3. 2. The Thing That Could Not Die
    Challengers of the Unknown
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Teen Titans
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Let's Chat with the Challs
  6. 5. Boot Hill Express
    Monogram
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  8. 7. 2 Hours to Die!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Our Army at War
  10. 9. Get Smart! Get Model Motoring!
    Aurora Model Motoring
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Juan Gonzalez
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore