(December 1970-January 1971)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-10-01
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

Issue Notes

On-sale date from the Direct Currents page of From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #8 and copyright registration.

Menace of the Ancient Vials! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby; Rosalind Kirby (blacks)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; Ira Schnapp ?
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Kyle "Ace" Morgan; Matthew "Red" Ryan; Leslie "Rocky" Davis; Walter Mark "Prof" Haley]
Reprints

Mean Maverick (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Menace of the Ancient Vials! (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Leonard Starr ?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Job Number
B-797
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Kyle "Ace" Morgan; Matthew "Red" Ryan; Leslie "Rocky" Davis; Walter Mark "Prof" Haley]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.

The World's Fastest Big Racers! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Menace of the Ancient Vials!] Chapter Two: The Fire Being! (Table of Contents: 4)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Leonard Starr ?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Kyle "Ace" Morgan; Matthew "Red" Ryan; Leslie "Rocky" Davis; Walter Mark "Prof" Haley]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.

Coin Curios (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Mail Sack Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Menace of the Ancient Vials!] Chapter Three: The Demon from the Depths! (Table of Contents: 7)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Leonard Starr ?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Kyle "Ace" Morgan; Matthew "Red" Ryan; Leslie "Rocky" Davis; Walter Mark "Prof" Haley]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.

[The Menace of the Ancient Vials!] Chapter Four: The Deadly Duplicates! (Table of Contents: 8)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Leonard Starr ?
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Jack Schiff (original editor)

Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown [Kyle "Ace" Morgan; Matthew "Red" Ryan; Leslie "Rocky" Davis; Walter Mark "Prof" Haley]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previously inker listed as Marvin Stein. Per Stein's conversations with Greg Theakston, he did not ink any Challengers stories.

Here Come the Zingers! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

MPC Model Kit / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

National Diamond Sales [Jewelry] / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-779

Indexer Notes

Letter from Jim Vecchio and snippets of other readers' letters.

Task Force / Tank Trap (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Tank Trap; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Skittle Pool (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Menace of the Ancient Vials!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  2. 1. Mean Maverick
    Monogram Models
  3. 2. The Menace of the Ancient Vials!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  4. 3. The World's Fastest Big Racers!
    Kenner Toys
  5. 4. [The Menace of the Ancient Vials!] Chapter Two: The Fire Being!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  6. 5. Coin Curios
    Littleton Coins
  7. 6. ["$1000.00 paid for this 6c stamp"]
    Mail Sack Products
  8. 7. [The Menace of the Ancient Vials!] Chapter Three: The Demon from the Depths!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  9. 8. [The Menace of the Ancient Vials!] Chapter Four: The Deadly Duplicates!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  10. 9. Here Come the Zingers!
    MPC Model Kit
  11. 10. ["More for your money..."]
    Superman; Tomahawk
  12. 11. ["Military men! Your credit is good..."]
    National Diamond Sales [Jewelry]
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Let's Chat with the Challs
  15. 14. Task Force / Tank Trap
    Tank Trap; Task Force
  16. 15. ["Do you have art talent..."]
    Famous Artists Schools
  17. 16. ["8 mm motion picture projector"]
    Honor House Products
  18. 17. Skittle Pool
    Aurora Products
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Mark Gordon
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin