(February-March 1978)
DC,
1958 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-11-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893045303
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #150.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Abel (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- C-587
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]
- Reprints
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #12 (1er trimestre 1980) [Image inversée [Inverted image]] -
in Deadman (DC, 2011 series) #5 ([June] 2014) - in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
- in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
Indexer Notes
Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
Sable Lady
Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sable Lady
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Creature from the End of Time!
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-4867
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #12 (1er trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Deadman (DC, 2011 series) #5 ([June] 2014)
- in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
- in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
Chapter 1: The Box from Beyond
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing
- Synopsis
- A giant box appears in Toronto. The Challs, accompanied by Swamp Thing and Deadman, investigate.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #12 (1er trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Deadman (DC, 2011 series) #5 ([June] 2014)
- in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
- in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
Chapter 2: Monsters and Men
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing; Rip Hunter (flashback); Jeff Johnson (flashback); Bonnie Baxter (flashback); Corky Baxter (flashback)
- Synopsis
- When Deadman tries to enter the box it opens and releases a monster. After they kill the monster, they haul the box and carcass to Challenger Mountain where tests indicate the box is from the future.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #12 (1er trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Deadman (DC, 2011 series) #5 ([June] 2014)
- in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
- in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
Chapter 3: Flight Into the Future
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing; Rip Hunter
- Synopsis
- The heroes fly to Rip Hunter's desert lab, which appears abandoned. Swamp Thing pushes a button and Rip's Time Sphere appears with a skeleton inside. They use the time sphere to travel to 12,000,000 AD. Amidst crumbling ruins they are surrounded by future-men and Rip Hunter in rags and a crown.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #12 (1er trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]]
- in Deadman (DC, 2011 series) #5 ([June] 2014)
- in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
- in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
[no title indexed]
Challenger Mountain Mail Room / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris
- Pencils
- Michael Netzer (credited as Mike Nasser) (illustration)
- Inks
- Bob Wiacek (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- L-605
Indexer Notes
Fans like the new Challenger series and the guest-star revivals, which have been touted in teasers and the DC Hot Line (phone announcements). Editor Jack C. Harris says they'll "experiment". There's a contest on to name the letters page. "Send us YOUR comments."
Volume 77, Issue 47 - Week of November 21, 1977
Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Juan Ortiz (illustration)
- Inks
- Bob McLeod (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Bob Rozakis
- Characters
- Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Major Disaster
Indexer Notes
"Karate Kid Battles Legion!" "Joker's Laughing Fish Are Loaded!" "Ask the Answer Man", "Direct Currents" and other news.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
Sable Lady
Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes -
2.
The Creature from the End of Time!
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
Chapter 1: The Box from Beyond
Challengers of the Unknown -
4.
Chapter 2: Monsters and Men
Challengers of the Unknown -
5.
Chapter 3: Flight Into the Future
Challengers of the Unknown -
6.
[no title indexed]
Challenger Mountain Mail Room -
7.
Volume 77, Issue 47 - Week of November 21, 1977
Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Clayton Emery
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Gregg Whitmore
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