(April-May 1978)
DC,
1958 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-01-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893045305
- Editing
- Jack C. Harris
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #152.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
The War at Time's End
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rich Buckler (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia (signed)
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- C-652
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rip Hunter; June Robbins; Rocky Davis; Ace Morgan; Swamp Thing; Deadman
- Reprints
-
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.
![Cover Thumbnail for Challengers of the Unknown (1958 series) #86 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1317/w100/1317562.jpg?-6371775376465446593)
The War at Time's End
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- J-4911
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Prof Haley
- Synopsis
- In the present, Prof is wheelchair-bound in Challenger Mountain and attacked by a mutant lizard 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 One: The Way It Began
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; June Robbins]; Deadman
- Synopsis
- Prof recalls how it got to this point.
- Reprints
- in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #12 (1er trimestre 1980) [Noir & Blanc et remonté [Black & White and reframed]; moins 1,5 page [minus 1.5 page]]
- 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 Two: If This Is Tomorrow, You Must Be Rip Hunter!
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan; June Robbins]; Swamp Thing; Deadman; Rip Hunter; Jeff Smith; Bonnie Baxter; Corky Baxter; The Sunset Lords; The Persuader; Lucas Lawspeaker
- Synopsis
- In the future, Rocky, Ace, June, Swamp Thing, and Deadman find Rip Hunter (and his crew) are brainwashed pawns of the despotic Sunset Lords. After a fight, they're overwhelmed and captured.
- 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 Three: Time Times Terror
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Red Ryan; Deadman; The Sunset Lords; Rip Hunter
- Synopsis
- Back in the present, future-boxes keep releasing monsters around the world. Red (who quit the team) battles some in the streets.
- 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 4: A Pit by Any Other Name
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Swamp Thing; Deadman; The Sunset Lords; Lucas Lawspeaker
- Synopsis
- Deadman, sneaking around in a borrowed body, meets Lucas Lawspeaker and his rebels.
- 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-888
- Synopsis
- Dave Blanchard and Sammuel Herskovitz love all the guest stars. Ye Editor notes, “... this is Swamp Thing’s home for now..."
- Reprints
- in Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age (DC, 2018 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The War at Time's End
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
The War at Time's End
Challengers of the Unknown -
2.
Chapter One: The Way It Began
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
Chapter Two: If This Is Tomorrow, You Must Be Rip Hunter!
Challengers of the Unknown -
4.
The Big Fall
Hostess Cup Cakes; Superman -
5.
Chapter Three: Time Times Terror
Challengers of the Unknown -
6.
Chapter 4: A Pit by Any Other Name
Challengers of the Unknown -
7.
[no title indexed]
Challenger Mountain Mail Room -
8.
Volume 78, Issue 1 - Week of January 23, 1978
Daily Planet
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- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Clayton Emery
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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