(April-May 1959)
DC,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
Correct editor credits, correct story page counts, story synopses, and some additional sequences from Ed Boner. On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Isle of No Return!
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're being trapped like butterflies--with no chance to escape!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
- Reprints
-
in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #2 -
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #96 (15 de septiembre de 1960) -
in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #78 (February 1973) - in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([July] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
- in Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (DC, 2012 series) ([August] 2012)
- in Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) ([January] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Beasts from Planet 9
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get back! Here it comes!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Alien visitors
- Synopsis
- Alerted by a friend to the discovery of a crashed spaceship, the Challengers investigate and find three alien creatures that had been held captive in that ship. The Challengers see if they have enough borrowed time to get the creatures back in their cages.
- Reprints
- in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #2
- in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([July] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
- in Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (DC, 2012 series) ([August] 2012)
- in Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) ([January] 2018)
-
What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- Advocating tolerance for others different than yourself.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1966.
[no title indexed]
The Brave and the Bold; Viking Prince / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why does the Viking Prince risk his life...
Countdown for a Doomed Planet
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As security officer in charge of the A-bomb test-firing, it was my job to make certain that no one wandered into the blast area.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, boy! It's always a great relief to put away the lawn mower...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #70 (April-May 1952)
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #96 (15 de septiembre de 1960)
-
The Isle of No Return
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 11.67 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've got to stop Zammer!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins; Anton Zammer
- Synopsis
- After hearing a television report about a burglar with the ability to walk through walls, the Challengers patrol the city with honorary member June Robbins accompanying them. They arrive too late to stop another robbery but pursue the thief, Anton Zammer, to his hideout, an abandoned laboratory owned by the late Prof. Macon, who left behind a number of inventions Zammer intends to use for his own gain. Zammer uses a shrinking ray to capture and cage the Challs, but June escapes the same fate, assisting the team in returning to their normal size and capturing Zammer.
- Reprints
- in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #2
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #96 (15 de septiembre de 1960)
- in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #78 (February 1973)
-
in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #13 ([1979] ?) - in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([July] 2004)
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
- in Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (DC, 2012 series) ([August] 2012)
- in Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) ([January] 2018)
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There once was a rocket-ship ace who bought Tootsie Roll Fudge by the case.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; science fiction
- Synopsis
- A bear enjoys his Tootsie Roll Fudge candy while flying his ship in outer space.
[no title indexed]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 1 page
- 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)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd better hurry!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #96 (15 de septiembre de 1960)
- in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #31 ([November 1967])
-
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Isle of No Return!
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products Corp. -
2.
The Beasts from Planet 9
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
-
5.
["Why does the Viking Prince risk his life..."]
The Brave and the Bold; Viking Prince -
6.
Countdown for a Doomed Planet
-
7.
["Oh, boy! It's always a great relief to put away the lawn mower..."]
Varsity Vic -
8.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
9.
The Isle of No Return
Challengers of the Unknown -
10.
["There once was a rocket-ship ace who bought Tootsie Roll Fudge by the case."]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
11.
["I'd better hurry!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
12.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alan Barnard
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Steven Rowe
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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