(October-November 1959)
DC,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-08-18
- 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
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Four Faces of Doom!
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It--it can't be!
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #108 -
in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #4 ([1960]) - in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #381 (1 de enero de 1973)
-
in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
Draw Me
Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You may win a $430.00 scholarship in commercial art
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Cave-Man Beast
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jump clear!
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #4 ([1960])
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #381 (1 de enero de 1973)
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
Colorfoto / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "First time ever"
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Large enough for 2 children to fit in!
It's Fun to Learn!
public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This'll make a swell ball field for us if we can clear away all these rocks 'n everything!
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
The PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Floogle / 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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This ancient city is rumored to have been haunted...
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #381 (1 de enero de 1973)
-
The Four Faces of Doom
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the pay-off!
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- in Challengers of the Unknown (Thorpe & Porter, 1960 series) #4 ([1960])
-
in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #69 (1962) [N&B [B&W]] - in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #381 (1 de enero de 1973)
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1 ([December] 2006)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Bob Hughes.
Warning at Shadow Mesa
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They swung open the creaking door, took several steps into the musty shack, then came to an abrupt halt...
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Given! Premiums or cash given!
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you want spending money? Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Free! Hard-to-get Royal Family stamps!
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't be held back by a half-a-man body
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Four Faces of Doom!
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
Draw Me
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Cave-Man Beast
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
[""First time ever""]
Colorfoto -
4.
["Large enough for 2 children to fit in!"]
Frontier Cabin -
5.
It's Fun to Learn!
-
6.
["This ancient city is rumored to have been haunted..."]
Dr. Floogle -
7.
The Four Faces of Doom
Challengers of the Unknown -
8.
Warning at Shadow Mesa
-
9.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
["Given! Premiums or cash given!"]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
11.
["Do you want spending money? Sell these popular patriotic and religious mottoes"]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
["Free! Hard-to-get Royal Family stamps!"]
Garcelon Stamps -
13.
["Don't be held back by a half-a-man body"]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
14.
["It's easy to have plenty of extra money for anything you want to buy"]
Midwest Card Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alan Barnard
- Dwayne Best
- Guy Budziak
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Jay Flash
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Per Sandell
- Jim Stangas
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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