(December 1961-January 1962)
DC,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-10-12
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Island in the Sky!
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #146 (15 de octubre de 1962) -
in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
Test Your Talent!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Death Guarded the Doom Box
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Burt Langdon; Langdon's gang
- Synopsis
- Burt Langdon has stolen the Horn of Herix from a museum. The Challengers track Langdon to a valley where a Doom Box, a legendary weapon, is hidden. Weird boobytraps slow the Challs: an alligator, a tree-turned-elevator, and giant robot Romans. They find the horn discarded, then the Doom Box guarded by a flames and a two-headed dragon! Ace blows the horn and a ray from the box drives back the dragon and flames. Langdon’s gang attacks, grabs the box, and runs. Ace blows the horn again, and the box explodes, because the horn was made to destroy the box if it were moved from its ring of flames.
- Reprints
-
in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #28 ([March 1962]) - in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #146 (15 de octubre de 1962)
-
in Ray Halcotan (Arédit-Artima, 1960 series) #59 (mai 1965) [N&B [B&W]] - in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tootsie Roll makes history!
[no title indexed]
Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustration)
- Inks
- George Klein (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad for Superboy # 93.
[Amoeba, Robot, Fossil]
Scientific Word Origins / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #64 (July 1957) which is reprinted
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #26 (November 1952) [modified]
-
The Island in the Sky
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Dr. Kue (alien scientist); Dr. Greeg (alien scientist); Zog (alien criminal); Zog's gang (alien criminals)
- Synopsis
- June calls in the Challs when objects vanish from a rooftop restaurant. They find that aliens are trapping people in cylinders below a mysterious cloud. While Ace and Red discover a flying platform within the cloud controlled by alien criminals, Rocky and Prof battle a giant metal insect. Two aliens destroy the insect and explain that they’re scientists who commanded the platform until criminals seized it. With the aliens' help Rocky and Prof go to the platform, reunite with Ace and Red, and brawl with the criminals. The good aliens trap everyone, then release the Challs before heading home.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #146 (15 de octubre de 1962)
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Bob Hughes.
The Amazing Predictions of Mlle. Lenormard
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Doctor Rocket / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's all finished!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #146 (15 de octubre de 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm a fudge judge...
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll ice cream bar
[no title indexed]
Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Draw any person in one minute
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Island in the Sky!
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
Test Your Talent!
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
Death Guarded the Doom Box
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
["Tootsie Roll makes history!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Re-live the adventures of Superman when he was a boy!"]
Superboy -
5.
People Are People!
-
6.
[Amoeba, Robot, Fossil]
Scientific Word Origins -
7.
207 Stamps
Zenith Stamps -
8.
The Island in the Sky
Challengers of the Unknown -
9.
The Amazing Predictions of Mlle. Lenormard
-
10.
["It's all finished!"]
Doctor Rocket -
11.
["I'm a fudge judge..."]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
12.
["Kids flip their lids for Tootsie Roll ice cream bar"]
Tootsie Roll Ice Cream Bar -
13.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers -
14.
["Draw any person in one minute"]
Magic Art Reproducer -
15.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
16.
["Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B gun"]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Mark Billian
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Clayton Emery
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Per Sandell
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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