(June-July 1963)
DC,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-04-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
One Challenger Must Die!
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Ace Morgan; Red Ryan; Prof Haley; Rocky Davis; a Volcano Man
- Reprints
- Keywords
- hero team
in 
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
One Challenger Must Die!
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Volcano Man
- Synopsis
- The Challengers debate how to deal with two re-emerging volcano-men. Prof wants to use carbon dioxide foam; Ace wants to use liquid oxygen. The team splits up to pursue their own methods on the two volcano-men. Their separate attacks fail, and after the two combine volcano-men, the boys stop Rocky from making a suicidal rush. Finally they all work together. Smothered with both carbon dioxide and liquid oxygen, the Volcano Man crumbles to ash. The Challengers agree to work together from now on.
- Reprints
-
in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #98 (October-November 1971) - in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- hero team
Cosmo Turns Traitor
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 14.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Cosmo [J'Suna]; D'Jann; Mastermind; Mastermind's gang
- Synopsis
- Mastermind convinces the alien D'Jann to let him use his "substance converter" against the Challengers, after convincing D'Jann that the Challs are criminals. Mastermind changes the Challengers into a flame-man, a cloud-man, a wind-man, and a two-dimensional man. Working together the Challengers flatten Mastermind's gang, despite Cosmo acting oddly, because he is actually D'Jann's pet J'Suna. Realizing Mastermind is the true villain, D'Jann grabs back the converter and stops the criminals. D'Jann decides Cosmo's powers are more valuable on Earth and leaves him behind when he returns home.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #2 ([June] 2008)
-
- Keywords
- hero team
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Bob Hughes.
Despite remaining on Earth, Cosmo is never seen or mentioned again.
[no title indexed]
Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whew! This heat is awful!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Challengers' Mail Chute / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Buddy Saunders, Hoyt Mallary, and snippets of other letters; includes a note on Bob Brown's work as a musician; immediately preceding page 8 of the previous story sequence.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
One Challenger Must Die!
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
-
2.
One Challenger Must Die!
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
["Try a tongue teaser!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["The swing Is to DC!"]
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5.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
6.
["Free! These... and more new issue stamps... just released"]
Garcelon Stamps -
7.
Cosmo Turns Traitor
Challengers of the Unknown -
8.
["Whew! This heat is awful!"]
Peter Puptent, Explorer -
9.
Great Masterpieces
Tootsie [all other candies] -
10.
["Boys here's a swell way to make $1 to $5 weekly..."]
Grit Newspaper -
11.
["Curious coins! Odd paper money!"]
Littleton Coins -
12.
[no title indexed]
Challengers' Mail Chute -
13.
["Your eyes may play tricks... but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
14.
Missile Attack!
Missile Attack -
15.
147 Famous Automobiles
147 Famous Automobiles -
16.
["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
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17.
100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Mark Billian
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Clayton Emery
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Thomas Johnson
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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