(June-July 1965)

DC, 1958 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1965-04-01
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.

Curse of the Evil Eye! (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
adventure
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #44
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Happy Hobby Time! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Curse of the Evil Eye (Table of Contents: 2)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman
Genre
adventure
Characters
Death-Cheaters (introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit in issue #48. Death-Cheaters are also in issue #49.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Johnny Gets His Own Munster Koach! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

AMT Models / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Challengers' Mail Chute / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letter from David Eddings and snippets of other letters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's that Trik-Trak road rally set I promised you, Pete!
Genre
humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Ace -- The Challenger Who Went Bad! (Table of Contents: 10)

Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Bob Brown
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman
Genre
adventure
Characters
Challengers of the Unknown (in original costumes)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

The "Challenger Casebook" logo means this is an earlier adventure, before the Challs got their new yellow and red uniforms.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Jerry Lewis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

100 Magnets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Curse of the Evil Eye!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  2. 1. Happy Hobby Time!
    Superboy
  3. 2. The Curse of the Evil Eye
    Challengers of the Unknown
  4. 3. ["These four G.I. Joes are waiting for you!"]
    G.I. Joe
  5. 4. Johnny Gets His Own Munster Koach!
    AMT Models
  6. 5. ["Be my guest at world's famous amusement park"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  7. 6. ["I've played every type of part in this book."]
    Bob Hope
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Challengers' Mail Chute
  9. 8. ["Here's that Trik-Trak road rally set I promised you, Pete!"]
    Little Pete
  10. 9. ["Ship ahoy.. ..what a toy!"]
    Silly Putty
  11. 10. Ace -- The Challenger Who Went Bad!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  12. 11. ["Greetings, Earth people!"]
    Monogram Models
  13. 12. ["Featuring 7 epic duels-to-the-death... between Superman and Lex Luthor!"]
    Superman
  14. 13. ["Help! Help!"]
    Jerry Lewis
  15. 14. ["10 issues of Challengers for only $1.00"]
  16. 15. ["100 individual magnets all brand new"]
    100 Magnets
  17. 16. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
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