Super DC Giant
#S-25
(July-August 1971)
DC,
1970 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 1971-05-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
An incorrect copyright registration date of "13Aug" is given in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1971 (B671402). The date is corrected to "May 13, 1971" in the 1999-05-27 copyright renewal (RE802749). The May date is consistent with the on sale dates of the surrounding issues.
[no title indexed]
Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-994
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Rocky Davis]; Tartan; Drabny; Darius Tiko
- Reprints
-
in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([July] 2013) - in DC Universe: The Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2019 series) ([September] 2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Challengers of the Unknown / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-982
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These are men of reckless courage...
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #1 (April-May 1958)
-
The Man Who Stole the Future
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby; Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-985
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Drabny (villain)
- Synopsis
- June's friend Marie comes to meet the Challengers to ask them to investigate weird events in her home country of Mordania. There they meet and fight the evil Drabny, whose scientific inventions have enabled him to take over Mordania.
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #8 (June-July 1959)
-
[no title indexed]
Challengers of the Unknown / illustration / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-986
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hope you like us in our new uniforms...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Captives of the Space Circus
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 14.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby; Dave Wood
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Duffy ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-984
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Rocky Davis]; Tartan (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Challengers are abducted into space and forced to perform in a circus act under the control of the ringmaster Tartan.
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #6 (February-March 1959)
-
The Kirby That Jack Built
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1006
- Synopsis
- Autobiography of Jack Kirby appears on bottom tier of pages 31, 40 and 45.
The Wizard of Time, Chapter 1
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-983
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Harlan Fuller; Darius Tiko
- Synopsis
- The Challengers investigate a Greek soldier from ancient times who has been transported into the present and discover scientist Darius Tiko, who claims to have mastered time travel.
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #4 (October-November 1958)
-
Chapter II: The Men Who Rode Across the Sun
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-983
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]
- Synopsis
- Tiko has sent the Challengers to ancient Greece.
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #4 (October-November 1958)
-
Chapter III: The Sorcerer's Sect
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-983
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Nostradamus
- Synopsis
- The Challengers are transported to ancient Egypt, then to the fifteenth century to meet Nostradamus, where they think he may be able to help them.
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #4 (October-November 1958)
-
Chapter IV: The Mechanical Judge
Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-983
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Rocky Davis; Red Ryan]; Darius Tiko
- Synopsis
- The Challengers pursue Darius Tiko to the year 3000, where the local law enforcement helps them defeat him.
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #4 (October-November 1958)
-
Strategy for Survival
Challengers of the Unknown / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Jack Kirby ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (Original Editor)
- Job Number
- B-978
- Genre
- adventure
- Reprints
- from Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #15 (August-September 1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Original story was not a Challengers story; reprint has been edited to replace non-Challengers characters with Ace and Prof.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Challengers of the Unknown -
1.
["These are men of reckless courage..."]
Challengers of the Unknown -
2.
The Man Who Stole the Future
Challengers of the Unknown -
3.
["Hope you like us in our new uniforms..."]
Challengers of the Unknown -
4.
Captives of the Space Circus
Challengers of the Unknown -
5.
The Kirby That Jack Built
-
6.
The Wizard of Time, Chapter 1
Challengers of the Unknown -
7.
Chapter II: The Men Who Rode Across the Sun
Challengers of the Unknown -
8.
Chapter III: The Sorcerer's Sect
Challengers of the Unknown -
9.
Chapter IV: The Mechanical Judge
Challengers of the Unknown -
10.
Strategy for Survival
Challengers of the Unknown
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- CTGarry
- Frode Dreier
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- Mark Waid
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