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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #2
Publication Date: June 1958
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Issues: #2 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/15/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Monster Maker!

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Genres: adventure
First Line: Those giant hands--out of nowhere--they’ll crush our plane to bits!
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In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as [Cover - Challengers of the Unknown #2]; The Monster Maker! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as Challengers of the Unknown #2 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Traitorous Challenger

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Digger Bill (prospector); an atomic beast
First Line: This must go off as planned!
Synopsis: A prospector uncovers a monster, an indestructible one-eyed walking box that tramples villages. The Challengers's weapons don't make a dent. And June mysteriously sabotages their efforts! Prof finally guesses the monster's one eye is solar-powered. Pursued until sunset, the monster expires. June had run a computer program that predicted the Challengers would die, hence her sabotage. But her efforts changed the equation, so she saved the day!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Hundred Comic Monthly #28 published January 1959
as The Traitorous Challenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #76 published October 1970
as The Traitorous Challenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #4 published January 1979
as Un loup dans la bergerie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as The Traitorous Challenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Traitorous Challenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Glad to See You!

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Hey, Sarge-- what are we doing here?
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Feature(s): Block Busters
First Line: You don't have to know how to fly an airplane...
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First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: It's hot in this desert sun...
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The Day Earth Was Stolen

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Wesley Clement; McKenzie
First Line: March 7, 2006, was a day no one on Earth would ever forget.
Synopsis: Aliens save the planet Earth from a collision course with a giant meteor by moving Earth out of its orbit.
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The Monster Maker

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Hascomb; Roc (villain)
First Line: An experimental machine had given a criminal fantastic powers...
Synopsis: The Challengers pursue Roc, a would-be conqueror. Using "mind over matter," Roc runs them off by mentally conjuring a giant ape and missile. Fighting fire with fire, the scientist who created the mind-over-matter machine gives Ace similar powers. They battle with a conjured dragon, knight, giant vacuum cleaner, mirrors, and more. Finally Ace uses spinning circles to hypnotize and capture Roc.
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In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #79 published March 1973
as The Monster Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly #111 published January 1974
as The Monster Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #7 published January 1980
as Le faiseur de monstres [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as The Monster Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Monster Maker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 14
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Henry Villard

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Genres: biography, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Headline Heroes
Character(s): Henry Villard; Abraham Lincoln; Carl Schurz
First Line: At the age of 18, Bavarian-born Henry Villard came to America where he later became newspaper correspondent for German-American newspapers...
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Nature's Prize Pupil!

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Genres: opinion
First Line: A bat has his own built-in radar by which he flies...
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Genres: humorous, science fiction
First Line: This looks like a strange planet!
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Job Number: 5579
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Character(s): Joe Weider (photo); Jack Delinger (photo)
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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