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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #38
Publication Date: June 1964
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Issues: #38 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/02/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 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 Menace the Challengers Made!

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Genres: adventure
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Are You a Good Neighbor?

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Genres: informational, opinion
Synopsis: The boys learn a lesson about littering.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
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The Menace the Challengers Made

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; The Ooze [Killer Starke]; African tribespeople
Synopsis: In Central Africa, the Challs pursue Killer Starke into the mysterious Red Forest. They corner Starke in a cave. He shoots wild, so Prof lobs a grenade. Starke is missing, until a bubbling pool of strange minerals releases a walking blob-monster, absorbing everything and growing larger. Prof works up a plan, Red calls an Air Force base for parts, and Rocky and locals dig a pit. Ace rides an elephant to lure the Ooze onto a leafy cover and it falls over a pit of whooshing jet engines. Suspended in air, the Ooze shrinks until it's just Starke again and the Challs take Starke back to prison.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Genie
First Line: Genie, bring me a chest full of diamonds...
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Feature(s): Giant Superboy Annual
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood...
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First Line: It's a wonderful day for a drive in the country!
Synopsis: Moolah goes for a drive and runs out of gas.
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Time-Bomb on Holdout Island

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Doctor Heller; Colonel Takawa; Japanese soldiers
Synopsis: The Challengers investigate a suddenly active volcano. They're jumped by Japanese soldiers still fighting World War II. In the volcano is a factory run by Doktor Heller and Colonel Takawa, and Ace and Rocky are captured. Heller has two weapons: a "flying saucer" and gold pellets that vibrate steel to pieces to drop on American cities. Heller forces Ace and Rocky into the saucer, then whips them around. Prof and Red hop in the saucer and pilot it atop the factory chimney, flooding it with smoke. The Challs radio the 7th Fleet to come get the villains.
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Feature(s): 100 Magnets
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Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
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Feature(s): Task Force
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