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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #39
Publication Date: August 1964
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Issues: #39 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: 06/04/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (3 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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Rocky, the Genius Challenger!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown
First Line: Even though Rocky has the greatest human brain, he won't beat my electronic brain to the formula for the ultimate weapon!
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Rx Against Accidents!

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Genres: opinion
First Line: Now, boys, remember all the things I've told you about--and we'll have a lot of fun on this overnight hike.
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The Phantom of the Fair!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley]; Madame Zaddum; The Sons of the Challengers [Young Ace; Young Red; Paul Haley; Roxie Davis]; June Robbins; Skokie Johnson
First Line: These baby bombs aren't stopping the Chemical Man!
Synopsis: The Challengers again try to take a peek at their possible future children. They see instead Skokie Johnson, a crook they just arrested, 25 years in the future. Skokie learned a "fountain of youth" formula and, still young, vows to take his revenge on the Challengers' kids, sending them a booby-trapped package. Skokie digs up a time capsule and releases a huge "phantom" that wreaks havoc. The Challenger Kids helicopter to battle the Phantom and try to disperse it with a wind tunnel fan. Their dads arrive just in time to blow the Phantom to shreds and Skokie reverts to old age and is arrested.
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Character(s): Superman (cameo)
First Line: Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: What happened to you?
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First Line: Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!
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First Line: What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?
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First Line: You can have hours and hours of fun with Silly Putty
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First Line: Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue of Challengers .... save money too!
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Rocky, the Genius Challenger

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley]; Wizard Welles
First Line: Wizard Welles' laboratory-- it's floating away!
Synopsis: The Challengers surround the lab of "Wizard" Welles who has built an electronic brain to transfer its infinite knowledge into his own brain. Rocky drops through a skylight and gets his brain zapped to giant size, making him a genius. When Wizard freezes citizens solid with red snow, Rocky concocts a gadget and super-melts it. When Wizard uses a force field and bell-jar vehicle to steal chemicals, Rocky tosses radioactive dust to track it. Finally Rocky matches wits to out-think the electric brain, and it blows up from overload. Rocky's back to normal, as Red quips, "beautiful but dumb!"
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First Line: I like chocolate fudge best!
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Feature(s): Giant Superman Annual; Giant Batman Annual
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First Line: Nationally famous prizes at no cost to you!
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First Line: 204 pc. revolutionary war soldiers set only $1.98
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