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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #43
Publication Date: April 1965
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Issues: #43 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 Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/04/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (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 Haunted Island!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Frankenstein-like monster
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Disclose Notes: Cover concept seems to be "recycled" from House of Secrets #63 (November-December 1963).
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Four Against Monstro

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley]; two scientists; Monstro
Synopsis: The Challengers are transported to Challenger Mountain in the year 2265 where the Godzilla-like Monstro, is ravaging domed cities. Monstro was shot to Earth in 1900, hatched in 1965, bored to the Earth's core to incubate, and returned to the surface in 2265. The Challengers must kill Monstro in 1965. Returned to their own time, the heroes don asbestos suits and follow the egg into the Earth. Baby Monstro emerges, but grenades can't kill it, and the monster bores deeper where it's too hot to go.
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Disclose Notes: In letters and "Chit-Chat from the Mail Chute", fans vote for their favorite Challenger, want to know more about their future wives, want team-ups with other groups, announce fan clubs, and more.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): 80-Page Giant; The Flash
Character(s): Pied Piper; Dr. Alchemy; Grodd; Captain Boomerang
First Line: If you missed the most famous Flash story ever printed...
Synopsis: House ad for 80 Page Giant Magazine #9.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: That's a dandy space get-up you've got, Willy!
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A Comics Thrill You'll Never Forget!

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Genres: superhero
Synopsis: House ad for the current issue of The Doom Patrol.
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The Haunted Island

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley]; five unnamed mutated scientists
Synopsis: The Challs guard a recently unearthed sarcophagus but a harpy creature breaks in and steals it. Arriving at Skull Island the heroes find an underground lab of extinct creatures. They fight back but are gassed. They awaken in new uniforms with hourglass emblems facing a council of scientists mutated by radiation. The Challs are asked to mutate but refuse; in order to free his friends Prof subjects himself to the transformation. His mind is affected and he attacks the Challs. When the transformer blows up Prof reverts to normal. The explosion destroys the island as the team escape in their jet.
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Disclose Notes: Due to the TV Batman craze, the Challengers and others were revamped to superhero formats with new uniforms. The uniform was refined in later issues.
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Noisy Ghosts

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Genres: fantasy, informational, non-fiction
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From Content Item: FlagSensation Comics #108 published March 1952
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For the Very Best in Funny Comics Reading!

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: House ad for the current issues of The Adventures of Bob Hope and The Adventures of Jerry Lewis.
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10 Issues of Challengers for Only $1.00

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Are You a Silent Witness?

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Synopsis: Kids learn that it pays to stick around and help the cops as a witness to a crime.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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