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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #47
Publication Date: December 1965
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Issues: #47 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: 10/07/1965
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Murray Boltinoff
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 Sinister Sponge-Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
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Pages: 1
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Builders of the Future!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Schiff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
Synopsis: UNESCO builds a school in Africa.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Sinister Sponge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; The Sponge Man [Miklos]; Stacy; Lisa
Synopsis: The Challengers meet Miklos, a diver who became a human sponge. His neighbor Stacy promises a cure for Miklos' condition, but he will need money to do it. Miklos heads downtown and begins to absorbs all color, sound, and even the Challs' strength, as Stacy robs a bank. Later, the Challs inform Miklos that Stacy is a crook and has no cure for him. Stunned, Miklos wanders in a daze, absorbing water by the ton and growing larger until the Challs dump sleeping pills into a lake to make Miklos sleepy. Miklos uses his abilities to douse a forest fire and save a child, then slinks off into the ocean.
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Disclose Notes: The Sponge / Sponge Man and Miklos' neighbor Lisa return in Challengers of the Unknown #51.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tyco
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Feature(s): Batman
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Feature(s): Trik-Trak
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Mystery in Space; Ultra the Multi-Alien
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Murray Boltinoff
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Challengers' Mail Chute
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Helene Goldsmith, Clara Cook, and Anthony M. Kofi, as well as snippets of other letters; includes biographical information on Bob Brown.
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cap's Hobby Center; Aurora
First Line: Give me the Aurora Frankenstein Monster kit!
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The Terrors of Mr. Tic-Tac-Toe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Herron
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Stan Starkman
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown; Challenger Casebook
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Mr. Tic-Tac-Toe [Dr. Bradford]; Herbert
Synopsis: The Challengers are asked by Dr. Bradford to deliver a vial to Washington, but they are forced to land in the desert. The guys split up to look for help, observed by Mr. Tic-Tac-Toe and his helper Herbert. Ace gets caught in an arroyo and is staked by Herbert to a giant Tic-Tac-Toe display. Red falls through a trap door and Rocky ends up behind bars before being added to the grid. Mr. Tic-Tac-Toe reveals his game to Prof and demands the vial he gave him as Dr. Bradford in exchange for his friends. Prof seemingly gives in, but switches the vial with one that knocks out the villains.
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Disclose Notes: The "Challengers Casebook" logo means earlier adventures - before the Challs got their new yellow-red uniforms.
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A DC Offer

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Biggest Christmas Surprise Ever!

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Feature(s): AMT
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Feature(s): The Brave and the Bold
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Feature(s): Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Ballantine Books, Inc.
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238 Magic Tricks

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100 Magnets

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Feature(s): G. I. Joe
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): Great Moments in Sport; Aurora
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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