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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #85

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Publication Date: February 1978

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Issues: #85 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)

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Variant: British

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

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Volume: 17

Pages: 36

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UPC/EAN: 0709893045303

Price: £0.12 GBP

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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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Challengers of the Unknown #85 [unnamed variant]

Challengers of the Unknown #85 [British]

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]

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Pages: 1

Job Number: C-587

Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Sable Lady

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sable Lady

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.

The Creature from the End of Time!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing

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Pages: 2

Job Number: J-4867

Chapter 1: The Box from Beyond

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Red Ryan; Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing

Synopsis: A giant box appears in Toronto. The Challs, accompanied by Swamp Thing and Deadman, investigate.

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Pages: 4

Chapter 2: Monsters and Men

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing; Rip Hunter (flashback); Jeff Johnson (flashback); Bonnie Baxter (flashback); Corky Baxter (flashback)

Synopsis: When Deadman tries to enter the box it opens and releases a monster. After they kill the monster, they haul the box and carcass to Challenger Mountain where tests indicate the box is from the future.

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Pages: 6

Chapter 3: Flight Into the Future

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; June Robbins]; Deadman; Swamp Thing; Rip Hunter

Synopsis: The heroes fly to Rip Hunter's desert lab, which appears abandoned. Swamp Thing pushes a button and Rip's Time Sphere appears with a skeleton inside. They use the time sphere to travel to 12,000,000 AD. Amidst crumbling ruins they are surrounded by future-men and Rip Hunter in rags and a crown.

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Job Number: L-605

Notes: Fans like the new Challenger series and the guest-star revivals, which have been touted in teasers and the DC Hot Line (phone announcements). Editor Jack C. Harris says they'll "experiment". There's a contest on to name the letters page. "Send us YOUR comments."

Volume 77, Issue 47 - Week of November 21, 1977

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Karate Kid; Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Colossal Boy; Chameleon Boy]; Major Disaster

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Notes: "Karate Kid Battles Legion!" "Joker's Laughing Fish Are Loaded!" "Ask the Answer Man", "Direct Currents" and other news.