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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #64
Publication Date: October 1968
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Issues: #64 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: 08/01/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (3 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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reprinted 2 times from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
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Cover, Front
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Invitation to a Hanging!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Body Building Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Invitation to a Hanging!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Kanigher
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Milt Snappin ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Judge Bentley; John Evans; Doc Hemlock; Wolf Dengon; Shark Powell; Snake Saunders
Synopsis: The Challengers attend the hanging of Wolf Dengon, Shark Powell and Snake Saunders who promise that Doc Hemlock will raise them from the dead to get revenge but the Challs witnessed Hemlock taking poison to avoid capture. That night a glowing Dengon appears in the judge’s car and crashes it. Powell drowns the DA while swimming. The Challs visit the thugs’ graves and are jumped by their glowing ghosts. They awaken in Doc Hemlock’s lair discovering he faked his death and battle their robot copies. A fire flares up as Doc Hemlock backs away from the Challs, stumbles, and is hung in a noose.
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Pages: 11.17
Disclose Notes: Page 5 is 2/3 of a page, page 12 is 1/2 of a page. Script credit in #66 letters page.
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Wailing Whaler

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Revell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of page 5 of the previous story sequence.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cheerios
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 6 and page 7 of the previous story sequence.
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The Zeroids Are Here!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Zeroids
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between page 8 and page 9 of the previous story sequence.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Murray Boltinoff
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Chat with the Challs
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Includes a letter from Tony Isabella.
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The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ? (plot, script); Dave Wood ? (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby ?; Roz Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Editor(s): Jack Schiff (original editor)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #6 published January 1957
was The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #6 published January 1957
was Chapter Two: Dragon Seed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: See original printing for notes on credits.

Begins the reprinting of the origin, introduction, and first appearance of the Challengers.
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Fun's-a-Poppin' Saturdays on CBS

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): CBS
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: On the two pages between page 1 and page 2 of the previous story sequence.
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Stick Shift Racerific

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Motorific
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Pages: 1
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Chapter Two: Dragon Seed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ? (plot, script); Dave Wood ? (script)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby ?; Roz Kirby ? (blacks); Marvin Stein ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: See original printing for notes on credits.

The story concludes in the next issue.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): DC Special; World's Finest Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the page between the 2nd page and 3rd page of the previous story sequence.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Helen of Toy, Co.
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Roman War Soldiers
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Aurora
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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