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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #65
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #65 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: 10/01/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 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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The Devil's Circus!

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Genres: adventure
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Swing with Scooter; Leave It to Binky
First Line: Now the new DC brand of humor
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The Devil's Circus!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; a doctor; a mental patient; Dread
First Line: He was found on the highway!
Synopsis: At a mental hospital, a man shrieks about the Challengers, Cobra Canyon, and the Devil's Circus. The Challs fly to the remote canyon. A will-sapping ray drops the Challs. They're prisoners of Dread, a gigantic Frankenstein-insectoid alien and he drops them into his Devil's Circus, a giant ant farm. All escape, with Dread in pursuit. The Challs lead him into quicksand and then form a human chain to swing free. Dread sinks out of sight. Ace notes, "Ants sometimes band together to help each other!"
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Hog

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Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil

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First Line: I... I can't move! Who are you?
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[untitled]

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First Line: We want you to baby-sit... with the world's mightiest tot... Superbaby!
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Super Size

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First Line: STP Indy turbine car no. 40
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Feature(s): Detective Comics
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Tyco Makes It Happen

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Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun!

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First Line: The story so far: Four plane-crash survivors banded to form the Challengers after agreeing they were living on borrowed time.
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From Content Item: FlagShowcase #6 published January 1957
was Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagShowcase #6 published January 1957
was Chapter Four: The Whirling Weaver! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Begins the second half of origin of the Challengers. Includes a synopsis of the first half.
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Feature(s): Showcase; Dolphin
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It's the T'rantula

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[untitled]

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Power for Self-Defense!

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Chapter Four: The Whirling Weaver!

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Genres: adventure
First Line: It travels so fast, the eye cannot see it!
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[untitled]

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First Line: Treasure chest of fun
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Inside back cover.
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2 in 1 Stunt & Drag Race Set

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First Line: Get 2 in 1 for less than 5
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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