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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #83
Publication Date: October 1977
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Issues: #83 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/19/1977
Volume: 16
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893045311
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #145.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): M'Nagalah
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-532
Disclose Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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Chapter 1: Seven Doorways to Destiny!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Heathcliff Monroe (villain); M'Nagalah (misspelled as "M'Nagala"); cultists (villains)
Synopsis: The Challengers attempt to free June, but are beaten down by the cultists.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-4748
Disclose Notes: Story continues from previous issue.
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Chapter 2: Savior from the Swamp?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ruth Monroe; Dr. Heathcliff Monroe (villain); M'Nagalah (misspelled as "M'Nagala"); cultists (villains, off-panel); Linda Holland (flashback, cameo)
Synopsis: In Challenger Mountain, Clayburne (the wanna-be Challenger), uses the computer to analyze Prof's infection. It recommends Dr. Alec Holland as an expert in "biochemical abnormalities."
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Chapter 3: The Gods Crawl Closer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ruth Monroe; Dr. Heathcliff Monroe (villain); M'Nagalah the Eternal (misspelled as "M'Nagala"); cultists (villains); Rh'Thulla of the Wind (in flashback); Kag'Naru of the Air (in flashback); Malcolm Monroe (in flashback)
Synopsis: Clayburne flies to Oregon to ask Holland for help and he agrees to accompany him to Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Rocky and Ace fly to England and perform an incantation from a mystical book and bring M'Nagala's "family" to Earth as Monroe tells June and Red how M'Nagala came from the stars.
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Cooky La Moo on Broadway

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Cooky La Moo
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Disclose Notes: On the page immediately following the 3rd page of the previous story sequence.
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You Can Help Superman When You Help the Special Olympics!

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Chapter 4: All Monsters, Good and Evil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Heathcliff Monroe (villain, death); M'Nagalah (misspelled as "M'Nagala"); cultists (villains, deaths of all)
Synopsis: Clayborne and Holland find Prof, who suggests using sonics against the plant life. Outside London, while Ace fetches a pack of jet fuel, Rocky chants to allow one of M'Nagala's kin to enter this world. Back in Pennsylvania, Holland ducks away because he is reverting to Swamp Thing as his bio-restorative formula wears off, but Clayborne and Prof fight off the cultists and fire the emergency siren, transforming the cultists to slime. In London, Ace chucks the fuel pod into the monster, destroying it and shutting the portal. Soon after, all the Challengers are reunited in Perdition.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Job Number: L-734
Disclose Notes: Fans like the new characterization, though some wonder if Mike Nasser was the right fit.
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Volume 77 Issue 29 - Week of July 18, 1977

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Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Itty; Guardians of the Universe
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