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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #84
Publication Date: December 1977
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Issues: #84 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)
Title:
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: 09/20/1977
Volume: 16
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893045301
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #148.
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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
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Deadman [Boston Brand]; Swamp Thing [Alec Holland]; Challengers of the Unknown
First Line: The Swamp Thing has gone berserk--
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In Content Item: FlagDeadman #6 published October 1985
as Challengers of the Unknown #84 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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The Cuckoo Cuckoos

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Penguin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chapter 1: To Save a Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; June Robbins]; Swamp Thing; Deadman; Gaylord Clayburne; Rama Kushna (flashback); Multi-Man [Duncan Pramble]
Synopsis: Perdition lies in ruins. Prof is infected with an alien fungus. Swamp Thing watches from cover, is attacked by a wolf, but brushes it off. The wolf is possessed by Deadman, who asks Rama Kushna why he's here. "Follow the Challengers." Back at Challenger Mountain, the heroes can't cure Prof's disease. Angry, Ace orders Gaylord to take a walk; he walks.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: J-4818
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Chapter 2: When Deadmen Walk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; June Robbins]; Swamp Thing; Deadman; Multi-Man [Duncan Pramble]
Synopsis: After Deadman cures him from within, Prof wakes up and reveals that Dr. Alec Holland who helped save him is Swamp Thing and needs help. Deadman finds Swamp Thing but can't enter him as he's already possessed. Deadman returns to possess Ace and announces that Swamp Thing is in Philadelphia, where he is under the control of and releasing Duncan Pramble, the former Multi-Man. Deadman jumps between the two, causing a psychic explosion freeing Swamp Thing and blowing Pramble's mind. Later back at the mountain, the Challs welcome Swamp Thing to make his home with them.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-768
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Michael Iannico and Chris J. Bonno.
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It's a Mystery...

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.67
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#23 Bob Layton

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profiles
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Script: Michael Catron suggests Harris.

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