Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-06-12
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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The Invincible Challenger!
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Challengers of the Unknown / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:adventure
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The Challengers of the Unknown
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Indexer Notes

Jack and Roz Kirby inks credit per Bob Hughes, confirmed by Greg Theakston. We previously listed Marvin Stein. Per his conversations with Greg Theakston, Stein did not ink any Challengers stories. Nick Caputo questions Roz Kirby's inking credit.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

The Secret of the Sorcerer's Mirror
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Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12 pages

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Jack Kirby ? (see notes)
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  • Genre:adventure
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The Challengers of the Unknown Kregon the Sorcerer (flashback); Hillary Mycroft; Mycroft's gang; a genie
Synopsis:
A mirror and chart have been stolen from a museum by Hillary Mycroft and his gang. The mirror was fashioned by Kregon the Sorcerer to show where "the ancients" hid their most potent secrets. The chart shows where the secrets are hidden. The Challengers break into Mycroft's hideout but he escapes in a plane. The mirror reveals three destinations: the sea bottom, a stone needle, and Sinbad's Island. The team split up and face an array of threats. Mycroft finally acquires the globes that, when assembled will summon a genie but Red secretly extracted a rod causing the globes destruction.
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Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo after studying his concurrent work. In conversations with Greg Theakston, Stein said he did not ink any Challengers stories but it's possible he had forgotten. Previous indexers credited Jack and Roz Kirby on inks. Possible Kirby script revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Radio Beams / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Shut that off!
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A patron plays a radio in a library.
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On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.

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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Jinxed Waterway
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text story / 1 page

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typeset

The Most Wanted Man In The Universe
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text story / 1 page

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typeset

The Menace of the Invincible Challenger
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Challengers of the Unknown / comic story / 12 pages

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Jack Kirby ? (see notes)
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  • Genre:adventure
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The Challengers of the Unknown Professor Curtis; Chopper; Roxie
Synopsis:
Summoned to a lab, the Challs observe a monkey with super abilities. It was given a pill derived from a meteorite, then boosted into space. Rocky is chosen to take the pill and rockets into space unaware the monkey has lapsed into a coma. The rocket crashes and Rocky emerges with super powers, including freeze rays, super strength, and invisibility, but he becomes irrational. A crook takes Rocky in hoping to use him to rob banks. Rocky's decency wins out and when the Challengers and June appear Rocky shocks the crooks. Grazed by a bullet Rocky recovers his memory and his powers wear off.
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Indexer Notes

Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo after studying his concurrent work. In conversations with Greg Theakston, Stein said he did not ink any Challengers stories but it's possible he had forgotten. Previous indexers credited Jack and Roz Kirby on inks. Possible Kirby script revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Rocky's being shot into space, crashing, and exhibiting super-strength, invisibility and fire powers has similarities to Kirby's later co-creations of Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm, and Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four #1.

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Doctor Rocket / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:May I look through the telescope, Dr. Rocket?
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Abdul the Fire Eater / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Bah! These new inventions!
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the Sultan

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Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Invincible Challenger!
    Challengers of the Unknown
  2. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  3. The Secret of the Sorcerer's Mirror
    Challengers of the Unknown
  4. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  5. ["Shut that off!"]
    Radio Beams
  6. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  7. The Jinxed Waterway
  8. The Most Wanted Man In The Universe
  9. The Menace of the Invincible Challenger
    Challengers of the Unknown
  10. ["May I look through the telescope, Dr. Rocket?"]
    Doctor Rocket
  11. ["Bah! These new inventions!"]
    Abdul the Fire Eater
  12. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamps
  13. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  14. [no title indexed]
    Junior Sales Club of America Cards
  15. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Clayton Emery
  • Clayton Emery
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jay Flash
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
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