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CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #18

Cover Date: February-March 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-12-13

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bob Brown


Story: "The Menace of Mystery Island" (13 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
LetteringStan Starkman
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Challengers of the Unknown:
Ace Morgan
Rocky Davis
Red Ryan
Prof Haley
June Robbins (next in issue #19/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Cosmo (first appearance; a small, raccoon-like creature used as a test animal for space flight by an alien race)

Villain(s):

Unnamed criminals (first appearance for all; use the island as a staging area for contraband weapons)

Location(s):

Mystery Island (first appearance; a small island in the Caribbean inherited by June)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #2 (2008)


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Second Story: "The Doomed World of Tomorrow" (12 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBob Brown
LetteringStan Starkman
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Challengers of the Unknown:
Ace Morgan
Rocky Davis
Red Ryan
Prof Haley

Villain(s):

Lenroy (first appearance; a volunteer that plans on looting an abandoned city)
Four giant alien creatures (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Owen Gough (first appearance; test a time machine and pull the Challengers into the 23rd Century)

Location(s):

Challengers Mountain
Earth in an alternate 23rd Century (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #2 (2008)


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