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21August-September 1961
$0.10

Challengers of the Unknown #21

DC · August-September 1961 · on sale 1961-06-13

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Series
Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
August-September 1961
Key date
1961-08-00
On-sale date
1961-06-13
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Challengers' Space-Pet Ally!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Weird World That Didn't Existcomic story11.67script: Ed Herron; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan Starkman
4Giant Superman Annual; Secret Originspromo (ad from the publisher)1
5Mad Monarch of Burning Mountaintext story1letters: typeset
7The Challengers' Space-Pet Allycomic story12.67script: Dave Wood; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanCosmo
8Giant Batman Annualpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
10-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 7.49 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-1725-9
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