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Publishers / DC / Challengers of the Unknown (1958) / #38
38June-July 1964
$0.12

Challengers of the Unknown #38

DC · June-July 1964 · on sale April 2, 1964

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Identification plate

Series
Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
June-July 1964
Key date
June 1964
On-sale date
April 2, 1964
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Menace the Challengers Made!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappRocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
1Are You a Good Neighbor?public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Menace the Challengers Madecomic story12.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanChallengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; The Ooze [Killer Starke]; African tribespeople
3-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Chuck Cuidera; letters: Ira Schnapp
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffGenie
5Giant Superboy Annualpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein; letters: Ira Schnapp
6-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffMoolah the Mystic
9Time-Bomb on Holdout Islandcomic story11.67script: Ed Herron; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanChallengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Doctor Heller; Colonel Takawa; Japanese soldiers
10The Doom Patrolpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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