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53December 1966-January 1967
$0.12

Challengers of the Unknown #53

DC · December 1966-January 1967 · on sale 1966-10-04

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Series
Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
December 1966-January 1967
Key date
1966-12-00
On-sale date
1966-10-04
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Who Is the Traitor Among Us?cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Gaspar SaladinoRocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
1Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Superman
2Who Is the Traitor Among Us?comic story23script: Ed Herron; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanRocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
5-in-house column0.5letters: typeset
6Hawkman Beware!promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
8-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
9-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
12-activity0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
15-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 7.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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