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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #5
Publication Date: December 1958
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Issues: #5 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/16/1958
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Riddle of the Star-Stone!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Jack Kirby
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ira Schnapp
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Vreedl
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #2 published July 2004
as [Cover - Challengers of the Unknown #5]; Riddle of the Star-Stone! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #2 published July 2004
as Backcover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as Challengers of the Unknown #5 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): /
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Giant Dinosaurs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Riddle of the Star-Stone, Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Wally Wood ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Professor Brandon; Vreedl
Synopsis: Professor Brandon's assistant Vreedl has stolen the Star-Stone, a device created by an ancient sorcerer, and is stealing gems to place in the stone and give himself powers. The first gem makes Vreedl into a flame man and allows him to start a stampede and delay the Challs while he secures a second gem.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #4 published January 1960
as The Riddle of the Star-Stone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #2 published July 2004
as The Riddle of the Star-Stone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Riddle of the Star-Stone [Chapter One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Birdman of Djizari! [Chapter Two] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Challenge of the Super Creature! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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Operation Blackhawks!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blackhawk
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peter Puptent Explorer
First Line: I'm leaving! That statue of Amorrah gives the evil eye to anyone who stares at it...
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The National Sports Council
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Chapter Two: The Birdman of Djiizari!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Wally Wood ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Vreedl
Synopsis: The second gem turns Vreedl into the "Birdman of Djiizari" and with that flying power he escapes the Challs.
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Pages: 7.67
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll Pop
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Pages: 0.33
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The Singing Sorceress

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #4 published January 1960
as The Singing Sorceress [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Moolah the Mystic
First Line: I will now make this rope stand in the air!
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Pages: 1
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Chapter Three: The Challenge of the Super Creature!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Wally Wood ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Challengers of the Unknown
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Vreedl
Synopsis: With another gem, Vreedl becomes a fish man and again evades the Challs. Finally, with the fourth gem, Vreedl becomes invincible until Ace points out that anyone could become like him through possession of the stone, so Vreedl destroys it, transforming himself back into an ordinary man.
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Pages: 8.67
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 0.33
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stephens Credit Sales
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wilson Chemical Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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