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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn]
Publication Date: August 2012
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC Comics
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/20/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9781401234744
UPC/EAN: 978140123474453999
Price: $46.99 CAD
$39.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 58 (36 stories, 2 covers)
Editor(s): Rick Keane (black and white reconstruction)
Disclose Notes: Credits are from contents page listings and indicia information. Credits do not include colorists nor letterers and are supplemented with data from original publications. There is considerable speculation about the credits in the indexing of the original publications.

Additional credits include Black and white reconstruction on selected interior pages by Rick Keene, cover (dustjacket?) color by Alex Sinclair and color reconstruction on interior pages by Jamison.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
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Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Menace of the Ancient Vials!

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First Line: Goodbye Challengers!
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Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

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The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter 1]

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Chapter Two: Dragon Seed!

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Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun!

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Chapter Four: The Whirling Weaver!

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ULTIVAC Is Loose!

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ULTIVAC Is Loose! [Chapter One]

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Chapter Two: A Challenger Must Die!

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Chapter Three: The Fearful Millions

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Chapter Four: The Fatal Prediction!

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The Day the Earth Blew Up!

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The Day the Earth Blew Up [Chapter One]

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Chapter Two: The Tyrans

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Chapter Three: The Thing That Came Out of the Sea

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Chapter Four: One Minute to Doom

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Menace of the Ancient Vials!

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The Menace of the Ancient Vials! Chapter 1

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Chapter Two: The Fire Being!

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Chapter 3: The Demon from the Depths

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Chapter 4: The Deadly Duplicates!

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The Human Pets!

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These are men of reckless courage...

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The Man Who Tampered with Infinity

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The Human Pets

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The Monster Maker!

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The Traitorous Challenger

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The Monster Maker

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The Invincible Challenger!

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The Secret of the Sorcerer's Mirror

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The Menace of the Invincible Challenger

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The Wizard of Time!

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The Wizard of Time, Chapter 1

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Chapter II: The Men Who Rode Across the Sun

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Chapter III: The Sorcerer's Sect

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Chapter IIII: The Mechanical Judge

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Riddle of the Star-Stone!

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The Riddle of the Star-Stone, Chapter One

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Chapter Two: The Birdman of Djiizari!

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Chapter Three: The Challenge of the Super Creature!

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The Sorcerers of Forbidden Valley!

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Captives of the Space Circus

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The Sorceress of Forbidden Valley

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The Isle of No Return!

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The Beasts from Planet 9

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The Isle of No Return

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Prisoners of Robot Planet!

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The Man Who Stole the Future

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The Prisoners of Robot Planet

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Afterword

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First Line: Another Monstrous Creature...
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