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Issue: Showcase #6
Publication Date: January 1957
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Issues: #6 of 104 Issues (108 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: 11/04/1956
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: First appearance of the Challengers of the Unknown.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Giant
First Line: Great Scott! What's coming out of that giant fossil egg?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as Cover - Showcase #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
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 Showcase #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Showcase #6 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.
Inside front cover.
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The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Four heroes are being flown to appear on the radio show "Heroes" when their jet crashes in a storm. Miraculously, all four survive unharmed, even down to a working watch. Since they are "living on borrowed time", they vow to make the best use of it, taking risks to benefit others, challenging the unknown. In their first official case, they are summoned by Morelian, a descendant of Merlin, to open four chambers of a dangerous alchemist's box and "witness things not seen on this Earth since the dawn of Man!"
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins #1 published January 1961
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #64 published October 1968
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #2 published January 1979
as La boîte de Pandore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSecret Origins Replica Edition #1 published February 1998
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Chapter One] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Whew! That sun is hot!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSeriemagasinet #11/1957 published November 1957
as "Puh, så varmt det er!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Whistle Magic!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Phantom Stranger #1 published August 1952
was Whistle Magic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Chapter Two: Dragon Seed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Giant; unnamed sailors
Synopsis: The Challs relocate the box to a tropical island and draw straws. The first chamber releases a "Dragon's Egg" that hatches a stone giant of legend. It wreaks havoc on ships, even resisting an atom bomb. What to do? While back on the island, Rocky's ready to crack the next chamber.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #64 published October 1968
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #2 published January 1979
as La boîte de Pandore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as Dragon Seed [Chapter 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as Dragon Seed! [Chapter Two] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Chapter Two Dragon Seed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pasha
First Line: This is getting very uncomfortable.
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Pages: 1
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Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Giant; unnamed sailors
Synopsis: Picked up by sailors, Red returns to the island to find the second chamber open and Rocky frozen stiff. The menace is a sentient freezing sun from parts unknown that sucks up all heat, freezing people. Alone, Red cobbles a vacuum chamber and lures the sun inside, trapping it. Meanwhile, out on the water, Prof realizes that, since the Dragon Seed Giant can't be harmed by anything, it must be a thought, so he "thinks" it out of existence. All the while, Morelian flies overhead, watching.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #65 published December 1968
as Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #2 published January 1979
as La boîte de Pandore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as The Freezing Sun [Chapter 3] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Freezing Sun! [Chapter Three] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Chapter Three The Freezing Sun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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I Fought the Phantom Planes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Chapter Four: The Whirling Weaver!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): unnamed civilians
Synopsis: The third menace is a tube that releases a whirling weaver that spins ribbons that snarl entire cities. The Challengers pursue, then discover a dial on the weaver's tube and slow it to a halt. Returning to the island, they find Morelian has opened the fourth chamber for his own selfish reasons. He got a diamond ring of immortality; he'll live forever. Except the inscription on the box is vague, "contained in me, find immortality". Morelian flies off, but his plane stalls and crashes, killing himself and destroying the box. The box granted immortality, but the ring was certain death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown #65 published December 1968
as Chapter Three: The Freezing Sun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Héros #2 published January 1979
as La boîte de Pandore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published January 1990
as The Secrets of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Essential Showcase 1956-1959 #[nn] published February 1992
as The Secret of the Sorcerer's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told #[nn] published May 1992
as The Secrets of the Sorceror's Box! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChallengers of the Unknown Archives #1 [First Printing] published September 2003
as The Whirling Weaver [Chapter 4] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Whirling Weaver! [Chapter Four] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Showcase #1 published September 2012
as Chapter Four The Whirling Weaver! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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