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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #16
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #16 of 87 Issues (90 Printings)
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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: 08/11/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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The Incredible Metal Creature!

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): two aliens
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as Challengers of the Unknown #16 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Test Your Talent!

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The Incredible Metal Creature

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Thark (alien policeman); Albom (villain, human); Halanka (villain, alien)
Synopsis: Pursuing a criminal, the Challengers find he's partnered with a metallic fugitive from another world. Halanka, the metal alien, pulls their Jeep with magnetism and melts it with heat. Two Challengers rescue an interplanetary lawman, Thark, who comes to their aid. Using Thark's force-field gun, the Challengers get close enough to "bowl" Halanka over.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as The Incredible Metal Creature [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 11.67
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Showcase; Sea Devils
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Just Imagine!

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Feature(s): Justice League of America
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[untitled]

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
First Line: Now to rub this magic lamp...
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Prisoners of the Mirage World

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins; Sir Manson; Melissa; other inhabitants of the Mirage World; Sir Rodfold
Synopsis: Having crashed in the desert, a dazed June Robbins staggers into a medieval world within a mirage. The Challengers follow to rescue her before the mirage disappears. Captured by knights, the Challengers issue a challenge - a duel with chariots. Despite Sir Rodfold's treachery, the Challengers win, snatch June, and dive out of the city just before it vanishes forever.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
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Flight Into Fear

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Genres: science fiction
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Strange Fears!

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Genres: fantasy
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How Are Your Shopping Manners?

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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