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Issue: Challengers of the Unknown #17
Publication Date: December 1960
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Issues: #17 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: 10/11/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 15 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Secret of the Space Capsules!

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Zod (a space monster)
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
as Challengers of the Unknown #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Test Your Talent

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The Genie Who Feared June

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Malvolio; Malvolio's henchmen; Ahmed (a genie)
Synopsis: While out with Ace, June is eyeing some opals when a genie bursts out of a bank. They and the rest of the team follow the genie to the magician Malvolio. Malvolio uses a ram's horn to summon the genie Ahmed to blow away the Challengers. June raises a hand and utters "magic words" to send Ahmed and Malvolio fleeing. The Challs pursue them to a factory where Ace tries June's trick to no effect. When June arrives, however, the genie flees. Finally, at an old mine, the Challs find Malvolio and his men again and this time Ace uses opal to combat Malvolio's black magic and smash the genie's horn.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
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Pages: 11.67
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Genres: superhero
First Line: The next giant Superman annual...
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Children of Tomorrow!

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
Synopsis: Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration of the Rights of a Child."
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Genres: adventure
First Line: Hawk-a-a-a!
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): Satellite Statistics!
First Line: From Phoebe, the outermost satellite of Saturn...
Synopsis: Artist rendition of the view from Saturn's moon Phoebe and Jupiter's moon Io.
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First Line: Everything you need to enjoy stamp collecting...
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Mask of the Enemy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Doctor Rocket
First Line: We should land on the moon shortly!
Synopsis: Doctor Rocket and his friend play golf on the moon.
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The Secret of the Space Capsules

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Genres: adventure, superhero
Character(s): Zod, a space beast; two alien scientists
Synopsis: A Navy destroyer releases four capsules. From one emerges a creature with vine-like appendages, snaring the ship. The Challs respond, with Prof spearing the heart of the creature. Tracking the other capsules, the Challs spot a drill-nosed monster, but it burrows away. Two aliens come from the third capsule and explain that they came to Earth during the last ice age and that they need the oxygen in the fourth capsule to survive. Red retrieves the capsule and sends off the aliens in their spaceship, but leaving the drill-nose monster behind! The aliens snatch it, however, before zooming away.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 published December 2006
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Pages: 13
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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First Line: You, too, can be tough!
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First Line: Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age...
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First Line: Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!
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Disclose Notes: From Wilson Chemical Co.
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