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Issue: The Challenger #3
Publication Date: July 1946
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Issues: #3 of 4 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagInterfaith Publications; T.C. Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Interfaith Committee of Protestant Digest
On Sale Date: 1946
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gerald Richardson
Disclose Notes: This comic, published by the Interfaith Committee of Protestant Digest, contains uplifting stories about race prejudice, discrimination "and all other forms of fascism."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Challenger
Character(s): The Challenger [Bill Day]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Letters to the Challenger

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Begins on inside front cover, terminates on inside back cover.

Letters from Willis C. Patten, Frank Woods, and Mrs. B. Burns.
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerald Richardson
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Challenger [Bill Day]
First Line: The Challenger, a magazine pledged to fight race prejudice, discrimination and all other forms of fascism in North America.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Challenger
Character(s): The Challenger [Bill Day]; B. J. Tumbrell; Dregher; Detective Petrie; Curly Martin; Billy Jones; Sugarhead; Tim
First Line: Who is America's number one fascist fighter?
Synopsis: Trumbell wants to start a race riot in his city.
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Pages: 13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Bildwell Brothers
Character(s): Timmy Bildwell; Teddy Bildwell
First Line: We have to get this broken old sidewalk fixed, Timmy!
Synopsis: Teddy has an accident with cement.
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Pages: 1
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Prejudice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): William Winter, Sr.; Captain Tom Pine; Jimmy McGee; Joe
First Line: William Winter, Sr., was prejudiced against Japanese-Americans!
Synopsis: William Winter blames all Japanese for the death of his son.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The title was previously given as 'Pre-judice', but this is a misreading. A spinning tail propeller of a helicopter obscures the bottom section of the 'j'.
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Will to Win

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Johann Boettcher; Johann Schnorr; Bessie (horse)
First Line: Before 1700, the art of porcelain-making was unknown in Europe.
Synopsis: The invention of Dresden China.
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Pages: 4
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A Job Well Done

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Private Malcolm; Private Harvey; Private Bill James (aka William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody); Lt. Randall
First Line: The rain fell in torrents that unforgettable night.
Synopsis: Three Union scouts, disguised as Confederates, have to figure out how to get back to the Union side with their information.
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Pages: 2
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Page-of-Fun
First Line: Optical illusions
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Optical illusions, draw a figure, and guess what holidays the drawings are associated with.
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The Golem

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, war
Character(s): Jacob (a Jewish shoemaker); Sonia (Jacob's daughter); Heinrich Munster; Rabbi Loew; The Golem; Major Gruber; Rabbi Bezalel Ben Hayim; Karl; Rachel; Thaddeus; Isaac; Mühler; Emperor Rudolph; Billy Maguire
First Line: One evening, in 1944, in the ghetto of Prague, Czechoslavakia...
Synopsis: A rabbi tells an American airman the story of the Golem.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Joe Kubert Archives #1 published December 2012
as The Golem [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJewish Comix Anthology #[1] published July 2014
as The Golem [Story on Interior Page(s)][excerpt]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: Script credit confirmed by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Milly Mischief
Character(s): Milly Mischief
First Line: Do re me fa sola te
Synopsis: Milly helps a woman hit a high note.
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Pages: 1
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Win Together

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Subject Matter
Genres: drama, sports
Character(s): Georgie; Merton; Mickey; Mr. Grams; Corky; Bazooka Bill; Sammy
First Line: The "Pumas" were not always a victorious team, shouting and singing their happiness.
Synopsis: The Pumas had no uniforms or equipment to play baseball until they unite and pool their money to buy in bulk and get a better price.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: In the splash panel are the initial's R. S. in two triangles aligned like an hourglass.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don Dimwit
Character(s): Don Dimwit; Charger
First Line: Whoa there, Charger, don't get upset for you're far larger than that silly pet!
Synopsis: Don Dimwit mistakes a crook for a charity worker and helps him rob people.
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Pages: 6
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Challenger [Bill Day]
First Line: This is the Challenger pledge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send away for a copy of the Challenger Pledge.
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jim; Sis; Tom
First Line: I wonder why we're not popular Sis?
Synopsis: Jim and Sis aren't popular because of blackheads.
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: Challenger Clubs of America
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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