Challengers of the Unknown #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Darius Tiko - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: October-November 1958
Key date: 1958-10-00
On-sale date: 1958-08-14
Indicia publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Darius Tiko - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Wizard of Time!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Ira Schnapp	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan, Darius Tiko First
2	Chapter 1: The Wizard of Time	comic story	5.67	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan, Darius Tiko First
4	Do You Know the Legend of Superman?	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Clark Kent, Superman
5	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff	Moolah the Mystic
6	Chapter II: The Men Who Rode Across the Sun	comic story	4.67	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Rocky Davis, Ace Morgan
8	Lost -- A Free Education!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp	Binky Biggs
9	Chapter III: The Sorcerer's Sect	comic story	6.67	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
11	Cosmic Time Bomb	text story	1	letters: typeset	Mark Cranston
12	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff	Doctor Rocket
13	Chapter IV: The Mechanical Judge	comic story	6.67	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Rocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan, Darius Tiko First

Plus 6.32 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Super DC Giant #S-25	1971	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown Archives #2 ISBN 1-4012-0153-9	2004	On eBay ›
Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 ISBN 1-4012-1087-2	2006	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-3474-4	2012	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7719-2	2018	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 87#5 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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