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45August-September 1965
$0.12

Challengers of the Unknown #45

DC · August-September 1965 · on sale 1965-06-03

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Series
Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
August-September 1965
Key date
1965-08-00
On-sale date
1965-06-03
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Queen of the Challenger-Haters!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Gaspar SaladinoRocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
1Summer at Home Can Be Fun!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Queen of the Challenger-Haterscomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanRocky Davis, Prof Haley, Ace Morgan, Red Ryan
7Part 2: The Deadly Alliescomic story9.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan Starkman
11-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
13Part 3: Prisoners of the Earthcomic story5.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan Starkman
14We Screened Hundreds of Olsen Adventures!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein, Stan Kaye, Ray Burnley; letters: Ira SchnappClark Kent, Lucy Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Superman
16For the Very Best in Comics Readingpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33pencils: Bob Oksner, Bob Brown; inks: Bob Oksner, Bob BrownBob Hope; Elasti-Girl; Robotman; Negative Man
1710 Issues of Challengers for Only $1.00promo (ad from the publisher)1
18-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
19The Tree of Death!comic story0.5script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger

Plus 6.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

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