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48February-March 1966
$0.12

Challengers of the Unknown #48

DC · February-March 1966 · on sale 1965-12-02

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Identification plate

Series
Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
February-March 1966
Key date
1966-02-00
On-sale date
1965-12-02
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Twilight of the Challengers!cover1pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Ira SchnappDoom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
2Twilight of the Challengerscomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanChallengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Challenger-Haters [Kra; Volcano Man; Drabny; Multi-Man] (villains)
4Our Army at Warpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Showcase; The Spectrepromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
7-letters page1script: Murray Boltinoff
8The Invisible Handicap!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Part 2: Kingdom of Darknesscomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanChallengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Doom Patrol [The Chief]; Challenger-Haters [Kra; Volcano Man; Multi-Man; Multi-Woman] (villains)
10-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1
12-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
13-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14Part 3: The Battle of the Female Titanscomic story7.67script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown; letters: Stan StarkmanChallengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Prof Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Challenger-Haters [Kra; Volcano Man; Multi-Man; Multi-Woman] (villains)
16-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33

Plus 6.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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The Doom Patrol Archives #3
ISBN 1-4012-0766-9		2006On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-7355-2		2017On eBay ›
Doom Patrol: The Silver Age #2
ISBN 978-1-77950-098-4		2020On eBay ›
DC Finest: The Doom Patrol: The World's Strangest Heroes #[nn]
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