Challengers of the Unknown #8 (1959) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Prisoners of Robot Planet!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ira Schnapp	Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Juhl
2	The Man Who Stole the Future	comic story	11.67	script: Dave Wood, Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins; Marie; Drabny
4	Your Passport to Strange Journeys...	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bob Brown; inks: Bob Brown
5	Fred Finds a Way!	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Ira Schnapp
6	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7	The Prisoners of Robot Planet	comic story	12.67	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Joe Letterese	Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Juhl; Kra
8	Slim & Curly	comic story	0.67	script: Irwin Hasen; pencils: Irwin Hasen; inks: Irwin Hasen; letters: Irwin Hasen
10	Sorcerer of the Swamps	text story	1	letters: typeset

Plus 5.99 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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 ›
The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History #[nn] ISBN 0-87833-659-1	1989	On eBay ›
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-7719-2	2018	On eBay ›

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