Challengers of the Unknown #3 (DC, 1958) CGC VF- 7.5 Cream to off-white pages....

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Challengers of the Unknown #3 Values

Publisher: DC, 1958

About Challengers of the Unknown #3

Rocky returns from space with powers similar to the Fantastic Four. Jack Kirby cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Invincible Challenger!

Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Jack Kirby; Roz Kirby (blacks)

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Jack and Roz Kirby inks credit per Bob Hughes, confirmed by Greg Theakston. We previously listed Marvin Stein. Per his conversations with Greg Theakston, Stein did not ink any Challengers stories. Nick Caputo questions Roz Kirby's inking credit.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Secret of the Sorcerer's Mirror

Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Kregon the Sorcerer; a genie; Hillary Mycroft; Mycroft's gang

Synopsis: A mirror and chart have been stolen from a museum by Hillary Mycroft and his gang. The mirror was fashioned by Kregon the Sorcerer to show where "the ancients" hid their most potent secrets. The chart shows where the secrets are hidden. The Challengers break into Mycroft's hideout but he escapes in a plane. The mirror reveals three destinations: the sea bottom, a stone needle, and Sinbad's Island. The team split up and face an array of threats. Mycroft finally acquires the globes that, when assembled will summon a genie but Red secretly extracted a rod causing the globes destruction.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Marvin Stein ?

Letters: Pat Gordon ?

Reprints: Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #76 (October-November 1970)

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo after studying his concurrent work. In conversations with Greg Theakston, Stein said he did not ink any Challengers stories but it's possible he had forgotten. Previous indexers credited Jack and Roz Kirby on inks. Possible Kirby script revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo.

Title: The Menace of the Invincible Challenger

Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Professor Haley; Red Ryan]; June Robbins (called June Walker); Professor Curtis; Chopper; Roxie

Synopsis: Summoned to a lab, the Challs observe a monkey with super abilities. It was given a pill derived from a meteorite, then boosted into space. Rocky is chosen to take the pill and rockets into space unaware the monkey has lapsed into a coma. The rocket crashes and Rocky emerges with super powers, including freeze rays, super strength, and invisibility, but he becomes irrational. A crook takes Rocky in hoping to use him to rob banks. Rocky's decency wins out and when the Challengers and June appear Rocky shocks the crooks. Grazed by a bullet Rocky recovers his memory and his powers wear off.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Dave Wood ?; Jack Kirby ? (see notes)

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Marvin Stein ?

Letters: Pat Gordon ?

Notes: Possible Stein inks per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo after studying his concurrent work. In conversations with Greg Theakston, Stein said he did not ink any Challengers stories but it's possible he had forgotten. Previous indexers credited Jack and Roz Kirby on inks. Possible Kirby script revisions per Mark Evanier and Nick Caputo. Rocky's being shot into space, crashing, and exhibiting super-strength, invisibility and fire powers has similarities to Kirby's later co-creations of Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Sue Storm, and Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four #1.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	5	4	12	12	14	13	0	12	6	3	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	102
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Total	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	5	5	5	12	13	14	14	0	13	8	4	5	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	113

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