Challengers of the Unknown #8 (DC, 1959) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $262.90
Sold: Jan 15, 2017
Challengers of the Unknown #8 Values
Publisher: DC, 1959
About Challengers of the Unknown #8
First appearance of Drabny and Kra. Jack Kirby and Wally Wood cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Juhl
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Wally Wood
Letters: Ira Schnapp
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins; Marie; Drabny
Synopsis: June's friend Marie comes to meet the Challengers to ask them to investigate weird events in her home country of Mordania. There they meet and fight the evil Drabny, whose scientific inventions have enabled him to take over Mordania.
Pages: 11.670
Script: Dave Wood; Jack Kirby
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Wally Wood
Letters: Joe Letterese ?
Reprints: Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-25 (July-August 1971)
Notes: Introduction of Drabny, later a member of the Challenger Haters.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
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 | 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 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
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