Challengers of the Unknown #53 (DC, 1967) CGC NM 9.4 Cream to off-white pages....

Auction amount: $191.20

Sold: Apr 20, 2008

Challengers of the Unknown #53 Values

Publisher: DC, 1966

About Challengers of the Unknown #53

Bob Brown cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Who Is the Traitor Among Us?

Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Dimension Man; Iron Dictator

Pencils: Bob Brown

Inks: Bob Brown

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

STORY DETAILS

(3 Stories)

Title: Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"

Characters: Superman

Synopsis: After Joe claims he's going to keep the pennies for himself, Superman takes Joe and Tom to Asia, South America, and Africa to show them first-hand how much good the pennies they collect for UNICEF can do.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Jack Schiff

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff

Letters: Ira Schnapp

Notes: Inside front cover.

Title: Who Is the Traitor Among Us?

Characters: Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Rocky Davis; Prof Haley; Red Ryan]; Scientist-X; Dimension-Man; The Iron Dictator; Neo-Nazis

Synopsis: Brought to a trashed laboratory, the Challengers hear a message from Scientist X telling the team they can find his valuable inventions by solving three clues. The Challs are bushwhacked by Dimension-Man, who wants the inventions for himself. To help him, D-Man pulls out of limbo the Iron Dictator. After the Challs decode the clues to the location of the inventions, Iron Dictator distracts them and D-Man knocks them out, making it appear that one of them is a traitor. But the Challs refuse to fall for it, defeat the Iron Dictator's neo-Nazis, and make Scientist X's headquarters their new home.

Pages: 23.000

Script: Ed Herron

Pencils: Bob Brown

Inks: Bob Brown

Letters: Stan Starkman

Notes: Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Across 24 pages, but pages 9, 16, and 24 are 2/3 pages. The Dimension Man and the Iron Dictator are never seen or mentioned again.

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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	14
Qualified	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
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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	14

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