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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published April-May 1959
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff (Editor); Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
Notes Correct editor credits, correct story page counts, story synopses, and all additional sequences from Ed Boner, February 2009.

Cover Details - "The Isle of No Return!"

Characters Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]
Genre Adventure
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Jack Kirby
Letters Ira Schnapp
Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #78; in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (May 2004); in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1

12 page Challengers of the Unknown story "The Beasts from Planet Nine"

Characters Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Alien visitors
Synopsis Alerted by a friend to the discovery of a crashed spaceship, the Challengers investigate and find three alien creatures that had been held captive in that ship. The Challengers see if they have enough borrowed time to get the creatures back in their cages.
Genre Adventure
Script Jack Kirby; France Herron
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Wally Wood
Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (May 2004); in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page public service announcement "What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)"

Synopsis Advocating tolerance for others different than yourself.
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly. Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1966.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #23"

1 page text story "Countdown for a Doomed Earth"

Letters typeset

Half page Varsity Vic story "Oh, boy!"

Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pops ad"

11 page Challengers of the Unknown story "Isle of No Return"

Characters Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; June Robbins
Synopsis After hearing a television report about a burglar with the ability to walk through walls, the Challengers begin to patrol the city with honorary member June Robbins coming along for the ride. They arrive too late to stop another robbery, but they pursue the thief to his island hideout. The hideout of the burglar, Anton Zammer, is the abandoned laboratory of the late Prof. Macon, who left behind a number of inventions Zammer now intends to use for his own gain. He starts with a shrink ray which allows him to capture and cage the Challs. Fortunately, their honorary member doesn't get shrunk, and has the smarts to save the day.
Genre Adventure
Script Jack Kirby; France Herron
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Wally Wood
Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1973 series) #78; in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (May 2004); in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"

1 page Moolah the Mystic story "I'd better hurry"

Genre Humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff