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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published June-July 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Jack Schiff

Cover Details - "Prisoners of Robot Planet!"

Characters Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Juhl
Genre Adventure
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

12 page Challengers of the Unknown story "The Man Who Stole the Future"

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.
Genre Adventure
Script Dave Wood; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Wally Wood
Notes Introduction of Drabny, later a member of the Challenger Haters.
Reprinted in Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-25 (July-August 1971); in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2003 series) #2 (May 2004); in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1

13 page Challengers of the Unknown story "The Prisoners of Robot Planet"

Characters Challengers of the Unknown [Ace Morgan; Professor Haley; Red Ryan; Rocky Davis]; Juhl; Kra
Genre Adventure
Script Jack Kirby ?
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Wally Wood
Notes Introduction of Kra, later a member of the Challenger Haters.
Reprinted in Challengers of the Unknown Archives (DC, 2003 series) #2 (May 2004); in Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 2006 series) #1