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Challengers of the Unknown 8

CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #8

Cover Date: June-July 1959
Cover Price: $.12

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Wally Wood


Story: "The Man who Stole the Future" (12 Pages)

Credits:

PlotJack Kirby
StoryDave Wood
PencilsJack Kirby
InksWally Wood
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Challengers of the Unknown:
Ace Morgan (briefly de-aged to early teens)
Rocky Davis (briefly de-aged to early teens)
Red Ryan
Prof Haley
June Robbins (next in issue #9)

Villain(s):

Drabny (first appearance; briefly takes over Mordania using advanced scientific items; next in issue #42)

Other Character(s):

Maria (first appearance; inherits a castle in Mordania)

Location(s):

Mordania (first appearance; a tiny Eastern European country)

Story Reprinted in:

Super DC Giant #S-25 (July-August 1971)
Challengers of the Unknown Archives #2 (2004)
Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 (2006)
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (June 2012)
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (2018)


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Second Story: "The Prisoners of Robot Planet" (12 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby
PencilsJack Kirby
InksWally Wood
Associate editingMurray Boltinoff, George Kashdan
EditingJack Schiff

Feature Character(s):

Challengers of the Unknown:
Ace Morgan
Rocky Davis
Red Ryan
Prof Haley

Villain(s):

Kra (first appearance; a robot of the planet Zuna; uses new-found intelligence to take over his world; next in issue #42)

Other Character(s):

Juhl (first appearance; of the planet Zuna; recruits the Challengers to stop the robot revolution)

Location(s):

Zuna (first appearance)

Story Reprinted in:

Challengers of the Unknown Archives #2 (2004)
Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 (2006)
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (June 2012)
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby (2018)


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