Challengers of the Unknown #49

April-May 1966 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages

On sale 1966-02-01

Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Synopsis

The Challengers are summoned by the Challengers Corps, a group of civilians saved by the team in the past offering to be their "eyes and ears." When a member reports ships disappearing, the Challs respond, but they are dumped on an island with replicas of world monuments, ruled by Korba, a villain without a country. The heroes are pushed into an arena to fight a giant robot, the Iron Emperor. Rocky wallops the robot with new power gloves, but they awaken an ancient "totem" of three monsters. With their own super-gear, Red, Rocky, and Prof each defeat a monster and Korba is taken to jail.

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On-sale date from Direct Currents in Flash #159 and copyright registration. On-sale date of January 1 in ad in Blackhawk #219.

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