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Cover: Jack Kirby

Challengers of the Unknown #2

Jun 1958 · DC · 0.10 USD
📊 ~20,184 copies sold its debut month
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In "The Traitorous Challenger," the Challengers of the Unknown face their most baffling threat yet: a relentless, indestructible, one-eyed box monster that lays waste to villages, immune to their gear. As tensions rise and June's strange actions begin to unravel, Prof pieces together the monster's secret—its eye is powered by the sun. With time running out, the team races against the clock until sunset, when the creature finally collapses. Written by Dave Wood and Jack Kirby, with art by Jack Kirby and inks by Marvin Stein, this pivotal issue features a cover by Jack Kirby that captures the eerie menace of the beast.

Contains 5 stories
The Traitorous Challenger
10 pp · Adventure
Digger Bill (prospector)an atomic beast

In "The Traitorous Challenger," the Challengers of the Unknown face a terrifying, indestructible one-eyed monster that crushes villages with no resistance to their weapons. As June's suspicious actions undermine their efforts, Prof pieces together the truth: the creature’s solar-powered eye is its only weakness. With time running out and the sun setting, the team must survive the monster’s final rampage—only to discover June’s sabotage was a desperate twist of fate that altered the outcome.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor
The Monster Maker
14 pp · Adventure
Dr. HascombRoc (villain)

In "The Monster Maker," the Challengers of the Unknown face off against the ambitious Roc, who wields mind-over-matter to summon a giant ape and a missile, driving them back. When the scientist behind the power device grants Ace the same ability, the team unleashes a surreal clash of imagination—conjuring a dragon, a knight, a giant vacuum cleaner, and shifting mirrors—before Ace outmaneuvers Roc with spinning circles.

Henry Villard
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography
Henry VillardAbraham LincolnCarl Schurz
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Science Fiction

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (VG) $31
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,819*
CGC 9.0 none in existence
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $846*
CGC 8.0 · 5 in census $811
CGC 7.5 · 7 in census $517*
CGC 7.0 · 6 in census $424
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CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $344
CGC 6.0 · 8 in census $259
CGC 5.5 · 7 in census $254
CGC 5.0 · 5 in census $254*
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $204*
CGC 4.0 · 5 in census $204
CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $165*
CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $128*
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $87*
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Cast · 10 characters

Full credits

writer Dave Wood
writer, artist Jack Kirby
letterer Pat Gordon
cover pencils, inks Jack Kirby

Reprints

↩ Reprints Big Town #12 (1951), Here's Howie Comics #10 (1953)

Reprinted in Mighty The 100-Page Comic! #9 (1959), The Hundred Comic Monthly #28 (1959), Titanes Planetarios #72 (1959), Challengers of the Unknown #76 (1970), Challengers of the Unknown #79 (1973), Aventures Fiction #43 (1975), Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly #111 (1975), Super Héros #4 (1979), Super Héros #7 (1980), Challengers of the Unknown Archives #1 (2003), Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown #1 (2006), Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] (2012), Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby #[nn] (2018)

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