Challengers of the Unknown #64
In "Invitation to a Hanging!", the Challengers of the Unknown confront a chilling mystery when the criminals they helped convict—Wolf Dengon, Shark Powell, and Snake Saunders—are executed, only to return as vengeful ghosts. Written by Robert Kanigher and illustrated by Jack Sparling, with lettering by Milt Snapinn, this eerie 1968 tale unfolds with a haunting twist as the Challs uncover a macabre scheme tied to Doc Hemlock’s apparent death. The cover, by Joe Kubert, captures the grim tension of a hanging that’s far from final.
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The Challengers attend the hanging of Wolf Dengon, Shark Powell and Snake Saunders who promise that Doc Hemlock will raise them from the dead to get revenge but the Challs witnessed Hemlock taking poison to avoid capture. That night a glowing Dengon appears in the judge’s car and crashes it. Powell drowns the DA while swimming. The Challs visit the thugs’ graves and are jumped by their glowing ghosts. They awaken in Doc Hemlock’s lair discovering he faked his death and battle their robot copies. A fire flares up as Doc Hemlock backs away from the Challs, stumbles, and is hung in a noose.
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