Dates
- Cover date
- December 1960-January 1961
- On sale
- October 11, 1960
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Genie Who Feared June · 11.67 pages
While out with Ace, June is eyeing some opals when a genie bursts out of a bank. They and the rest of the team follow the genie to the magician Malvolio. Malvolio uses a ram's horn to summon the genie Ahmed to blow away the Challengers. June raises a hand and utters "magic words" to send Ahmed and Malvolio fleeing. The Challs pursue them to a factory where Ace tries June's trick to no effect. When June arrives, however, the genie flees. Finally, at an old mine, the Challs find Malvolio and his men again and this time Ace uses opal to combat Malvolio's black magic and smash the genie's horn.
- Mask of the Enemy · 1 pages
- Untitled · 1 pages
Doctor Rocket and his friend play golf on the moon.
- The Secret of the Space Capsules · 13 pages
A Navy destroyer releases four capsules. From one emerges a creature with vine-like appendages, snaring the ship. The Challs respond, with Prof spearing the heart of the creature. Tracking the other capsules, the Challs spot a drill-nosed monster, but it burrows away. Two aliens come from the third capsule and explain that they came to Earth during the last ice age and that they need the oxygen in the fourth capsule to survive. Red retrieves the capsule and sends off the aliens in their spaceship, but leaving the drill-nose monster behind! The aliens snatch it, however, before zooming away.
Characters
Reprinted in
Showcase Presents Challengers of the Unknown (2006), All Favourites Comic (1960)